Linda talks with Jeffrey Alpert, a criminologist at the University of South Carolina, about the effects of high speed chases on police officers. Mr. Alpert has just completed a 2-year study analysing high speed police chases. In his study he found that in one-half of all chases there were allegations of brutality. He also says there is so much stress involved in the high speed pursuit, that police may use too much force during an arrest. One solution to averting potential brutality is to have a different officer make the arrest than the one assigned to the chase.
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