SYSK Selects: How Police Chases Work

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Entire TV shows are dedicated to them and Americans love to watch a live one, but police chases aren't as routine as they seem. While police assert chases are important tools, critics say cops engage in chases too often and too easily. Learn all about the what, how, and why in this classic episode.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.0	Hey everybody, it's me Josh, your old pal, your old buddy, and I'm here with another
0:35.5	S.Y.S.K. Selects.
0:37.5	This week it's all about police chases.
0:40.6	We released this episode back in May of 2013 and it's one of those things where you think
0:46.0	you have an idea about how something works or what something is and the more you dig
0:50.6	into it the more you realize that, wow, we've all just been going along with this thing that
0:55.4	probably shouldn't exist.
0:57.0	It was a real eye-opening experience to me and I hope even if you've heard the episode
1:01.8	before that you find it an eye-opening again.
1:05.6	Let's all just watch our eyes open if you can do such a thing.
1:09.7	I don't even know if that's possible.
1:15.0	Welcome to Step You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio's House Stuff Works.
1:22.0	Hey, and welcome to The Podcasts.
1:27.6	I'm Josh Clark, there's Charles W. Chuck Bryant, who's, you know someone on Twitter said
1:33.4	that every time Chuck Bryant giggles a baby bunny is born.
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