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Talk about overkill.
The Dutch air force says two of its F-16 jet fighters tried to help police chase a criminal suspect. Spokesman Olav Spanjer says the jets were about to leave Volkel airbase on a training mission Thursday evening when they heard local police had requested a military jeep to chase a suspect over soggy terrain. The pilots volunteered to help search using their infrared cameras. Spanjer conceded Friday, "It was kind of a long-shot." The suspect was in a car with stolen license plates that sped away when police tried to pull it over. After an exchange of gunfire, the car crashed into a canal and the man ran away across a field. In the end, a tip from a suspicious neighbor, and not a high-tech jet, led police to the suspect. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/01/13/international/i061639S98.DTL#ixzz1kKPLEjl1 |
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Talk about overkill. The Dutch air force says two of its F-16 jet fighters tried to help police chase a criminal suspect. Spokesman Olav Spanjer says the jets were about to leave Volkel airbase on a training mission Thursday evening when they heard local police had requested a military jeep to chase a suspect over soggy terrain. The pilots volunteered to help search using their infrared cameras. Spanjer conceded Friday, "It was kind of a long-shot." The suspect was in a car with stolen license plates that sped away when police tried to pull it over. After an exchange of gunfire, the car crashed into a canal and the man ran away across a field. In the end, a tip from a suspicious neighbor, and not a high-tech jet, led police to the suspect. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/01/13/international/i061639S98.DTL#ixzz1kKPLEjl1 I don't see the problem with this. Law Enforcement requested military assistance and the F-16's were going up anyways. They were being used for survailing and trying to find the suspect, not engage him. Many law enforcement agencies use Airplanes, Jets, Choppers and even Predator style drones to track suspects among other things. This guy was clearly a threat since he fired on the police. |
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