Sorry for being reactive to such hate and irresponsible commentary.

And yes, I tend to say what others may say, (or think) yet, I'm the kook?

I won't let you push my buttons anymore, it's not helpful to the forum…

Have a good day.

All you did was say the same thing that several other people already said. They said it with one comment, politely. You said it with a dozen comments, rudely, and childishly.

1. Bad guy arrested.

2. No one was hurt.

I'm not a criminal justice major, but that looks like a successful incident. Maybe we should be thankful and leave it at that?

“I don't support every single a”C”t individual LEOs do wit”H”out regard to c”O”ntext and circumstances. My su”PP”ort is limit”E”d to wanting them to do thei”R” jobs.

Yeah, I heard that loud and clear.

lesson learned. maybe choose your words a little more carefully next time.

I don't think you can infer where I stand because I object to one high speed chase. The funny thing is that the work I've done to support the SPD and increase the SPD budget, I get stereotyped as some kind of right wing monster in the minds of others who read things on the Internet and use their wild imaginations to fill in all the blanks. Not everyone who has a different opinion than you fits your stereotype of your worst enemy.

The Deputy had no idea whether he was chasing a car thief or drunk driver or Osama bin Laden himself. The Deputy is not a psychic; he has to make a decision based on the facts he sees and the rules. All he knew is that KCSO policy says not to beat down residential streets at 60 and he did it anyway. Bet he got reprimanded.

“There was no “cop hate” in what I said.”

I think we can all infer from your posts where you stand. While I agree that at a certain point it is not worth risking the lives of innocent civilians to apprehend or deter a petty crook, this guy had multiple convictions for vehicular crimes (including drunk driving), so in this instance most of us will agree that the officer made the correct call, against department policy or not. Sometimes we forget that law efforcement officers are people too, and must use more personal judgement in executing their day-to-day jobs than most of us would feel comfortable with. So cut 'em some slack, Jack.

You know if you hate the idea a stolen car, you can buy more insurance, you can get LoJack, or a garage, or The Club. You can settle on a less desirable care that they won't steal. There are tons of practical options besides having high speed chases down narrow residential streets.

And even if there weren't, this conviction changes the odds of your car being stolen by 0.01%

I also know the whole fiasco was against King County Sheriff's department policy. So there: bad Deputy.

Bad Deputy, no donut. You were stupid too.”

Yeah, maybe they should just let him go next time. Maybe they can call your house first and ask you if it's OK to pursue a criminal with multiple convictions through your neighborhood, or if it's OK for a guy like that to be driving around your neighborhood putting your children at risk.

Having had somebody taken from my life by a drunk driver with multiple convictions, attitudes like yours make me sick.

If you really cared about your children as much as you claim instead of grandstanding your cop-hating credentials, you should be thanking them. It could be your kid running across the street next time this guy decides to take a drive.

(That's right, it was 45 mph, NOT 60 mph.)

I'd buy that cop a bushel of donuts, in fact. Thanks, Seattle PD!

Bad Deputy, no donut. You were stupid too.