Criminal
Jul. 12, 2012
Police pursuits: apprehension versus public safety
In 2005, the state Legislature acknowledged that, for the past 20 years, California led the nation in the number of innocent bystanders killed by police pursuits.
Robert L. Bastian Jr.
Partner, Bastian & Dini
Penthouse Suite 9025 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills , CA 90211
Phone: (310) 789-1955
Fax: (310) 822-1989
Email: robbastian@aol.com
Whittier Law School
The sentiment of walking a mile in another's shoes is reciprocal. When defense counsel, taking his client's side in a police misconduct wrongful death case, chipped at my colleague, asking if he didn't want to go for a ride-along to feel the dangers of police work, countering, I called. Reciting the pertinent facts, I asked if we couldn't - employing parallel reasoning - pursue defense counsel down an alley for no reason supported by probable cause, beat him with a nightstick, and then s...
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