THE DEATH OF A POLICEMAN CONTINUED

The Death of A Policeman continued

This article is another in the series The Death of A Policeman. It will not be to long,  The "Death Force" That kills police officers is also trying harder than usual to kill me and my family. I believe it has to do with the election, some presidents and candidates work closely with the force that kills police officers, they seem to be much more active now during this time of that cycle.  

The subject though I want to talk about is bringing our police deaths down below 100 each year. To accomplish that is an attainable goal. I have been writing about a speed limit for all Criminal Justice people, something that the State Troopers or Highway patrol work with the law officers of their states to determine. A speed limit that the officer would not exceed, and it would have to, of course, be relative to the road conditions. Each law officer has a different ability to speed. Some are close to race car driver caliber, some are over weight or have bad hearts. This week in Southern California I was talking to a sheriffs officer about this in Norco and he remarked, that speed limit should not have to be established by another department, it is something every officer should make a priority for themselves and set their own high speed limit.

Our police system does not want any law officer to die in high speed activity. It is just something that our law and order groups need to do if we are going to lower our accident rate significantly to put into their minds that they are not going to die in a vehicle crash because they were going faster than they were safely able to. When every shift goes out, that point should be made and re made until it becomes second nature. When an officer gets in or on their vehicle they should make a determination about their abilities and how they feel for that day or night and set that speed limit then. It would be more practical than doing it during a high speed involvement. They should not deviate from that safe speed for them for high speed that shift. 
Each department may want to up grade their patrol vehicle forward camera abilities with zoom qualities and when possible the automatic ability to attach to the vehicle being pursued, and the abilities to transfer images to all other involved police vehicles in the areas related to the pursuit.

We have lost 46 officers to vehicle related deaths, 27 to auto accidents that many officers may have been able to avoid if they would have put that idea into their mind that they were not going to loose their life, or perhaps cost another person their life because they went over that speed limit they had established as reasonable according to their abilities and health, in the given situation. Saving lives is one of the top priorities of good police work and officer lives are included.