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Administrative/Regulatory

Nov. 12, 2016

Time to revisit vehicular pursuit laws

That innocent persons injured or killed by LAPD vehicular pursuits not only spiked this past year, and at a rate that compares unfavorably with departments across the state, is reason enough.

Robert L. Bastian Jr.

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Bastian & Dini

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That innocent persons injured or killed by Los Angeles Police Department vehicular pursuits not only spiked this past year, and at a rate that compares unfavorably with departments across the state, is reason enough to review the related LAPD policies for their effectiveness in promoting the common good. But it is also reason for revisiting the related state law, the effectiveness of which similarly compares unfavorably with every other state in the union, the reason why California, even a...

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