Thread 33908792

How do you run away from cops? What are some things that work vs don't? I imagine the key is to get out of their sprinting distance after which they are automatically at disadvantage since they wear boots and carry heavy equipment. Then you can just jog in a zigzag until they don't see you and then take off a layer of clothes and get into public transport or some building with multiple exits. I think having some bikes would also help, you just need to know some routes where cars can't pass. Does anyone have first hand experience?

>>33908792 (OP)
You need to break line of sight and change your rough description while moving quickly to a vasty different area. If the crime is bad enough you shouldnt even bring a phone.

>>33908792 (OP)
Electric powered bike or scooter.

depends on wanted level

they're very stupid and driven by adrenalin and instinct and thinking the same patterns they have seen play out before are repeating themselves (because low lives and junkies aren't great at improvising)

you just have to have a couple good ideas that buy you a couple minutes a piece, reimagining the urban environment in a radically different way geographically. that's why obscured tunnels, parkour, foliage, sudden changes in bicycle or skateboard direction during an escape, etc. work like they do. the more your escape route is following a path that's obviously intended for people walking, the easier they can pathfind and attempt to close the distance. you can best them by radically reimagining what the space permits

>>33908792 (OP)
Run on foot
Cut off line of sight
Grab a bike ASAP
Ditch the bike.
Race into a populated space.
Ride public transit in random directions.
Wear a face mask

Basically do what Luigi Mangione did.

>>33908792 (OP)
In a pursuit, the pursued is generally at a disadvantage, and that's without the specificity of this situation and the additional advantages cops have. From a disadvantaged position, you win by exploiting the opponents weaknesses or nullifying their advantages, ideally by exploiting them as weaknesses.
>I imagine the key is to get out of their sprinting distance after which they are automatically at disadvantage since they wear boots and carry heavy equipment.
In a foot pursuit, you are up against someone who trains for and has experience in this situation. You are not and do not. You are physically disadvantaged.
>Then you can just jog in a zigzag until they don't see you
You zigzag when you're being shot at. A pursuer will not zig or zag like you, they will concentrate on running in a straight path that follows your mean path in order to close the distance.
By being particularly fast, agile, clever and lucky you might get away from a cop or two on the first leg, but that's just going to piss them off in most cases, they are generally highly competitive and don't like to lose. Then they bring in more advantages, numberical and cooperational. They can be in many places at once, coordinating their actions. You cannot. They also have time on their side. They can wait you out all day, all night, for months or years, and they get paid pretty well to do it. You don't have those luxuries. Your only real advantage is potentially being smarter than the collective intelligence of a bunch of midwits with operational experience. I don't think you are, but
>take off a layer of clothes and get into public transport or some building with multiple exits.
This could work, if you get out of sight, which is hard to be sure of. Not matching the description they're broadcasting is a good strategy. Blending in to a large crowd can work, or as a "scenery person" doing a job.

>>33908792 (OP)
>public transport
>having some bikes would also help
These are most beneficial if they don't know you're using them. If they do know, they can anticipate your route, your velocity, broaden or move the search area, call in more cooperation etc to compensate.

>>33912250
This is good advice.
>radically reimagining what the space permits
Does not mean jumping a fence.

You really have three options OP.
>don't commit crimes
>don't be worth pursuing
>be smarter than a collective of midwits with operational experience and support
I don't think you can personally count on number 3, so your options are 1 and 2. 1 is the safer bet.

good thread, good advice
bump

>>33908792 (OP)
just run. euro cops aren't allowed to pursue suspects, and american cops are all obese. just make sure to duck and weave and hop a fence.

I managed to successfully escape cops like a year and a half ago just by sleeping under this large pine tree and then walking to a different city later in the night. You gotta get out of there before they’re called though. Don’t run because it just makes you look suspicious.

Any clothes you would recommend? I remember back in the 90s when I was a kid I had a jacket that you could turn inside out and it was a different color and had a different logo on the other side.

I also think a motorcycle helmet or an outdoor jacket that has a cover for nose and mouth is less suspicious nowadays than a covid mask.

I also wonder if running away in populated areas really is a good idea. Yeas, you can blend in with passerbies but they could also try to play the hero and tackle you down. I guess it depends on the kind of neighborhood

God I hate cops. Somebody stupid once said “If you don’t like cops, the next time somebody breaks into your home, call a crackhead”. Which is to say, call a cop.

>>33908792 (OP)
>have good cardio
>know the area