Digital Media Center
Bryant-Denny Stadium, Gate 61
920 Paul Bryant Drive
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0370
(800) 654-4262

© 2025 Alabama Public Radio
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
APR is conducting maintenance on the WHIL radio tower this week. Please be advised this could affect the broadcast.

Eluding Police Could Bring Years in Prison

By Associated Press

Montgomery, AL – Videos of police chases have caught the public's fancy in this age of reality TV.

But Alabama's attorney general hopes to curb them by making sure any driver who hits the gas goes to prison for up to 20 years.

Attorney General Troy King says high speed chases endanger lives.

King has worked with panels of law enforcement officers and crime victims to prepare a package of bills for the current legislative session. Several of the bills stem from issues popularized by TV or created by new technology.

King says one of the most-sought after measures by law enforcement would increase the penalty for attempting to elude police in a vehicle from a misdemeanor to a felony.

(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

News from Alabama Public Radio is a public service in association with the University of Alabama. We depend on your help to keep our programming on the air and online. Please consider supporting the news you rely on with a donation today. Every contribution, no matter the size, propels our vital coverage. Thank you.