Stolen S3 Chased Through Bolton

azibux1 · Nov 19, 2017

Don't think this has been posted before

I'm not a police officer but I think they should have just blocked him in, smashed the window and got him out at the roundabout (even if it meant he'd hit a couple of cars). Better than risking him hitting someone at serious speed as he was flying through the town centre

Tom.H · Nov 19, 2017

Surely could have ended it at the start in the stationary traffic!

azibux1 · Nov 19, 2017

Exactly!! Seems crazy that they didn't!

#SpotTheNightShiftWorkers lol

Timi8888 · Nov 19, 2017

Yeah. Bit stupid as to why they didn’t. Car was boxed in. And what a fail with them tyre spikes!

farmerpalmer · Nov 19, 2017

But they did catch one of them :haha:

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Not much consolation for the owner though.

voorhees · Nov 19, 2017

I guess they have to take into account any hint of danger to the public or themselves, that would be why they never done anything in stationary traffic.

gamegenie · Nov 19, 2017

i thought they could have got out and tried to arrest him at the beginning, but he could have easily took off.

The perp is lucky he didn't get shot while fleeing the police.

vamos · Nov 19, 2017

Catalog of ineptitude. He was boxed in for ages yet they failed completely to get the stinger under his tyres; which then let to a a dangerous pursuit through a built up area. Ridiculous

sve170 · Nov 19, 2017

Don’t you just wonder about our UK police force. They allowed the thief to put many Road users and pedestrians at risk from being run over during a very fast chase through built up area. Why did they arrest him when stuck in traffic st the roundabout, the mind boggles.
It’s about time our police officers grew some balls and start enforcing the law.
If this was USA he would have had a gun put to his head at that roundabout, but as usual we take the soft approach and chase him all over the place?

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azibux1 · Nov 19, 2017

It really is crazy. Like I say even if a couple of cars got bumped at the roundabout (which he probably wouldn't do anyway if there was a risk of getting shot), it's better than all that chase for nothing

GW1 · Nov 19, 2017

Now I know I am not a technical wizard,and there are people on this site far more qualified than me. Why don’t car manufacturers have a code in the ECU that the police can dial into and just shutdown the cars electrics.

oli356 · Nov 19, 2017

GW1 said:
Now I know I am not a technical wizard,and there are people on this site far more qualified than me. Why don’t car manufacturers have a code in the ECU that the police can dial into and just shutdown the cars electrics.

I'm not car technical either, but if the police had the ability to do that, then potentially it could be somehow abused by a hacker/criminal/whatever. There are already articles on the news about all these connected cars etc.etc.

Terminator x · Nov 19, 2017

When the lane was clear at the r/bout they could have placed the stinger across both lanes. No where for the thief to go then without flat tyres so jump out car, smash windows and arrest him. Strange actions by the Police I agree.

TX.

Audi Bairn · Nov 19, 2017

sve170 said:
Don’t you just wonder about our UK police force. They allowed the thief to put many Road users and pedestrians at risk from being run over during a very fast chase through built up area. Why did they arrest him when stuck in traffic st the roundabout, the mind boggles.
It’s about time our police officers grew some balls and start enforcing the law.
If this was USA he would have had a gun put to his head at that roundabout, but as usual we take the soft approach and chase him all over the place?

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I agree with some of your points, but it's not the police officers who make the rules they are heavily restricted by.
If it was USA the thief would likely have been armed too and the level of danger to the public much increased.
But I do wish the officers were allowed to be a bit more heavy handed earlier in the incident to bring itmto an early conclusion as you say.

MikeParkin · Nov 19, 2017

That chase was clearly wanted by the police as it could of been prevented when the lane was empty at the roundabout. It was as if they were letting the S3 have a chance of getting away, the police have put the public in danger and not acting effectively.

There was more risk chasing the car than dealing with it there and then. Isn't that what the police get paid for ? Protect and Serve ? It's a dangerous job but that's why they are there.

