Mr Hardwick said he was concerned at the number of motorcycles and mini-motorcycles now involved in accidents.
“The IPCC believes that pursuit or motorcycles can be particularly dangerous as the rider is much more vulnerable than a driver or occupant of a car and the tactical options for bringing the pursuit to an end are very limited,” he said.
“The danger is that officers initiate a pursuit and without any tactics available to end it simply wait until ‘something happens’.”
Indeed, although if they are in a built up area then they could hit someone else more easily…
Have you seen that youtube vid of the spainish ‘terrorist’ who asked for a motorbike to escape on? Of course they gave it to him, he legged it down the street, where they just pulled a car out in front of him…stopped him pretty quick there…
It’s as much a criticism of a lack of coordination and the fact there is still not one police force rather than the various local forces each doing their own thing.
While I believe police have a duty of care to criminals when they are in custody I feel the UK needs to adopt the US method…
You do whatever it takes to apprehend the son of a biaaaatch, then pay them a duty of care (first aid, call ambulance, whatever). I have seen US police videos where a cop car would ram a suspect on a motorbike if they failed to stop. Then sort out their broken arm.
The UK are not allowed to chase boys on peds for fear they might hurt the rider. ******! dyck head shouldn’t run then.
