Comments on: Decatur Police Alert: Two Sets of Suspects Flee From Police, Burglary on East Lake Drive http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/07/10/decatur-police-alert-two-sets-of-suspects-flee-from-police-burglary-on-east-lake-drive/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Tue, 16 Sep 2014 04:07:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: Jo http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/07/10/decatur-police-alert-two-sets-of-suspects-flee-from-police-burglary-on-east-lake-drive/#comment-408280 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 21:27:24 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=27860#comment-408280 interesting, this area is in Atl and policed by APD but its good to see the county stepping up and bringing their resources, would like to see this in Dec too..another article said they made arrests ref other crimes in EAV

]]> By: Pierce http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/07/10/decatur-police-alert-two-sets-of-suspects-flee-from-police-burglary-on-east-lake-drive/#comment-408275 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 20:58:40 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=27860#comment-408275 I admit that when it happened to me, it felt a bit off-putting and militant.

But on reflection, I believe it is a best practice to have officers back up each other when involved in a traffic stop if they are not otherwise involved in something else. It makes it safer for the initiating officer to have back up, sends a strong signal to potential criminals and strengthens cohesion of the police department when they work as a team.

And it is not an excessive use of resources, given the additional police will move on once the initiating officer gives the all clear.

]]> By: DEM http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/07/10/decatur-police-alert-two-sets-of-suspects-flee-from-police-burglary-on-east-lake-drive/#comment-408266 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 20:26:04 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=27860#comment-408266 Seems like a waste of manpower to me…not to mention pretty unsettling for a motorist who may not even be aware of the expired tag.
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+1.

Some of the police worship witnessed around here is mind-boggling.

]]> By: DEM http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/07/10/decatur-police-alert-two-sets-of-suspects-flee-from-police-burglary-on-east-lake-drive/#comment-408263 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 20:19:36 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=27860#comment-408263 You might be the ony person in history to have suggested that I am being politically correct about anything! It is one thing to be “on the lookout” — I am perfectly OK with that — and another to actually detain a person by blocking in theor car as they are trying to exit a driveway. I’m not OK with that unless there reasonable suspicion.

]]> By: Safety-Fast http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/07/10/decatur-police-alert-two-sets-of-suspects-flee-from-police-burglary-on-east-lake-drive/#comment-408259 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:52:42 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=27860#comment-408259 Potential good news here? http://www.ajc.com/news/news/police-trying-to-curb-crime-may-have-nabbed-crimin/nYm5j/

From the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
“DeKalb County police say they recovered a [red] stolen van Thursday after a routine traffic stop turned into a chase.”

(I added the [red] description based on the crime scene photos in the article.)

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