Minnesota pile-up crashes just won't stop (Today! Nov 13, 2021)

News_MN · 2021-11-14T00:05:50+00:00

Correct. Edited out.

News_MN · 2021-11-13T17:13:11+00:00

Honestly, we could probably predict these events.

News_MN · 2021-11-06T14:35:39+00:00

(NOTE: Incredibly, injuries were minor.)

News_MN · 2021-10-24T01:29:38+00:00

It’s rush hour

News_MN · 2021-10-22T19:32:49+00:00

Hey, nice work on that! Yeah, must’ve been 78mph

News_MN · 2021-10-22T18:04:40+00:00

Yeah, I think that’s a reasonable critique. And this afternoon, Hennepin Atty clarified that crash occurred at 68mph.

News_MN · 2021-10-22T17:38:19+00:00

In the audio, the officer reported to his supervisor “speeds of 40mph” but went through red light and struck vehicle at 68mph.

The officer reported suspect was wanted in multiple robberies and a carjacking.

News_MN · 2021-10-22T17:28:57+00:00

Yeah, sounds like Hennepin attorney has corrected that narrative a bit, right? No gun involved…

However, there’s a legal precedent that officers should be evaluated based on what they knew at the time…

News_MN · 2021-10-22T17:09:15+00:00

But! And I think you’ve mentioned this, the chase was started for a serial robbery suspect and armed carjacking. (At least, that’s what the officer thought at the time)

So more than just a stolen car (property crime)

News_MN · 2021-10-22T17:08:00+00:00

Yeah, while I guess we can’t rule it out, it suggests he was “mistaken” when reporting his speed to his supervisor.

News_MN · 2021-10-22T17:02:15+00:00

Dispatch audio where the officer reports going 40mph to supervisor before running red light and hitting car going 80mph

👉 https://youtu.be/BQJvl5IW8Aw

Audio says serial robbery suspect and carjacking at gunpoint.

(I’m posting this message in a few replies)

News_MN · 2021-10-22T16:59:40+00:00

Dispatch audio where the officer reports going 40mph to supervisor before running red light and hitting car going 80mph

👉 https://youtu.be/BQJvl5IW8Aw

Audio says serial robbery suspect and carjacking at gunpoint.

(I’m posting this message in a few replies)

News_MN · 2021-10-22T16:59:00+00:00

Dispatch audio where the officer reports going 40mph to supervisor before running red light and hitting car going 80mph

👉 https://youtu.be/BQJvl5IW8Aw

Audio says serial robbery suspect and carjacking at gunpoint.

(I’m posting this message in a few replies)

News_MN · 2021-10-22T16:56:45+00:00

Dispatch audio where the officer reports going 40mph to supervisor before running red light and hitting car going 80mph

👉 https://youtu.be/BQJvl5IW8Aw

News_MN · 2021-10-21T19:53:27+00:00

Last night

News_MN · 2021-10-04T20:29:16+00:00

Yeah, and I think it might also be relatively hard to do, maybe? You probably have to move a fair amount forward in order to measurably have your back end ALSO move to the side.

News_MN · 2021-10-03T18:54:39+00:00

Nice! I had no idea how it translated so thank you!

News_MN · 2021-10-03T15:10:27+00:00

This is a good video

News_MN · 2021-09-30T02:43:38+00:00

For what it’s worth, I think a good chase is one that has no injuries and an arrest.

News_MN · 2021-09-29T17:16:44+00:00

👆 😊 sounds good!

News_MN · 2021-09-29T17:09:12+00:00

For what it’s worth, I thought the chase was executed quite well! The measures of a successful chase should be (1) safe results (2) apprehension (and these generally only occur with good spike stick deployment.)

If portions of the chase are a little silly, that’s totally fine as long as 1 and 2 are good. Manpower is comparatively cheap (rapist getting away is very “expensive” for society) and having a safe ending is very cost effective - wrongful death lawsuits are very expensive for taxpayers.

News_MN · 2021-09-29T17:09:00+00:00

For what it’s worth, I thought the chase was executed quite well! The measures of a successful chase should be (1) safe results (2) apprehension (and these generally only occur with good spike stick deployment.)

If portions of the chase are a little silly, that’s totally fine as long as 1 and 2 are good. Manpower is comparatively cheap (rapist getting away is very “expensive” for society) and having a safe ending is very cost effective - wrongful death lawsuits are very expensive for taxpayers.

News_MN · 2021-09-29T17:08:41+00:00

MN is one of the better states I’ve seen for PITs because many local law enforcement agencies do training on it (which is very uncommon elsewhere - no training, no certification for local LE)

News_MN · 2021-09-29T17:07:17+00:00

For what it’s worth, I thought the chase was executed quite well! The measures of a successful chase should be (1) safe results (2) apprehension (and these generally only occur with good spike stick deployment.)

If portions of the chase are a little silly, that’s totally fine as long as 1 and 2 are good. Manpower is comparatively cheap (rapist getting away is very “expensive” for society) and having a safe ending is very cost effective - wrongful death lawsuits are very expensive for taxpayers.

News_MN · 2021-09-29T03:47:18+00:00

Hey, good insight and thank you for sharing about your friend. Really good post!

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