American Reacts to British Police Chase...perpetrator has no remorse 

In the UK a pit maneuver is executed only when the officers are confident they can bring the vehicle to a stop without causing excessive harm. Unless he was driving straight for a crowd of people the police would not be able to justify potentially killing him.

The majority of Brits arent cheering for speeding drivers to get away like the US. Would they still be cheering if they hit one of their family?

In the UK the idea is to apprehend the perp not kill him, if he started to pose an imminent danger to others they might take more drastic and immediate action but the emphasis is always try and preserve life every bodies life.

14 months, he will be out in 7. Our prison system is too underfunded, too overcrowded - thus idiots like this get small sentences.

The penalty from the court was laughable, bearing in mind a prisoner only normally serves half the sentence. No wonder the public's faith in the justice system is falling away fast. And banning someone who is already banned quite frankly is idiotic.

JP PORSCHE and SPEED are synonymous. Pit manoeuvres are dangerous and cause a lot of harm, boxing in is much safer and usually results in less damage, in the UK they don’t use might is right, they use their brains instead.

Nice and calm, no screaming - very British

Pit maneuver is dependent on the risk level and reason for the pursuit. TPAC (tactical pursuit and containment) is the first safest method for a stop before going for a pit, or tactical contact in general. Loads of factors go into it

As an American are you not shocked he only got 14 months in prison. Surely in America he would have gotten a lot longer.

The pit manoeuvre is not used here because of the risk to life

I’m loving the 100,00 trophy on the mantelpiece! Congratulations!

I think the new haircut looks fantastic!

Our country is different if the driver in the Porsche died or the vehicle hit someone else and they died while doing the manoeuvre the officer would be charged with either manslaughter or involuntary manslaughter

One thing very different from the US, which is factored into the whole driving mentality locally everywhere in the world, is the generally very different amount of road space (and quality) available for all man(o)euvers' safe use, including the tactical ones mentioned in the comments - the combination of traffic volume and road space/layout available is why they are much more sparingly used in the UK.

Officers with TPAC training can make "tactical contact" if it can be justified (e.g. if the driver is driving very dangerously and there is risk to the public they can make tactical contact) but PIT maneuvers are extremely dangerous especially on our roads. Generally speaking they will contain a moving vehicle by boxing it in hence "TPAC" = Tactical Pursuit and Containment which gives the vehicle nowhere to escape to and gradually slows it down with reduced risk to the public.

I love how calm the cops were unlike those screaming stressed US cops.

So.. you asked about a PIT Manoeuvre . In the UK, there's no such thing as a PIT Manoeuvre, police only have a few tactics to stop vehicles. Those are a TPAC box where they box the vehicle in, a Stinger / Spikestrip or Tactical Contact. Tactical Contact is basically where they drive into the other vehicle or hit the other vehicle in hope of disabling it to bring it to a stop. Hope this answers your question

Hey Joel, I LOVE the new haircut!

Nerves of steel and incredible patience the police have

The thing that always strikes me about these officers is they are always so calm! Totally different from usa cops

6:40 I find it absolutely hilarious that he indicated haha

Our roads tend to be smaller and therefore the traffic, both pedestrian and vehicle, is heavier. It makes pit maneuvers less viable due to the danger to the the public and police. You should search for videos of successful boxes by the UK police. It's an effective and relatively safe way to stop drivers, often on motorways and only risks damage/harm to the supsect and police whilst leaving the public much safer

Don't forget that he has to get insurance when he gets his licence back.

I think you answered your own question as to why they weren't using the PIT manoeuvre, "it probably would have ended someone's life". They prefer to utilise boxing in manoeuvres as they have much safer outcomes.

This happened in my neck of Leeds, It must have been late at night or early morning. Chances are the car was stolen & he might be wanted for other offences as well as this one.

In the UK we keep a level head, why would you want to deliberately want to kill someone for a driving offence?

Love the new hair!

Love the "trunk...boot!" :) Also, love the new addition to the mantlepiece ;) Cannot understand why our answer to someone driving while disqualified is to extend the disqualification period....

