good times, love how the guy keeps looking back wondering whether he even needs to run anymore

They know who he is ... Why make your life more difficult ?

Dry cleaning vs. Catching someone whom you know know where they live ?

The idiot pays for dry cleaning, the smart guy goes and sits at their house.

They know who he is ... Why make your life more difficult ?

Dry cleaning vs. Catching someone whom you know know where they live ?

The idiot pays for dry cleaning, the smart guy goes and sits at their house.

Now imagine if you were a resident nearby and the police issued a warning to secure their homes and "be alert".

All because of him.

meh, it is the normal fair, police ambo's etc are not to enter waterways that are unknown, due to the hazards that may be there, remember all state goverment have a zero harm health and saftey

seems silly, but long run it has cut down on injury claims (twisted ankles, trips, damaged knees etc),

Pfft his uniform is worth more than that sack of s***.

don't we have choppers for this sort of s***?

don't we have choppers for this sort of s***?

No, they're all too busy chasing down "hoons" to bother with trivial things like rapists and kiddy molesters. Jeez man, get your priorities right.

croc infested waters. crocs love mangroves up north.

Man there's no way I'd go into croc infested waters, are you nuts?

Should have shot the taser in the water and electrified the whole creek

but all he had to do was dive on the c*** when he tripped over like 3m out in the water and he would have had him

And all the perp had to do was roll him over and drown the cop..

Also works the other way too, black people tend to have really springy muscle tissue whereas Caucasian people usually have denser tissue (very broad generalisation but think basketball and sprinters and strongman competition). Fighting an aboriginal you'd surprised at the positions they can twist themselves and still apply force.

I'm sure if the cop did jump in his buddies would have come in as well

So did the black guy get his dolla or smoke or not?

I wouldn't have jumped in. Wouldn't want to screw up any electrical equipment I was carrying, let alone the firearms, tazers, radio equipment that would need to be replaced or stripped down after getting out.

Logic!

if he was escaped prisoner it means he has been found guilty? why didn't they just shoot him - why are we paying for these guns if they don't use them - as a prisoner he doesn't have the same rights as someone else

The hard truth is it's because we're piss weak. Can't even taze without an inquiry into whether it is justified as well as a mound of paperwork for the cop.

I'm so ashamed :(

Me too.

I wouldn't have jumped in. Wouldn't want to screw up any electrical equipment I was carrying, let alone the firearms, tazers, radio equipment that would need to be replaced or stripped down after getting out.

I wonder if people that are defending the cop would change their tune if this convicted sex offender molests a child before he finally gets caught. All because an officer wouldn't risk getting a bit wet.

And if that second criminal wants a drink, tell him to shut his mouth and get in the car. Why be so accommodating? These criminals are scum looking for a weakness. What did the cop get for his kind words? Resistance and having to detain him further.

http://www.northweststar.com.au/story/1455465/manhunt-focus-turns-to-mount-isa/?cs=191

Not sure about the copper should have gone swimming line, they carry a lot of public-owned electronic equipment.

But FFS, would there really be an uproar if he shot at him? I really want to know if an escaping prisoner warrants use of firearms, because IMO it should.

There would have been an uproar if they shot at the guy because people then would have said it was excessive since he could have tackled him instead.

And are we seriously saying he shouldn't have just because of his electronics? It's f*****g equipment, its meant to get damaged in the line of duty, im sure they've spent more now on the subsequent search than the combined cost of that equipment x 10.

And yes it would be hilarious right now if that guy goes and molests someone and we look back at all this.

I wouldnt go after anyone without back up as well.. No other cop was with that officer.

That is still a s*** load of time, when apprehending someone in water... I would want to know who is besides me when chasing someone into that environment, not how far behind me.

Scared about knee deep water, nice brah. Guess you never played physical games in the pool/dam/ocean as a kid?

I did, nearly drowned a few times, hit a head on a rock once, that one nearly got me.. another time while wrestling a bunch of kids i took in a lung ful of water and nearly drowned but they didn't know while i was struggling under water the difference between desperation and playing..

Hate to be doing that with crocs looming about.

Why not taze the water nearby him :P

Can't we just start arming police with rubber bullets instead of real ones as default for situations like these? How often are convicts really wearing armour of any kind that a rubber bullet wouldn't be just as effective as a metal one?

And are we seriously saying he shouldn't have just because of his electronics? It's f*****g equipment, its meant to get damaged in the line of duty, im sure they've spent more now on the subsequent search than the combined cost of that equipment x 10.And yes it would be hilarious right now if that guy goes and molests someone and we look back at all this.

Then we'd have someone complaining that police waste tax payer money by not looking after their equipment so I suspect that no matter what he did someone would complain that it was the wrong thing to do.

^ pretty much

Riggs would've got him, and then wrestled the crocs just for kicks.

Ankle deep water bohemion, not even knee deep as i said.

As for the cop's lack of support you mentioned, have you never watched an episode of Cops?

respect!