02/15/2025
🚨 Another life lost in a preventable police pursuit. 🚨
Gerald Neal was simply sitting, minding his own business, when a suspect fleeing an Orlando police officer in an unmarked truck struck and killed him. Witnesses say they never heard sirens.
PursuitSAFETY’s advisory board member, retired police captain Tom Gleason, weighs in on the incident. He questions whether this chase complied with Orlando’s pursuit policy, which restricts pursuits to forcible felonies—yet police initially stated they were conducting a traffic infraction investigation.
How many more innocent people must die before we make police chases safer?
🔗 Read the full story here: https://www.wesh.com/article/orlando-police-policy-deadly-crash/63801936
Orlando Police responded to several follow-up questions from WESH 2 Investigates about the pursuit that resulted in the death of a pedestrian. Here's what we know:
