MM> The story still iis told in Memphis of a certain RR Officer who
 MM> commandeered a bycicle and was engaged in a running gun battle  while
 MM> using a long tom Shotgun An odd caase but appropriate in rgis
 MM> discussion... Those that refuse lawful police orders do so at their
 MM> own risk. I have no doubtthar if whomever refused his order would have
 MM> been arrested, and charge would have been prosecuted to the max.   The
 MM> law was written as it was, for a reason  -!- Maximus 3.01 ! Origin:
With a proper identification and a brief and reasonable reason, most citizens
are more than happy to help any way that they can. In my one case of
commandeering a vehicle in my 21+ years of duty, the husband drove and his
wife and kids were in the car. A murder suspect had several blocks of a head
start on me, and we were both on foot. I had him stop well out of danger and
made the arrest after a short foot pursuit. The good citizen received a nice
letter from the Chief of Police and was recognized at our annual awards
banquet. There was only a very brief pause before he started driving. I
promised I wouldn't place his family in danger, and we were off to catch the
bad guy.
Tom
... What is learned in youth is understood in age.
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