DougCo sheriff: New video captures vehicles not yielding to officers answering emergency calls

Douglas County, Colorado (KDVR) – a new video clip shows what Douglas County officers say that drivers do not surrender to law enforcement vehicles who answer emergency calls.

The Douglas Sharif County Office spoke to Fox31 on how their neglected drivers put their officers at risk.

In the new video, Douglas County Vice District can be seen trying to walk around a car on his way to an emergency. However, in the video, the driver is not transmitted to the right.

Representative Shin Plsse said with DCSO that he found himself in the same scenario several times.

“It might be frustrating, especially here, working in a rural province. We have rural roads and we are trying to reach somewhere. We have a long driving road. We add minutes to a call where the number of seconds,” Pliessy said.

A spokesman for the Sharif office said that the vehicles also pass on the right side of their deputies’ vehicles even when their lights and warnings are activated, but it is not clear.

“When people feel panic, they do not always do things that we do not expect and that can lead to dangerous situations.”

Senator John Carson told Fox31 that he is tightening penalties for neglected driving.

“I think there is a lot of distraction,” Carson said. “People spend their attention with phones and other elements in their cars.

For Belsey, reaching a message about watching the lights and alarms that hit it home where his merchandise was hit while working in an emergency call.

“When we were wandering. The car said it saw me coming with my lights, but it didn’t stop,” said Bilcem.

“If you do not know what to do,” Bilcy said, “You don’t know what to do,” said Pelsi.

DSCO spokesperson told Fox31 that failure to undergo an emergency can lead to a fine of $ 170.

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