bigdog said:
Bigdog that is a bit over the top and unfair on the Police. From my experience they tend to apprehend and charge the suspect very early on, it is the CPS/Proc Fiscal and Courts who drag the case on for months and months but for some reason people blame the Police who patrol the streets for this, which is completely unjust as once the charge is made it is out of their hands and off to the next department (CPS/Proc Fiscal). The hatred for Police and calling them idiots is slightly over the top, in fact they took statements quickly and had this guy charged within weeks so I think on this occasion that's a job well done by them.
In the US we equate the police and prosecutors as nearly the same. In this case as it was a vehicular assault with a video and witnesses. I doubt a judge in the US would have even allowed a delay because of such over whelming evidence. In the US he would have been jailed immediately upon arrest as this was a violent crime and not just a traffic offense and would have had to await a bail hearing. If bail was denied. He would sit in jail till his trial.
