TR> MM> The story still iis told in Memphis of a certain RR Officer who
TR> MM> commandeered a bycicle and was engaged in a running gun battle  while
TR> MM> using a long tom Shotgun An odd caase but appropriate in rgis
TR> MM> discussion... Those that refuse lawful police orders do so at their
TR> MM> own risk. I have no doubtthar if whomever refused his order would 
ave
TR> MM> been arrested, and charge would have been prosecuted to the max.   
he
TR> MM> law was written as it was, for a reason  -!- Maximus 3.01 ! Origin:
TR>With a proper identification and a brief and reasonable reason, most 
citizens
TR>are more than happy to help any way that they can. In my one case of
TR>commandeering a vehicle in my 21+ years of duty, the husband drove and his
TR>wife and kids were in the car. A murder suspect had several blocks of a 
head
TR>start on me, and we were both on foot. I had him stop well out of danger 
and
TR>made the arrest after a short foot pursuit. The good citizen received a 
nice
TR>letter from the Chief of Police and was recognized at our annual awards
TR>banquet. There was only a very brief pause before he started driving. I
TR>promised I wouldn't place his family in danger, and we were off to catch 
the
TR>bad guy.
In my thirty years (this past January) I have never had occasion to
commandeer a vehicle.  I did get a ride offered one night as I was in a
footchase similar to yours (but he was only a thief and had about a
block start on me).  We chased him in a Cadillac for several blocks
until he was about to drop from exhaustion.
The law in Texas requiring assistance when asked is not enforceable
since there is no penalty clause in it.  Failure to assist is against
the law but you can't be penalized.
The Ole Sarge
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