"Tactical contact" in London to stop moped thieves...
Police in London are using their patrol cars to bump fleeing suspected moped robbers. Its nothing fancy, though theyve given it a fancy name: tactical contact. The Met says tactical contact is only executed by highly trained officers in order to end chases quickly.
Moped-based thefts have plagued London in recent years. Robbers speed by and snatch the mobile devices and bags out of unsuspecting pedestrians hands. Police say strategies like tactical contact have helped reduce so-called ride-by thefts from 19,455 robberies in 2017 to 12,419 this year. The New York Times however found that the tactical contact was only deployed 63 times this year. Other tactics, such as tracking suspects using helicopters, have proved much more effective.
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