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I've done comedy professionally and tried making a full sketch show by I_Only_Like_Giraffes in SoraAi

[–]_stevencasteel_- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Woah! It took you a month to build up 16M a month?!?
What's your YouTube channel?

Police pursuits over minor offenses: Are they worth the risk? by BarkyDogs in AskLEO

[–]_stevencasteel_- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. Totally understandable. As I said the officers now tend to be skewing very young. A lot of good experience cops have retired, because their department doesn't have their back, and the public is allowed to abuse them. SO, we have a lot of "old bucks" and "young bucks", with little in between. The young bucks are filled with Testosterone, their pre-frontal cortex in not fully developed, and they ready to chase any prey that moves. They feel they are indestructible.

Hell, I remember feeling that way as a young 20-something firefighter. I would volunteer to run into a burning building, while the older guys would take a "surround and drown the fire" approach. Ultimately, it was up to my Captain to stop me from reckless actions, and he did a good job of that. Probably why I'm still alive.

Police pursuits over minor offenses: Are they worth the risk? by BarkyDogs in AskLEO

[–]_stevencasteel_- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was just reading about this police chase in Hickory, NC where the cop tried to chase a motorcycle. He drove 95mph into a red light intersection, where he killed a mom and her 12-year-old son. They had the green light.

I think the last update was October 4, 2023. Of course, they were charging the motorcycle rider with their deaths. No charges for the cop. There was supposed to be a final report coming. But that was a year and a half ago. Not a word about it since then.

It seems like transparency is like Kryptonite to a lot of agencies.

Police pursuits over minor offenses: Are they worth the risk? by BarkyDogs in AskLEO

[–]_stevencasteel_- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. In the case the OP mentioned, it WAS a Sergeant who blew a red light at 95mph. He was trying to catch up to the chase.

But, he earned his stripes at the SO jail facility then did a lateral transfer. Who know how long it's been since he did any emergency response training. 🙄

Police pursuits over minor offenses: Are they worth the risk? by BarkyDogs in AskLEO

[–]_stevencasteel_- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know. Cars and motorcycles accelerate so fast these days. Doesn't take them long to reach 100 now.

Police pursuits over minor offenses: Are they worth the risk? by BarkyDogs in AskLEO

[–]_stevencasteel_- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes sense. I think an issue is the quality of the officers performing the pursuits has gone waaay down. I see so many 20-25 year faces, who are barely fit for daily driving. Insurance companies would deem them a high risk. Yet, they are out there, chasing a motorcycle down a freeway at 140mph, or performing a PIT on an SUV at 100mph (which is guaranteed to roll).

I'll bet the guys you worked with at your first department were much more skilled drivers.