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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And if they don't want to chase cars then the alternative should NEVER be "just let them go."  That is completely irresponsible and unacceptable.  Instead MPD should invest in alternatives like GPS darts.   Let them go but then safely follow them right to their house.

https://pappalardolaw.com/2023/04/gps-darts-police-use-vehicle-pursuits/[/quote]

This is a good point.

The MPD has interpreted the policy that they don't do pursuits to actually mean that they just don't pull anyone over.

The policy is supposed to be that if MPD attempts to pull someone over and they fail to stop there is no pursuit which is probably a sensible policy.

But that isn't where it should end.

In DC failing to pull over for the police is actually a felony that should lead to jail time.

So if we had a functioning police department after a car failed to stop it would get referred to [b]detectives who would look up the plate (assuming the car has one but as bad as the paper plate issue is most cars in DC do have legal plates)[/b] and then send someone to arrest the driver later and charge him with both the traffic infractions and for failing to stop.

With social media it would not take that long for word to get out and for drivers to find out other drivers have gone to jail for trying to dodge a $100 traffic citation.

But this is DC so MPD uses his policy as cover to dodge doing work and no one in the Executive branch or the DC Council dares to question this ineffective department and its coddled and lazy officers.[/quote]

You can’t be this naive. The epidemic of traffic offenses are being committed by cars with fake tags. There’s nothing to follow up on. But you knew that. You also know that, no matter how many citations a vehicle receives, there are no criminal penalties until the Lexus kills innocent people on Rock Creek Parkway.

But yes yes, more fantasies about traffic Batman, please.[/quote]

Umm..? The cops have managed to figure out a way to deal with it in NYC.  So, there is a way to deal with the “epidemic” of fake tags, if only our police weren’t so lazy and coddled.

But you knew that. [/quote]

Except our Council explicitly told cops not to pursue fake tags for equity reasons.

But you didn't know that (because you're stupid).[/quote]

Wrong. It was the Mayor’s Office of Racial Equity under the Office of the City Administrator.  But you didn’t know that because YOU’RE stupid. And probably a man. [/quote]

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