The Madison Police Department issued the following statement.
On Monday, October 26, 2020, at approximately 4:50 PM, officers from the Madison Police Department were dispatched to a fight in progress involving several subjects at a residence in the Northplace Subdivision in Madison. As officers arrived on the scene four of the suspects involved fled the scene in a 2008 red Nissan Altima. Officers engaged in a vehicle pursuit with the fleeing vehicle. The vehicle fled west on Highway 463 and then south onto Highland Colony Parkway, then west onto Lake Castle Road and south onto North Livingston Road into Ridgeland. Officers learned during the pursuit that the vehicle had been previously reported stolen in a carjacking in Jackson. The vehicle continued to flee south on Livingston Road into Jackson and once near Post Oak Road the vehicle lost control and left the roadway striking a series of bushes and trees. As a result, the lead police pursuit vehicle also left the roadway striking several bushes and trees on the side of the road.
After crashing, the suspects fled on foot. Other officers arriving on the crash scene pursued the suspects on foot capturing two of them. Two subjects remain at large.
As a result of the crash, the officer involved, as well as one of the suspects, were transported to local hospitals for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. There were no other injuries or property damage as a result of the pursuit.
The two male subjects apprehended are juveniles and are not being identified at this time. Numerous charges are pending on both subjects including Receiving Stolen Property and Felony Fleeing. Additional charges are possible as the investigation continues into the pursuit and original fight.
Kingfish note: Even Stokes has said the police should chase violent criminals. Carjacking definitely qualifies as such.
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Hope the officer is doing well. Madison Police department does a good job.
wasn’t the city of Jackson talking about this recently? too many zealous suburban cops chasing into Jackson. really-was it a violent crime? i’m sure the carjacking was very polite. now there’s more good choirboys from a church going to have a mark on their record. i guess medical school and research careers are over. one of those four youths could have been the one to eliminate cancer.
getting all chased up for a little bubblegum..
So, what was going-on in Northplace? Home invasion? Drug deal? SCOTUS justice confirmation party gone bad?
8:42 AM
If by recent you mean in 2016.
The pursuit policy has to be weighted towards serious felonies and violent crimes. Last week I saw the immediate aftermath of a Rankin County chase on Robinson Street in Jackson. Innocent people could have easily been killed. Even the police giving chase could have been killed given the traffic and the condition of Jackson streets. I sure hope the perps did something damn serious. I don't like to see criminals get away, but I think the safety of innocent bystanders and drivers are the first priority.
If those boys had just told the cops, "Man, we just playin' around, don't mean no harm"...it would have ended right there. Of course they would also have had to shout, "DON'T SHOOT" (and pull them britches up.)
10-45 - so let's only chase serious felonies and violent crimes perpetrators? Right. So the bad guys soon find out that as long as their crimes are not felonies or violent they can have a field day because the cops aren't gonna chase them. Yea. That's the ticket.
Is there really a question of whether carjacking is "serious"?
“Bricks, rocks, and bottles!”
11:40 No. It's not a matter of whether the cops are going to chase you. It's how far and how dangerous the chase becomes. If somebody shoots a cop they are never going to give up a hot pursuit and they will shoot at you even if you are in a crowd. But if you steal a lawn mower from Wal Mart are they going to high speed chase you through downtown and shoot at you when you run through a wedding party? A pursuit policy depends on the situation and the factors are: 1. Seriousness of the crime. 2. Safety of innocent citizens.
Start the chase, but before it becomes ridiculous dangerous the pursuit policy determines whether to continue.
Great arguments, but why did Her Majesty wait until a week before the vote to attack the pot heads ?
What's up with the pussy-fied no comment allowed on the queen mary post? Post were allowed earlier, but not now. Does she own Kingfish too?
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