Those ups trucks are geo tracked by the company, why not just ease back let them drive to "where ever" and let em ditch or run out of fuel , helicopter could still follow
Be less tense and less need for everyone to get all Tackleberry and shoot innocents.
Just a scenario.
Oh well what's done is done.
Interesting to see some of the cops from 1/10 mile back running up after the truck had been subdued. What, did they want to dump a magazine too??
That may indeed have been the best course of action. I can assure you though that there are substantial risks in that plan of action. You had two armed robbers who were believed to have fired shots departing in a UPS vehicle with a hostage. That vehicle will be dumped at the first available opportunity. At that point they are likely going to take the most readily available vehicle and likely the occupants.
I was a slow convert to police no-pursuit policies for moving violations, but I eventually got there. I may one day come around to the idea of non-pursuit of armed robbers with hostages.
