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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][twitter]https://x.com/fox5dc/status/1719881847990038762?s=20[/twitter]

Not sure yet where these will be handed out. Part of me thinks that these will be like COVID shots and they will initially all be scooped up by people living in Ward 3, but I can't say that I really blame them. Their vehicles are being stolen as well. But I can see a scenario where in the name of equity, DC says that you don't get an air tag unless you live elsewhere.

Also, the air tags will not prevent carjackings, just the recovery of your crashed up, rolling drug den of a vehicle.
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There was an article in the Post about a Capitol Hill woman who was carjacked.  When the police showed up at her home, they watched as she used her Airbag to track the moving vehicle across DC.  MPD said that, even though the vehicle could be located in real time,[b] the police were not allowed to pursue the vehicle with the carjackers inside.  [/b]

So the DC government can engage in its latest performative gesture by giving away Airtags or the equivalent.  But this will be ineffective while the woke left on the DC Council continues to prioritize the rights of criminals above those of crime victims and the general public.  It's past time to empower the police.[/quote]

What is the rationale for this? Insane![/quote]

Because there's a no-chase law in DC unless the suspect was part of a violent crime, like murder, or they are suspected of being on their way to commit a crime/harm the public.

Most large cities have this same law. The area is too densely populated to safely pursue a vehicle.  [/quote]

Even when criminals in a car used high capacity weapons to shoot at an elementary school in NW several years (not in session because it was under renovation at the time) and injured at least one construction worker, MPD wouldn't give chase.  Fortunately, the Secret Service and the US Park Police had no such restriction. [/quote]

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