Chase Mis-Communication

Two Georgia law enforcement agencies are studying how and why they chased a mini-van on Interstate 75 at speeds of nearly 100 mph, until it finally blew a tire on spike strips and pulled over. Interestingly, the driver was a Houston County sheriff’s sergeant enroute to assist a deputy, and the chaser was a state trooper who had clocked the van with radar at 93 mph. Both officers had radio contact with their own dispatcher, but neither had the ability to communicate with each other, a newspaper story pointed out. The mix-up apparently stemmed from a mis-communication: the county dispatcher believed the pursuing trooper was also responding to back-up the deputy needing help. In fact, one trooper was pursuing, and a second was responding to help the deputy. Read the full account here.