Jls...I don't know what the situation is in the US, but the contempt shown towards the police here, by some people is absolutely staggering - and they get away with it time after time. There are many similar TV shows that show attitudes and behaviour which in my day, (I'm 79), would not have been tolerated. It was much more law abiding, and times were 'gentler' then. Mind, memories of the war were much more vivid than now.

I watch the police interceptors regularly. You see all the hard work done by the police but the sentences are mostly inappropriate. Usually suspended sentences or sometimes points on a license that is none existent. Having said that the news reported recently says that jails will run out of space in a matter of days.

With all the camera technology and helicopter use these days, it would be safer to monitor the vehicle and apprehend the driver at his/her destination. High speed chases are too dangerous, particularly when the driver doesn't care about the danger or the damage caused.

"They have some crazy stuff in that trunk - boot, sorry!" You're getting the hang of it! On another note, you may have some strange town names in the United States, but you'll never have a Heckmondwike.

"When tv used to be a thing", he says. I feel as if I should tell my grandsons to begin digging my grave now! 😢 I was living in CA when everyone watched the O J Simpson police chase, 30 yrs ago last week.

The pit manoeuvre is used only when there is no risk to other road users. Life is paramount to the British police, even for criminals, but especially for innocent members of the public.

An excellent piece of professional police work but I share your frustration that such a careless attitude to the lives of others can be found.

The PIT is unsafe for everybody!

The sentence for refusing a drink/ drugs test is as bad as if not longer than failing one! Driving whilst disqualified can lead to a prison sentence in the UK.

PIT maneuvre is contraversial in UK because of the risk of safety to vehicles other than the fleeing vehicle. In the US there have been several fatalities to innocent vehicle drivers, not involved in the chase. 36 innocent vehicle occupants or by standers have been killed in the US since 2016, according to the Washington Post.

OMG... Joel, what have you done to your hair? 😱

Sentences are always too short but our prisons are at capacity or over capacity, so people seldom get incarcerated for what most people would regard as fitting the crime. I never like to see the perpetrators get away from the police. They have a job to do, to enforce the law and prevent anarchy. He is a criminal. As soon as he started up that car he was breaking several laws. I hope his girlfriend had her eyes opened to the knob he really is.

That went past my house just before those two police had to stop

"I don't know how he can refuse a drug test..." That is called innocent until proven guilty and is still the cornerstone of British justice. I once entered a one-way street in an unfamiliar area of London, whereupon the traffic cop stopped the traffic, got me to turn around and politely told me not to make the mistake again. No guns, no tasers no burly cops threatening divine vengeance on me.

A Pit Manoeuvre is highly dangerous to perform on narrow roads not to mention the serious risks involved to the occupant of the suspect vehicle, the risks to fellow officers since UK Police vehicles aren't modded the way US police vehicles are, so they won't withstand a massive impact and then there's other road users to think about. If a pit manoeuvre was done, that could send the car spinning into oncoming traffic. A Box manoeuvre performed by Tactical Pursuit and Containment (TPAC) officer's is a tried and tested method resulting in successfully apprehending many suspects over the years and its done quickly and safely with the emphasis on safety for everyone on the road.

this clip is of a tv show called police interceptors and it's fantastic

"Have you taken any drugs recently?" "Which ones?" Lol

Welcome to "The Wild West Yorkshire". Unfortunately, a regular occurrence round here. Last year I went to Huddersfield where I spotted a purple Lamborghini in usual traffic. By 15:30 it was front page BBC news, it'd crashed and was on fire on the M62. (The same motorway).

In Britain, we don't add the word "Department" to the title of a police force. It's just "West Yorkshire Police".

Nope-the sentence was far too short…as usual in the UK. The driver should have got 5 years and served every single day of it-not “half”. He was already disqualified so what’s to stop him getting behind the wheel again? NOTHING. Also, he should have got fined for refusing the drugs test-to be paid when he’d served his sentence! A nice ‘out of jail treat for the twerp’.

Joel is a hottie! 🥰

The Pit Maneuvers which are carried out in the US are easier to accomplish, Joel, as literally all your cop cars in most formats have Bull Bars fitted as normal to them . . . (And when they call in for back up - you'll see 10-20 of all kinds showing up, as well as choppers) . . . However, cars are now usually being made to have to deform slightly if hitting a pedestrian at the front even at slow speeds - so perhaps saving a life and not an instant death from it . . . Bull Bars though, only offer protection to the car, and not to the human being hit. So you will not see very many police cars over here with Bull Bars fitted to them nowadays. That's why they have to use the T-Pack method with dangerous drivers instead, if they have the cars available, and so can do that . . .

That was interesting to someone who is from West Yorkshire. If you look at the map you will see three towns with strange names: Liversedge, Heckmondrike and Cleckheaton - commonly known, jokingly, as Cleckheckmondsedge. Yes, the sentence is laughable.

I guess the lawnmower won 😜

This is Bradford and Leeds, happy valley Halifax is only 15 miles away

Those Police Drivers are very highly trained for pursuit and you can see they make a chase like that look effortless.

Hello Joel. I wondered if I would spot someone I gave a reference to who became a traffic officer. When I left Bradford my car insurance halved. I commented before that at my new house I found a fugitive from a chase under my pear tree and rugby tackled him through next doors fence, then shouted to the police officers to collect him. I mended the fence.

The way he starts running away then 😂😂😂

Nice Hair Cut Bro.

I simply cannot understand why a driver like this is running away, the Police will eventually get him, even if they have to chase him until his fuel runs out, but he prefers to risk his own life and that of others. We all wanted him to be caught, he could easily have caused the death of innocents. Porsche was destroyed, or at least badly damaged, and he had no insurance! What an idiot.

5:00 British police call the "PIT" (which in the US stands for Precision Immobilisation Technique) manouvre "Tactical Contact" and it's really a last resort because our police cars are just regular cars so they aren't reinforced or designed to take damage etc and don't have push bars on the front like US police. UK police will do tactical contact manouvres if required, and they have done so a lot in the past (more likely in cases involving firearms or someone driving the wrong way down the motorway etc) but it's mainly to end a chase NOW to prevent further risk to people. Also in the UK a PIT is easier to recover from because you just dump the clutch which keeps the engine running - one of the things with the PIT in the US is that with an automatic this will usually stall the engine, making it harder for the suspect to pull away again.

We dont use the Pit manouver in the uk as decided its too dangerous to the criminal and the police want the driver alive.

UK POLICE WILL PERFORM A T-PAC TO STOP THE CAR.PIT MANOUVERS ARE USED IN EXTREME CASES BECAUSE THE POLICE DONT KNOW IF THERE ARE PASSENGERS OR CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND PITS CAN ALSO CAUSE DANGER TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

They will only do a pit maneuver if it is safe to do so. Also, unlike American police cars, they don't have the bars on the front of the vehicles to protect the car so damage will cost a lot of money

It feels like a short sentence. I guess he was taken to hospital for blood tests, which would have confirmed if he was under the influence - and possibly a mental health assessment. The driving ban clearly isn't working, I'd have thought that a longer period of restricted movement and supervision would have been preferable in this case. I'm glad you got to do another police movie - I know you've been wanting to do so for a while 😉

Don't worry Joel, I fully understand your anger. The pathetic sentences handed out to those who are convicted in this country are way beyond a joke, and for a man who was driving whilst already banned from so doing - a five year ban will mean absolutely nothing to him.

In the UK we tend to use TPAC rather than the PIT as it is considered far safer to the pursued, police and the public. Occasionally the PIT is used but only rarely. TPAC - tactical pursuit and containment

You can't beat a summer buzz cut, suits you mate.

You going full football hooligan on us with that cut bro 😂

14 months is way to short of a sentence as he was probably released after a few months if he behaved well in Porridge.

Here in Los Angeles, high speed police pursuits are an ordinary everyday event. Maybe the driver is practicing for a trip to L.A.?

bro ur hair looked flipping perfect 😂

As a brit, a pit maneuverer would of stopped with pursuit ages ago

JPS with a Buzzcut.... geddit! Lookin' good!

Our streets/ roads are a lot narrower in general than in the U.S. so we have to use more conservative/ safer methods.

