11-04-2011, 08:25 PM
I am a little puzzled.
If another Officer saw a patrol car from another department speeding wouldn't it be the correct procedure (and common sense) to seek and await approval from the dispatchers before stopping it?
Also, if this patrol car was being driven in a dangerous manner why would you take it upon yourself to follow at the same speed and increase the danger to other motorists?
Surely, a complaint could be laid and followed up later by the hierarchy safely.
This appears on the surface to be a clear example of departmental rivally and bugger public safety.
BOTH Officers and the dispatcher should be reprimanded.
If another Officer saw a patrol car from another department speeding wouldn't it be the correct procedure (and common sense) to seek and await approval from the dispatchers before stopping it?
Also, if this patrol car was being driven in a dangerous manner why would you take it upon yourself to follow at the same speed and increase the danger to other motorists?
Surely, a complaint could be laid and followed up later by the hierarchy safely.
This appears on the surface to be a clear example of departmental rivally and bugger public safety.
BOTH Officers and the dispatcher should be reprimanded.