Saw similar by toast a couple weeks ago. A cruiser going 45 in a 20 per the pole mounted radar. The cops don't care, they think they're above the law.

That's going to look wonderful on the news, kid obliterated by speeding police vehicle.

The police don’t always activate their lights/sirens when responding to calls for a multitude of reasons. This is a ridiculous post! People love to bash our police any chance they get. And at 1030am there isn’t any school related traffic or kids crossing. Let’s be real people.

if you are doing 2.5x the legal speed limit you should be required to let people know you are coming. Are you kidding me Smallbany? What if it was your child that got ran over?

False. There are times they can’t let people know they are coming. Like a bank robbery or a an emotionally disturbed person. You should sign up for the civilian police academy and learn first hand. I did it. It was quite eye opening. Or you can continue sit home and comment without any facts.

Ok wait a sec, if the argument is that at 10:30am there i not school traffic or kids crossing, and thus the police shouldnt have their siren on to tell ppl they are traveling at breakneck speeds, well but that logic all the 'school in session' speed limits should only be on when there is school traffic and kids crossing.

That’s not the logic. That’s a fact. If you live in the area you would know the drop off and pickup times for our neighborhood school. The point being made is that at times, police travel to a call over the speed limit. And they are trained to do so.

I would love to attend the civilian police academy, just need to make the time.
And I understand that in an emergency you may need to make a silent approach
and not run the siren, but I'm having trouble with the scenario where you don't run your lights.
Was the location of the emergency in proximity to the school? - suggesting you turn off the
siren as you get closer to the event. Can you amplify your answer?

Not to bash the policy, but through the years I've seen some bad things, car zigzagging because the officer using computer while driving, car jumped a red and go nose to nose with another squad car as a joke (the officers where all laughing).

It is a difficult and demanding job and well meaning humans will do ill advised things, but the question on the table is legitimate.

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I do not believe there is any amount of good driving training that would allow an officer to react fast enough to avoid killing someone going that fast...it's just a fact of physics and while there may not have been any children (normally) outside the school at that time, there are plenty of times when there are children arriving late or parents picking up their kids for a medical appointment. And those of us who live in the neighborhood are out walking or driving at all times, so there really is no safe time to be speeding without some warning devices on to alert folks that a 2 ton vehicle moving at over 50 MPH could not possibly stop in time to avoid a potential catastrophic accident. Excusing the police from this obligation seems irresponsible. And this is not an intended "bashing" but rather a respectful request to uphold public safety for everyone.

Fact: Smallbany is a troll, hates people and didn't get enough hugs from his dad.

agree Sermiay, not sure whats up with that one.

Forgive me. Sometimes I forget that not everyone works. Being home all day with nothing better to do must be difficult. I’ll try to be more considerate in that regard. I can say....my working neighbors and I do support our police 100% tho.

Some of us have home-based businesses that keep a non-traditional work schedule and are out experiencing the neighborhood during normal business hours...and pay taxes for our police force to uphold public safety, so we all support the police in one form or another. Why give the police a pass on speeding through a school zone without warning lights or sirens when it contradicts their mission of upholding public safety? Full support of the police must also mean full support of public safety.

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