>While on the subject, I don't know if you know that "World's scariest police videos" show, with the whiter-than-white toothed "ex-sherrif" and his stage-set little "ride-alongs" whilst still chatting to camera...
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>Why when a cop has been chasing a guy for miles is he still referred to as "the Suspect"? He's THERE - DOING IT - so he's a "perp". It's not as if someone's doing 100 MPH - "I suspect the person in the driving seat could be doing it"
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>"The suspect has just fired shots from the window" :-)
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>Strange terminology

I suspect it's because he is caught up in using "police jargon". Cops don't get out of the car, they exit the vehicle. People become suspects, etc.