Allow Driver of Stolen Vehicle to Casually Speed Away Because of City’s Woke Democrat Policies Seattle, like most other Democrat-run cities across the US, has experienced a massive spike in crime thanks to radical, felon-first policies that have emboldened criminals like never before.
One of the most ridiculous of said policies, which drastically limits the situations in which officers can engage in vehicular pursuits, was implemented in the Emerald City last year.
It’s not exclusive to Seattle either. Because of these policies, criminal pursuits are essentially banned all across the state.
Naturally, the greatest (and likely only) benefactors of this, are the criminals.
“Public safety being paramount, we have to factor in time of day, weather conditions, the activity of both vehicular and pedestrian traffic in the area.
Then, of course, we have our pursuit policy in the SPD manual — that dictates when and when we cannot pursue a vehicle, and in this in this circumstance, our pursuit policy did not allow officers to go after that vehicle.”