Hamish Piercy: Road safety expert says Police are between a rock and a hard place when it comes to fleeing drivers
Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Newstalk ZB
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Police pursuits are being viewed as a double edged sword.
Police Commissioner Andrew Coster says a new fleeing driver policy gives officers more scope to pursue offenders.
The Fleeing Driver Framework factors in the threat from the driver, their suspected offence - and the chance they'll offend more.
Road safety and crash investigation expert Hamish Piercy told Roman Travers Police are between a rock and a hard place - and there's always going to be risk.
He says if a person decides they want to take off and aren't pursued, there's just as much risk of them continuing to behave recklessly and going on to crash.
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