Decades ago, a suspect fleeing the Edmonton police was typically met with lights, sirens and liberal application of the gas pedal.
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"Twenty years ago, we were focused on 'We've got to catch the bad guy at all costs,' " he said. "Now, we're looking at what is the scale of that criminal offence versus the risk to public safety."
While the report shows a big increase in the number of criminal flights over the 461 cases in 2015, that's
mostly due to the inclusion of cases where a criminal flees and an officer does not pursue, he said.