Why do police childlock the back doors of police cars when all you need to do is crawl over the seat and escape out of the front seat?  So if you get into a crash you can't get out and save yourself?
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For sure you are carrying a lot of grief and anger over the circumstances that led to your sisters death. It would help you to talk about this to others on a more personal basis. Have you ever thought about joining a support group for people who have lost family members suddenly as a result of violence or disasters? Below is a link that might be of some help to you. You have my sympathy. I lost my bro to a car crash several years ago, and I'm still angry with the people who helped cause the accident but I don't let it run my life anymore. Good luck to you, and God bless you.
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The Police will generally tow the vehicle to protect it until your release. In most jurisdictions you can sign a waiver and have your vehicle left at the scene. However, sometimes this is not allowed because there is no legal place to park the vehicle or the area is too dangerous to leave the vehicle.\n\nThe police will not seize the car for these offenses. The police will only seize assets if the vehicle was used to transport drugs or bought using drug money.
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When officers decide to force entry into a home, they know full well that the unknown variables could mean life or death for them and others inside. That's why they have to take those things into account before deciding on a tactic for entry. It's their responsibility to ensure the safety of everybody inside the residence, including the suspect that they are going in after.\n\nThe dad in your scenario isn't alone in his actions. If my door gets kicked in and dudes start pouring into my house without announcing themselves as police officers, I'm going to come up shooting. And I work for a police department.
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I totally disagree with the first answer. There have been plenty of school bus  accidents with injuries to children and just because they are far away from the windshield means nothing - they are surrounded by windows! Would he be saying the same thing if his child was injured - or even killed - during a school bus accident?\n\nI agree with you - that is why I drive my daughter to school everday. I heard some talk about how expensive it would be to install seat belts on buses now - imagine - putting a price on children's safety.
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Probably go round looking for Muppet's like you. Arr you poor bugger you get a ticket lol.\n\nBut if you want an honest answer other than above. If there cars were taken they wouldn't get to emergency calls on time. \n\nAs for take-aways the public would suffer because police have there own canteens. \n\nSick leave is there to be taken when needed un like your self taking a few days off for a sniffle unless your most likely on the dole or just got out of a cell. They probably have time off for more serious injuries or illnesses.
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The other guy says police officers cant make any comments, but when u r a cops daughter u can......... Years ago my father was trying to catch this man who had been eluding police for quite some time.... see, he wife died 2 weeks before my dad and other officers caught him.  U may not find anything wrong with this story so far.  But when my dad finally arrested him, guess who was buckled up in the front seat???? The mans dead wife.
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HUH?  this question doesn't make sense.  If you're a Kennedy, you get special treatment when you CRASH into a police barrier and an officer at 3 am while wearing your pajamas.  They won't EVEN give you a sobriety test!  And everyone knows that if a Kennedy is behind the wheel of a car there is NO chance of him EVER being intoxicated.
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They wouldn't make you surrender it physically, but they would ban you from driving for a certain time, and if you are caught doing it anyway, there would be bigger rouble pronto. Hope that demystifies it for you?
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Um, I don't know why they bother to run, but nowdays there are helicopters and spy cams all over the city and they can dispatch other cop cars to come running at you from the direction you are going so the person will just be surrounded.  \n\nPlus, there is that new invention that is basically a gun that shoots a web that catches the person that is running.  So yeah, it's a pretty bad idea to run from the police.\n\nNot only that, but if the person would have just surrendered peacefully they would have been better off, but instead they chose to run and now when the cops do catch that person they are going to beat the sh*t out of them for running.
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Police officers cannot work in a vacuum.  If they don't have the cooperation from citizens who give them information then it is very difficult to stop many criminals.  Why would you worry about getting arrested if you don't do anything against the law?  It is actually extremely easy to follow the law of the land.  I have lost track of the number of times that in my small town there were several people who knew exactly what was going on in the town in regards to who was doing B&Es but no one wants to get involved.  Police need information and there is no magic way of getting this.  \nAlso,  I spend a lot of time going to calls where people are complaining that their 6 year old is getting beat up by the neighbours 6 yr old or complaints that their neighbour is putting snow in their driveway.  Most police services are extremely understaffed, at least in my part of the world, and it takes many officers and lots of man hours to be effective against the crimes you mention.\nDo you know what the number one complaint I get from people when I meet them?  People speeding in their neighbourhoods.\n\nAs for arresting "good" people? I arrest people when I have reasonable and probable grounds to believe they have committed criminal offences.  Are some of them "good"? Yes I suppose some of them are.  But you can be a great citizen and neighbour and still hit your wife.
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An officer has the right to clear a path of people that obstruct a crime scene, or pose a potential threat to him and could argue you  failed to comply with his lawful order to remove yourself from his proximity\nwhich is why he would resort to using non lethal force if all else failed.  And depending on the situation, hed probably win his arguement.\nBut this is more an argueable hypothetical, for in real life, people know when they might be a threat to an officers duty.\n\nBest illustration I could use, is when my nephew purchased a  used vehicle from someone.  We drove behind him on the freeway because there was no license plate and w tried to cover the fact.\nWell police stopped him anyways\n\nWe pulled over some way past them, and walked back to try to help explain, while the officer conducted his checks on the vehicle and my nephew.\nWhen the officer saw us walking towards him, his hand reached for his weapon, and he ordered us to keep away -- for his own safety.  which makes sense nowadays, because people are killing police officers in the streets when theyre being pulled over for silly reasons\n\nHad we decided tostay and present a 'potential' threat to him, he would have been justified in tazing us, or drawing his weapon at us.  Not shooting us, because we kept distance and showed no weapons.  But use of non lethal force would be justified, and no one could really argue that.\n\nI hope that illustration helps some.
