Should police shoot at moving cars? - Indianapolis Star
In less than two months, Indianapolis police have opened fire on two cars whose drivers, according to investigators, put officers in fear for their lives. Joshua Dyer, 34, was a passenger in a Nissan Maxima whose driver led police on a wild chase through a Northeastside neighborhood before it crashed. The driver attempted to reverse the Maxima into two officers standing behind it. Six weeks later, 15-year-old Andre Green was driving a Nissan Altima that had been reported stolen. Police, who trapped him on a dead-end street, said the teen then steered the Altima toward three officers who had closed in on him. The shootings come three years after the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department changed its use-of-force policy, allowing officers to fire their weapons at a car’s driver if it is “reasonably perceived that the vehicle is being used as a... “A strict prohibition could cause an officer pause, thus potentially having fatal consequences toward the officer. The new policy is shared by some police departments across the U. S. Others, however, such as Denver, New York City, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Miami Beach, Los Angeles and Albuquerque, explicitly prohibit officers from discharging their weapons... Source: www.indystar.com
