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Jason Mosher

Sheriff's Journal

Vernon County Sheriff.

All roads don’t lead to Rome; some are dead-ends!

Saturday, February 3, 2018

There is an old saying that goes “all roads lead to Rome,” but our local criminals have found recently that some roads lead to well … nowhere. Some of our pursuits over the past few months have seen people turn down dead-end roads in their effort to outrun deputies in Vernon County. Turning down a dead-end road when you are trying to get away makes it more difficult because the only available option at that point is to give up or work a little harder and run on foot. A couple of years ago, we installed GPS locators on our patrol vehicles allowing dispatch to monitor where they were during pursuits or when communication is lost with the deputy. When these pursuits take place, it gives the deputies an even better advantage because they know what is coming before they get there. It is starting to become common for dispatch to tell the deputy “you are heading to a dead-end” during a pursuit. Having that knowledge allows the deputy to be prepared to stop and get out of the car even quicker.

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