Daryl K. Roberts. But we can't make concessions for people who violate the law. We can't reward negative behavior. He says staking out all crooks who don't answer the door would require too much time and money. I really believe after the investigation is complete, you'll find the officers were right.
Police cars kill far more people than do police guns.
Nationally, the number of fatal police pursuits rose from 304 to 383 from 1991 to 1995, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. But most other years the number has hovered between two and six, the number in 1995. In the vast majority of cases, both nationally and, according to state police figures, in Connecticut, the chases begin over motor-vehicle charges. Fewer than 20 percent involve felonies. Nationally, a person dies every day in a police chase, cops as well as civilians.