SM> We've been discussing the Legality of Commandeering vehicles. This is
  > just legalized Car Jacking, is it not?
SM> How is this difference than if I (a non sworn officer), were to come to
  > your department "with an emergency" and request to take your vehicle to
  > the hospital, or go after my girlfriend because she just stole money
  > from my car?
SM> -The first would be an emergency to you if life threatening, the second
  >  situation would not, but to me it would be.
The big difference would be that YOU are not a sworn officer charged
by society with the protection of the public.
SM> Or, (as has been the case, especially with Cleveland PD) I come to
  > your department and say "I've just witnessed someone taking a child",
  > or, "I saw a car being stolen", do you honestly believe that the 'Sworn
  > LEO' would go right after the person, in the first situation they
  > would, the second they would not, at least immediately.
SM> It would go something like this; (while still at the department)
SM> 1. Did you see what they were wearing?
  > 2. What direction were they traveling?
  > 3. Were they in a vehicle, if so, what color, make, and model is it?
  > 4. How many people were in sight?
  > 5. Was there another vehicle seen?
SM> This has occurred more times than I care to imagine, and most likely is
  > wide spread because *some* officers and departments simply do not care
  > because "they're lazy", if it is not important enough to them to
  > pursue, or if there is not a life in peril, they will not act. Or, if
  > they do, it won't be in a timely fashion.
I suppose you would want the officers to rush off without collecting 
the information they need to properly investigate and pursue??????
  
CHARLES HUNTER
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