You wouldn't see a soldier let the enemy shoot there mate just so he could have a shoot out.

RIDICULOUS !!!!

AudiNutta · Nov 21, 2017

I want to know what the police were driving :O

Two sides to this; I’m impressed with the way the police kept up with some of the moves. Second side, what a totally irresponsible pursuit for the police to continue with!! I don’t think you could get much more built up than that, in excess of 90mph in 30 zones, regardless of who or what ends up in front of which car they/it would be obliterated. As above, they should have reacted at the start.. stuff the control centre approval, put a few windows in and drag him out to avoid trebling speed limits in pedestrianised areas.

No stolen car is worth that risk and it frustrates me as much as the rest of you, stolen cars.

azibux1 · Nov 21, 2017

I agree with regards to the keeping up, they did a fairly impressive job

Mark_86 · Nov 21, 2017

All I'm going to say here, is that there may be a good reason as to why the Police didn't box it in the first place. As we don't have all the facts, it wouldn't be right to criticise the reasons for not acting. Based on the video, I also share the view that they should have acted when the car was stuck in traffic, but for all we know, he could be armed or something (might have been waiting for intelligence to come through the radio?). However, some impressive skills from the Police car, I'd imagine that it was more than your average Vectra.

batch · Nov 23, 2017

vamos said:
Catalog of ineptitude. He was boxed in for ages yet they failed completely to get the stinger under his tyres; which then let to a a dangerous pursuit through a built up area. Ridiculous

Got to love an armchair expert.

batch · Nov 23, 2017

Mark_86 said:
All I'm going to say here, is that there may be a good reason as to why the Police didn't box it in the first place. As we don't have all the facts, it wouldn't be right to criticise the reasons for not acting. Based on the video, I also share the view that they should have acted when the car was stuck in traffic, but for all we know, he could be armed or something (might have been waiting for intelligence to come through the radio?). However, some impressive skills from the Police car, I'd imagine that it was more than your average Vectra.

Well said Mark! Nice to see a sensible opinion.

Russell Bell · Nov 23, 2017

Im just glad no one stepped out on the S3 when it was in a built up area. I cannot and dont want to imagine the tragedy of it colliding with a kid or someone trying to cross the road. I saw this comment on a group which i left, they all made comments about how crap the S3 driver was for not getting away and yet not a single person thought to mention how f***ked up it was hitting that speed in a built up area. Not a single one. Mind blown.

fence · Nov 23, 2017

Have to agree with most comments on here, and I'm talking from experience, they did have the chance to block the car in and prevent a pursuit, the fact they had other units running to the location they were pre-empting it would fail to stop anyway, so the best decision would be to make an enquiry with the driver by letting him know you're police and if he then decided to be silly you're in the position to force entry into the vehicle when stationary stuck in traffic, he wasn't going anywhere. Anyway, each to their own

aussieR · Nov 24, 2017

In Australia (Victoria) we can't pursue a stolen car.

Police cars not purpose built to withstand ramming etc. it's extremely dangerous to box in car and try to force way into car. Generally with erratic drug affected people driving the stolen vehicles.

Our extremely weak pursuit policy has lead to basically anyone who is unlicensed, speeding high speed, alcohol affected as well as stolen cars etc failing to stop.

I can talk from more than 15yrs front line policing having been in numerous (prob 50+) pursuits back in past when we could pursue, being rammed. Chasing stolen car at 180km/h and then it lost control and rolled. Luckily occupants were not badly injured.

I now get at least 1-2 "evades" every week and probably 10 times in last year I could have tried to block in stolen cars but not risking my safety and partners to get rammed.

I can tell you that all the pursuits end in 2 ways. The crooks crash and almost kill themselves snd or others or the drive in such a manner we call it off. Like high speed, wrong side of road with lights off at night or crashing through red light at speed. They never end in crook all of a sudden stopping.

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