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beating and using force to restrain is a very different kettle of fish. \nwhoever it is, whatever colour they are, whatever they might have done, the police have a responsibility of moral codes, codes of conduct and how to handle situations. this does not include beating anybody!!! the problem is the kind of people who want to become police generally have some power tripping problem, and therefore are not the people who you want in a police force. \nwas the black guy poor aswell? that would explain it.
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Well since you did not give us any facts to go look at other then your opinion I don't see how that qualifies for much. Sounds to me like you are attempting to speak for the whole world when you say, "The police show up in force using Gestapo tactics scaring the crap out of most people.... This cant be good.". \nOnce again simply your opinion.\nWhy would society have an innate fear of law enforcement. Some people and it sounds to me like you are one of them are easily intimidated by law enforcement personnel and if so I suppose that might scare you but the general public is not.\nLess then one percent of Police Officers Nation wide are corrupt. That leaves 99 percent that are not. if police show up in force perhaps there is a reason for it or an Officer Safety concern. i assure you however Police do not always show up in force. On a barking dog call you will be lucky to get one respond to such a trivial matter but yet the public demands it. they want the dog quiet and the police become the SPCA in that case. When a child runs away from home the police do not storm the child's residence and use Gestapo tactics on the family, so once again you are wrong with your generalized statement. When someone's car gets taken in the middle of the night and the Police respond and take a report and enter the vehicle into NCIC so it might be recovered for you they don't storm your residence. When it turns out that you didn't pay your car payment and your vehicle was actually repossessed instead of stolen they do not issue you a citation for stupidity although I am sure some would like to.\nWhen a child drowns in a swimming pool and a Police Officer is the first on the scene and jumps in and drags the child out while the mother screams in panic because she does not know what to do for them and never took a course in first aid or CPR and the Officer revives the child and all live happily ever after, and yes, that time the Officer did storm the place like Gestapo to help the child with out stopping to remove the 125 pounds of body armor and boots and gun and belt and now a department radio he has to pay to get fixed but just dove in without concern for his/her own safety \nPolice Officers do a lot more then what you seem to think. But heck maybe we don't need them. Here is an idea maybe you will do all the things for us they do and what would be better is if you would do it for free.
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Why the hell would you pretend you didnt see him? all that is gonna do is cause further problems. The excuse never works... the officer knows you saw them, and can get you for evading arrest. Do you want to add further problems onto what was already done? They might be pulling you over for something simple like having a taillight or tag light out, and you avoiding them will add a ticket or jail time to a simple warning. You need to remember something.... we all have jobs to do, and police officers are no different. They are simply doing their job, and aren't set out to ruin your life. Yes, they do have the power to screw everything up, and there are always some crooked cops out there who will take advantage of the power, but almost all of the officers are simply following the law. They see you break the law, so they enforce it. Its really that simple. If you are speeding then they might just give you a friendly warning to slow down- remember that traveling at excessive speeds puts not only your life at risk, but the lives of those around you. The laws were created to keep us all safe and living peacefully amongst ourselves. If there were no police officers, this world would be in complete chaos. Just remember the next time that you are getting pulled over that the officer has a family, and understands where you are coming from. They deserve as much respect as the next person- more, in fact, in my opinion because they carry the weight of everyone on their shoulders. They protect and serve... thats their motto and they follow it. now i'll step off of my soap box...
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Police Officers, although sworn to uphold the law, are allowed a relaxation of certain laws for PRACTICAL PURPOSES. Examples of these are, but not limited to:\n\nNo use of seatbelt while on duty: It is actually a DANGER to the P.O. to be belted in while driving, because in the event he had to exit the vehicle, the lapbelt could become entangled in his own equipment.\n\nCell phone use: Many times, H.Q. will contact a P.O. to give information that they do not necessarily want to broadcast over the radio. Criminals have police scanners, too, you know. \n\nSpeeding: Sometimes, a P.O. may be seen going in excess of the legal limit, but, is he on "official business" ? Most times, he is.
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that's horrible that the police wont listen to you! aren't they supposed to be there for us when we are in need. What happens when you are right? they will be sorry.
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First point: you are talking about TV show.  Let's focus on reality, okay?\n\nSecond point: let's assume you're correct; police cannot fire back at someone who is holding a hostage.  We'd have an awful lot of dead cops and other people, wouldn't we?  The hostage-taker could just wade out into a sea of cops and start shooting them all because, using your logic, none of them would be allowed to shoot back since there was a hostage involved.\n\nThere are a couple of really excellent answers here already.  No law enforcement officer wants to kill an innocent person, *especially* a child.  However, no law enforcement officer wants to be killed, either.  \n\nLaw enforcement officers would obviously do whatever they could to avoid having to be in this situation, but when push comes to shove, I don't have to sacrifice my life for anyone else.  I can't stress enough how much I would not have to be in that position, but I also can't stress enough how much I want to go home at the end of the shift.\n\nYes - in televisionland there is always a SWAT team, and a helicopter and a sniper team and canine teams and everything else.  In reality, though, those things rarely exist when they're needed and it's up to some poor beat cop to decide how best to handle an absolutely unmanageable situation...and he or she will usually have about two seconds to make that decision.\n\nThere is no, "the rule" about these things.  Situations like this are extremely dynamic and are among the very top reasons why cops have nightmares.