Wellford Mayor Sallie Peake Defends No Chase Policy | WSPA — Attention all criminals. Head to Wellford, SC. A bonanza awaits!
The Mayor of Wellford is defending her policy which bans police officers in that city from chasing suspects. Sallie Peake says the policy also includes vehicle chases along with pursuits on foot.
A memo issued on September 2nd from Peake to all Wellford officers reads:“As of this date, there are to be no more foot chases when a suspect runs. I do not want anyone chasing after any suspects whatsoever.
“WSPA first reported the mandate on Wednesday after an anonymous citizen faxed a copy of the memo to our newsroom. Peake was out of town and unavailable for comment. On Friday, reporter Chris Cato caught up with her in her office and questioned her about the origin of the policy. Peake says she issued the mandate because several officers have been injured during chases, driving up insurance costs for the town.
Making more sense with every minute.
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# 19 John C Dvorak,
Yes the video will never gets old, but you John; aren’t that young stout and true lad anymore.
Sorry, couldn’t help myself.
So you take care of the bad guys yourself and don’t bother with the cops until it’s all over? Quaint. Some of the people who post here should approve of that.
# 22 deowll,
What many people disapprove of (and not just in this post) is the idea of giving the police a blank check of power.
People want to be able to fairly criticize the police for their over zealous and heinous actions.
After all, it’s government for the people, by the people, and; not government for itself, by itself, which; is what you seem to be proposing.
More and more cities are adopting simuliar policies with regard to vehicle pursuits. I know of several cities where policies are so strict that officers are not even allow to set up spike strips for a car jacking suspect in a current pursuit from another city. Here in my midwest city unless it is a violent fellony suspect the vehicle is not to be pursued. So bad guy breaks into your house and steals your car with all your toys and a smokey spots the vehicle driving down the street. Cop lights the car up and the driver doesn’t stop. Then the cop is suspose to turn of lights and drive away in the opposite direction.
Criminals just need a head start to be successful in life.
He’s probably concerned about his donut-laced cops with clogged arteries getting heart attacks on the job trying to chase down a 105 pound black man with air jordans and the running pace of a typical mountain goat.