Police Pursuit Policy

March 18, 2019

By NZB3

A small note on the policy of NZ Police cars hunting down runaways and smashing into them like Mad Max.

In a single year, 2016…

“New Zealand, which has a population of roughly the same size [as QLD,] saw 3323 police pursuits, resulting in seven deaths.”

Well, you can’t say that Mad Max skill set didn’t come in handy on the 15th of March. I read somewhere it was a couple of country cops who ploughed their own car into B.H. Tarrant’s and put a stop to his rampage. Perhaps this is the first time (1/3000th) going Road Warrior has been fully justified.

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ref. Video captures act of bravery as police arrest Christchurch shooting suspect

Image ref. Newshub

Ref. Greens push for changes to police pursuit policy – but minister not very keen; Stuff, Jan 2019

UPDATE: Here it is, The officers, whom the Herald has agreed not to name, are both based in smaller towns out of Christchurch.