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“Sorry, but I had to do it,” King told Local 6 after his arrest for armed carjacking. He claimed did not consider the possibility his erratic driving might hurt or kill someone.
In 2001, UCF nursing student Sarah Phillips died when a suspected gunman being chased by Orange County sheriff’s deputies crashed into her car. Phillips had been stopped at a police roadblock when Shamir Suber slammed into her Ford Escort while being pursued by law enforcement, according to authorities. Orange County later settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed by her family for $200,000.
Since Phillips’s death, many Central Florida law enforcement agencies have revised their pursuit policies, typically allowing officers to chase a vehicle only if the occupant is suspected of a violent crime or may put the public in imminent danger.
Now, a relatively new device called StarChase promises to make vehicle pursuits even safer by allowing law enforcement officers to track a fleeing suspect using GPS rather than following close behind the getaway car.
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