Thirteen deputies with the Hernando County (FL) Sheriff’s Department were suspended in December for violating just about every element in their department’s pursuit policy during a chase.
13 Deputies Disciplined for Car Chase
Now, either the county updated the traning manuals and began to implement the concepts from “Hot Pursuit! Procedures forPutting the Pedal to the Metal for Chasing the Bad Guys!” complied by somebody named R. Coltrane, a former Sheriff, OR somebody’s been watching too many reruns of the Dukes of Hazzard! The only thing missing was for one of the deputies to send his patrol car into a pond!