<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>This wouldn't have been quite so funny if they hadn't blocked traffic, casually walked up to a car that possibly held a suspect from a home invasion robbery but that they blithely assumed was empty, and precipitated a firefight in dense rush hour traffic. I hate to see them be ridiculed for acting cautiously when the facts that they had at the time warranted it.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Paul<br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">To:</span></b> Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020@moscow.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 15, 2012 6:22 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] Not All Police Departments are as Efficient as the MPD<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv520321477"><div><div></div><div>Police block rush hour traffic, backing up the freeway for miles, during a two-hour standoff . . . with an empty car.</div><div><br></div><div>Courtesy of Fox 5 News (San Diego, California) at:</div><div><br></div>http://www.fox5sandiego.com/news/kswb-robbery-suspect-stops-on-highway-20120214,0,6224905.story<div><div> </div><div>----------------------------</div><div><br></div>No one found inside car after standoff<div><font class="yiv520321477Apple-style-span" face="Times"><span class="yiv520321477Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b><font class="yiv520321477Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="5"><span class="yiv520321477Apple-style-span" style="font-size:17px;font-weight:normal;"><br></span></font></b></span></font></div><div>SAN DIEGO - A standoff on eastbound Interstate 8 in La Mesa ended without anyone taken into custody.</div><div><br></div><div>Two hours after officers drew their guns
on a dark-colored sedan parked on the freeway near Severin Drive, Fox 5's helicopter showed that no one was discovered inside.</div><div><br></div><div>Officers slowly approached the car and smashed several driver-side windows. A canine was seen jumping into the front of the car to discover that the vehicle was empty.</div><div><br></div><div>Officers initially reported that a home invasion robbery suspect refused orders to get out of the car stopped near Severin Drive in La Mesa around 4:40 p.m.</div><div><br></div><div>California Highway Patrol was called to assist San Diego Police Department, according to CHP officer Larry Landeros.</div><div><br></div><div>Traffic on the freeway was heavily congested for miles to the west as two lanes on the interstate were closed while police took up positions around the suspect's vehicle.</div><div><br></div><div>"Officers are taking precautionary actions to get this all resolved peacefully," Landeros
said.</div><div><br></div><div>Details regarding the home invasion robbery were not immediately released.</div><div><br></div><div>Lt. David Rohowits says the suspect was going to be arrested at his parole officers, but the suspect called ahead to the meeting reporting his car broke down on the 8 freeway. Officers rushed on scene, but were unable to arrest the suspect.</div><div><br></div><div>Investigators don’t believe the suspect was tipped off to the arrest, but warn the suspect is considered armed and dangerous.</div><div><br></div><div>Police say they will not release anymore information about the suspect because they are still in an active search for the suspect.</div><div><br></div><img src="cid:1.2649823473@web120501.mail.ne1.yahoo.com" alt="image.jpeg" id="yiv5203214771C7B0283-96FC-4034-BAB2-832C5C303D7E" height="409" width="728"></div><div><br></div><div><span class="yiv520321477Apple-style-span"
style="">----------------------------</span><br><div><br><div>Seeya later, Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Post Falls, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"If not us, who?</div><div>If not now, when?"</div><div><br></div><div>- Unknown</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><br>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a><br> mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================<br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>