Police pursuits

[Tuppy_Glossop]

Drones are in the pipeline...

I know, I have done plenty of R&D work on UAVs. Just a question of when the CAA is happy to let them be used in commercial airspace. Everything else is good to go.

Tracking device is useless, doesn't prove who was driving.

No, but it could help the drone/UAV which ought to have a camera installed.

 

[Admiral Huddy]

I believe that is the protocol if there is any possibility of danger to the public. They can always call out a police helicopter to follow from a discreet height.

You raise a good point.. It would be nuts to chase a suspect because he's stolen a few mobile phones.. Someone must have to make that call.

 

[andi]

Well, if they don't chase, the offender will, in the vast majority of cases never be arrested.

If there's no pursuits, why would anyone stop? If i told you you could get away with speeding by just not stopping, would you pull over for the police? Why, then, would someone who'd committed a more serious offence?

Pursuits in the UK are very strictly managed. Only specially trained officers in suitable vehicles can pursue, and even then they'll be strict rules on what they can and can't do. All pursuits will be risk assessed both by officers on the scene and need authority from a senior officer. If either decide the risk is too high, the pursuit will be stopped. If the senior officer does not believe the pursuit is necessary (eg, the driver is known and can be located later) the pursuit will be stopped.

 

[Mr Jones]

We don't have targetted EMP blasts whereas we do have AM rifles?

An anti-material rifle in this case is not what you seem to think it is, it's just a way of describing a heavy hitting rifle designed to take out vehicles and armour.

Wow, I never. There is anti-material rifle, but not what I thought it was... learnt something today!

 

[MikeTheNative]

I don't think getting the .50 cal out for public chases is the best of ideas.

 

[Dis86]

I don't think getting the .50 cal out for public chases is the best of ideas.

Why not? Trained marksman. Correct timing. Chase over.

Safer than a stinger for the occupants of the car!

 

[Cosimo]

I don't think getting the .50 cal out for public chases is the best of ideas.

Just need to have mini cruise missile equipped cars and let the missile do the chasing.

 

[CREATIVE!11]

Unfortunately it's a risk the police have to take to catch people.

You can't just let people walk off.

 

[Haggisman]

Why not? Trained marksman. Correct timing. Chase over.

Safer than a stinger for the occupants of the car!

I think you're underestimating how difficult it is to shoot a small target moving erratically at high speed from another vehicle also moving at high speed at a distance of several hundred meters

 

[OhEsEcks]

Safer than a stinger for the occupants of the car!

Have you seen what a round that size will do to an armoured vehicle let alone a civilian one? It scared the **** out of the squadies here when the IRA got two and terrorised Armagh with them.

 

[Cosimo]

I think you're underestimating how difficult it is to shoot a small target moving erratically at high speed from another vehicle moving at high speed...

They need one of these mounted on the roof remote fired:

Won't be any more chases after they vaporise a vehicle.

 

[Dis86]

I think you're underestimating how difficult it is to shoot a small target moving erratically at high speed from another vehicle also moving at high speed at a distance of several hundred meters

Speed becomes irrelevant when matched. Don't need to be several hundred metres away. Target isn't small in terms of target sizes that marksmen are trained to shoot. Erratic movement becomes less likely as they're not being chased by police cars.
Boom. (not headshot)

 

[OhEsEcks]

Speed becomes irrelevant when matched. Don't need to be several hundred metres away. Target isn't small in terms of target sizes that marksmen are trained to shoot. Erratic movement becomes less likely as they're not being chased by police cars.
Boom. (not headshot)

Spoken like a true Battlefield 4 expert. I doff my fedora.

 

[MikeTheNative]

Normal small arms fire will go straight through a car, a .50 cal round is definitely not going to be stopped. After a ricochet it could go anywhere.

 

[On Holiday]

Because of evidence?

 

[dacads]

police interceptors ftw

anyway I thought if the risk is too high ie over a certain speed limit then the officers pull back to avoid a fatal accident, think I've only seen this happen once though on TV. Usually they catch the culrprit on foot after coming to a stop or get the ole chopper out

 

[MooMoo444]

Speed becomes irrelevant when matched. Don't need to be several hundred metres away. Target isn't small in terms of target sizes that marksmen are trained to shoot. Erratic movement becomes less likely as they're not being chased by police cars.
Boom. (not headshot)

dont mess with this guy, he could hit an action man with a nerf gun from 20 yards away with his eyes closed

 

[OhEsEcks]

dont mess with this guy, he could hit an action man with a nerf gun from 20 yards away with his eyes closed

360 NO SCOPE BITCH!

 

[Dis86]

dont mess with this guy, he could hit an action man with a nerf gun from 20 yards away with his eyes closed

That sounds like a challenge I'd be willing to accept!

 

[Dis86]

Normal small arms fire will go straight through a car, a .50 cal round is definitely not going to be stopped. After a ricochet it could go anywhere.

You're not shooting through the car though. You're shooting through the engine block. The most dense part of the vehicle with a weapon and ammunition specifically designed for that role.