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I was privileged to have been trained by the great James Lindell of Kansas City Police Department in 1979, and learned his system of Lateral Vascular Neck Restraint (LVNR) as well as his follow-up protocol
Had similar events occurred in the U.S., our law enforcement officers would have exposed themselves to similar dangers
Please put out your stops as often as conceivably possible, prior to contacting the driver/occupants
While Scott v. Harris sides with police efforts to apprehend criminals that flee, it should not give agencies carte blanche authority to engage in high-speed pursuits