City of Columbia discusses new tech for police chases [Video]

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The City of Columbia Council met Monday to go over several topics, from recognizing Columbia Water for safe drinking water to using new technology in high-speed pursuits. 

John Crangle, a 61-year resident of Columbia came to voice his concerns about police pursuits at the meeting. He says he has seen the tragedy that can come from these situations first-hand.

“The first one was Leroy Dantzler. I’m an attorney, but I also am a college professor, and I had Leroy Dantzler in my classes back in the late 1980s. He graduated in I think, 1990, but he was killed the first year he was out. He was a game warden, and he was involved in a pursuit and ended up in a collision… The other one is Stacy Case. She …