RUNNER RUNNER

CASE 1

In Runner Runner, two female suspects escape a routine traffic stop, sparking a pursuit where time and distance calculations become crucial. Witness statements provide scattered clues, requiring students to piece together the suspects' potential route by analysing speeds, distances, and timing discrepancies. Math skills like solving distance-rate-time equations and interpreting linear relationships are essential as students retrace steps, checking inconsistencies in accounts and predicting possible hideouts based on the time needed to reach each point on the suspects' route.
Two suspects flee from police traffic stop

 step into the world of police surveillance and uncover surveillance tactics used to track criminal networks? "Into the Dragon's Mouth" invites you to apply your mathematical knowledge and think like a detective to solve this case

The Case:
n this investigation, students will tackle time and distance problems to analyze crucial data from witness statements. By examining the timeline of sightings and distances between locations, they will use speed-distance-time calculations to reconstruct the likely route of the fleeing suspects. With each witness account, students will determine consistency by calculating travel times, helping narrow down possible escape routes. Ultimately, students will use these math principles to predict the suspects' movements and identify potential hideouts or places of interest along the route.

Meet your Briefing Officeer 

Commissaire en Chef Etienne Leclerc

Commissaire en Chef Etienne Leclerc is the seasoned leader of the French National Police and a distinguished Interpol officer heading up the covert Operation Crossroads. Known for his sharp intellect and unyielding dedication to justice, Leclerc commands respect among his peers and poses a formidable challenge to those on the wrong side of the law. His approach combines traditional policing with cutting-edge technology, always maintaining a step ahead in his high-stakes pursuit of international criminals. Despite his professional veneer, Leclerc is deeply invested in his work, often leading his team into the fray with a personal conviction that transcends the badge. Leclerc’s leadership underpins the operation, navigating international complexities and political sensitivities as he orchestrates a response to a growing international threat, embodied in the elusive criminals central to Operation Crossroads.
Patrick Jones - Course author