14 months 🤬 , 5yr ban!! He’ll be back driving again once he’s out of prison, these people have no respect for the law and really don’t give a 💩 about anything…

What you Americans don’t know is that we use the PUB manoeuvre in the UK. The PIT manoeuvre is a bit dated. After a few more pints the police causally drive to the house where the car is registered and then drive him / her to the station to issue the offence. Then the courts In this case 2 weeks probation and a fine of 50 quid to pay off for the next thirty years at one pound and 60 pence per a yearly payment plan.

seems that what used to be a permanent ban from ever driving again for breaking 100mph now seems to be a short term ban, yes he has a 5 year ban, but thats ontop of thier already existing ban, funnily enough though it looks like banning them from driving had absolutely no effect,

They were trying to perform a ‘T Pack Manoeuvre’. One police car gets immediately in front of the Porsche, one closes up right behind it and a third police car drives alongside the chased vehicle, parallel to the driver. Effectively boxing the runaway car in and then all the police cars slow down to bring the chase to a stop. ‘Police Interceptors’ is a Channel 5 Show in the U.K. A similar show from Channel 5 is: ‘Motorway Cops’ also set in Yorkshire, if you want to investigate more of this type of content. The Police Drivers are all specially trained in High Speed Pursuits, but, at the same time a lot of the drivers they are chasing don’t make it easy for the police to catch them!

I’m sure the passenger saying, sound, I’m sound, that was his first time in a police car trained to do that, he was the rookie. I watch the series.

Looking good Joel 👍 👌 😎

Pits aren’t always effective outside USA, you have rear wheel driven cars which are perfect to pit. We have front wheel drive or 4x4 which are easier to correct and aren’t spun as easily

Hair looks good joel

Pretty pathetic Prison Sentence 14 Months for that car chase, He probably got out in 8 or 9 months. He probably got his own car and carried on driving too, he seemed to be that stupid.

The police very seldom (on tv anyhow) do pit manoeuvres. Partly I think because, if you watch enough of these chases, you’ll see that sometimes the culprit actually have not only other people in the car, but sometimes kids.

what i find puzzling is that's like a 100k car but has no insurance and now it's totalled a 100k just got flushed down the toilet

The police cannot use force to take any sample for the purpose of drug testing. However, when arrested *for certain offences only* not giving a sample for testing is a separate offence punishable by a prison sentence of up to three months and/or a fine of up to £2,500. If the suspect refuses to provide a sample without a good reason, they should be told by the police officer that they could be prosecuted. (The officer did not do this in the footage shown.) They say the offender was taken to hospital, and it *may* be (I'm not sure) that medical staff have greater leeway than the police in taking samples without consent. On a separate matter, hats off to the calm professionalism of the officer radioing vital information gathered by the helicopter crew to the cops on the ground.

They don’t put manoeuvre often unless they have too because the cars aren’t built/made for that, they don’t have any reinforcements or bars at the front & they take damage easily, plus a lot of the traffic (highway) police drive German cars like BMW & Audi soo they are extremely expensive too repair

He's not going to get away with an eye on the sky anyway.

4:57 Danger to the suspect and possibly other drivers. At those speeds, rollover guaranteed Edit: You also have to take note, Injuries. Most likely a Whiplash if they do

I like the buzz cut.

Remember that the aerial shots were taken from an air support helicopter. That takes a lot of pressure off those on the ground because it's very difficult to hide from them, even on foot.

Love the hair, really suits you.

I think the box manoeuvre is considered safer, if somebody dies while you're trying to apprend them will see you investigated for the death

We dont pit manauvre here in the uk unless lives are at risk. We chase by foot as our officers are fit and healthy.

As the RU-vidr below says, we Brits are sooo keen for these nut case drivers to be caught. The driver was probably pissed. I hope they threw the book at him.

5:00 Not yet done PIT coz they can’t catch him 😅 are you watching yeh ?😅😅

In the UK if u start to drive dangerously the police have to back off. Thats why they try to keep a chase out of towns and cities. If u go on a motorway ur more likely to get caught because theres lots of room. Uk roads are narrow and police dont have room to box u in

There was no mention of the item he threw out of the window.

Male insurance rates? We ditched that ages ago

They could have radio'ed ahead for spike strips

Thought I recognised the roads, especially around J28, M1 / A38. Finally caught him near Eldon Rd, Chilwell, Beeston, Nottingham (Near J25, M1), so be Nottinghamshire police this.