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Vehicle Ops
Ways To End Vehicle Pursuits
Stationary roadblocks are no longer in wide use, but several innovative products could help officers safely end vehicle pursuits.
January 11, 2012
Vehicle Ops
Duty Dangers: Vehicle Pursuits
Officers who underestimate a suspect's resolve to evade capture or overestimate their own limitations or those of the patrol car only enhance the dangers of vehicle pursuits. It's not just the lead unit in a pursuit that is imperiled. Upon hearing of a pursuit in progress, other officers may attempt to catch up and join the chase.
January 11, 2012
Patrol
Tech, Tactics, and Training for Safer Vehicle Pursuits
Vehicle pursuits are inherently hazardous and often involve all manner of mayhem, including property damage and personal injury to fleeing violators, innocent victims, and pursuing police. Here are some keys to help mitigate the risks.
December 2, 2022
Vehicle Ops
Federal Liability for Vehicle Pursuits
Any officer who's been involved in a vehicle pursuit that resulted in property damage, bodily injury, or death should be concerned with at least three levels of liability. Departmental discipline may be imposed if the pursuit violates agency policy. Tort liability may be imposed through a lawsuit filed in state court. And plaintiffs may file a federal civil rights lawsuit seeking damages.
June 30, 2007
Procedures & Policies
Portland Loosens Restrictions on Vehicle Pursuits
“We have seen a significant propensity for criminal suspects to elude traffic stops, often driving extremely dangerously despite no officers chasing them,” the Bureau said in a statement.
December 21, 2023
Patrol
Vehicle Pursuits and Deadly Force
For the third time in 10 years, the U.S. Supreme Court has given us guidance on the kinds of circumstances that may justify the use of deadly force to stop a dangerous driver.
September 4, 2014
Patrol
Mayor Who Banned Police Vehicle And Foot Pursuits Reverses Herself
A small-town South Carolina mayor who told police they couldn't chase suspects on foot or driving a patrol vehicle has changed her mind, WTKR-TV reports.
September 27, 2009
Patrol
Video: Milwaukee Chief Threatened with Firing If He Doesn’t Allow More Vehicle Pursuits
Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn has just seven days to amend a policy to allow officers to chase more suspects -- or he could be fired. Flynn says those changes will mean more innocent deaths.
July 24, 2017
Patrol
Report Says Thousands Have Died in Police Vehicle Pursuits
More than 5,000 bystanders and passengers have been killed in police car chases since 1979, and tens of thousands more were injured as officers repeatedly pursued drivers at high speeds and in hazardous conditions, often for minor infractions, a USA TODAY analysis shows.
July 30, 2015
Patrol
Washington Legislature Votes to Allow More Vehicle Pursuits
Initiative 2113 expands the current pursuit law to allow officers to chase if they have a “reasonable suspicion” that a person has violated the law or committed any crime.
March 5, 2024
Patrol
Milwaukee Chief Threatened with Firing If He Doesn’t Permit More Vehicle Pursuits
Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn has just seven days to amend a policy to allow officers to chase more suspects -- or he could be fired. Flynn says those changes will mean more innocent deaths. More Here.
July 24, 2017
Special Units
New Device Uses GPS Projectile to Track Fleeing Vehicles
The StarChase GPS vehicle tagging and tracking system is so new it’s still in the development stages, but it could soon help to reduce the number of high-speed pursuits.
October 23, 2005
Vehicle Ops
Managing High-Speed Pursuits
To reduce the dangers of high-speed vehicle pursuits, law enforcement agencies need to understand the causes of high-speed pursuits, the legal issues involved, the problems behind such pursuits, and the strategies for reducing high-speed pursuits.
June 15, 2017
Patrol
POLICE Webinar to Discuss Best Practices for When a Pursuit Ends
Vehicle pursuits can be both stressful and often dangerous for pursuing officers. As varied as pursuits can be, likewise, there is some variability in how they come to an end.
June 16, 2023
Technology
TASER AXON Featured In Police POV Reality Show
The truTV reality police show "Police POV" features the TASER AXON officer video system that airs captured footage from vehicle stops, foot pursuits and other officer encounters with subjects.
April 18, 2011
Patrol
Drunken Dad's High-Speed Pursuit
Utah troopers arrested Robert Hills, after he led them on two pursuits, reaching 115 mph in his minivan with his wife and four children in the vehicle. He has been charged with speeding, reckless driving, DUI, eluding police, and avoiding arrest, reports ABC4.
August 19, 2012
Editor's Notes
PoliceMag's Top 10 Videos of 2012
Police videos highlighting the hazards of vehicle pursuits, traffic stops, and subjects using "bath salts" made 2012 a memorable year for PoliceMag.com.
December 25, 2012
Weapons
Pinal County Justice Foundation Seeks Donations to Purchase Rifles for Deputies
The Pinal County Sheriff's Office is asking now because "dangerous incidents have increased through the past few years and are now escalating to a point where deputies are involved in high-speed vehicle pursuits, shootouts between deputies and smugglers, incidents of ambush, as well as the deputy who was injured in a shooting."
August 5, 2010
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