Can We Chase It?
True or False: An officer trying to catch up to a speeding vehicle to initiate a traffic stop is automatically considered to be in a vehicular pursuit.
What is "False?"
Catching up for the purpose of initiating a traffic stop is not considered a pursuit; however, emergency lights and siren must be used while catching up.
What emergency equipment must be operating during a pursuit, and what equipment specifically shall not be used?
Emergency lights and siren must be operating. Four-way flashers shall not be used.
Who is the only person who may authorize more than two units to participate in a pursuit?
A supervisor
You're primary and your radio stops working. Continue or terminate?
Terminate immediately. Loss of radio contact with Communications is a mandatory termination circumstance.
You're in an unmarked unit when a vehicle you're pursuing takes off. What must you request, and what happens when it arrives?
Request a marked unit and relinquish the lead pursuit position to it as soon as practical. The unmarked unit may then serve as the secondary vehicle.
What can happen if the primary officer fails to transmit the required pursuit information as soon as possible?
It may be cause for a supervisor to terminate the pursuit.
Upon being notified of a pursuit, what is the supervisor's fundamental decision?
Evaluate the circumstances and determine whether to allow the pursuit to continue or cancel it.
You're pursuing a robbery suspect. You lose sight of the vehicle for long enough that you no longer have visual contact. Continue looking at pursuit speed?
No. Terminate the pursuit. Loss of visual contact with the offender requires immediate termination.
For policy purposes, what two things must establish that a driver is actually resisting apprehension for the incident to constitute a vehicular pursuit?
1. The driver must be aware of the attempt to apprehend them
and
2. Resist by maintaining/increasing speed or using illegal/evasive driving tactics to avoid the stop.
You approach a red light during a pursuit. Cross traffic appears to be stopping. Can you proceed through without completely stopping?
No. The officer must stop first and ensure cross traffic has stopped and yielded before attempting to cross each lane.
You're the only supervisor working and you're also the primary pursuit vehicle. What does policy require?
Relinquish the primary pursuit position to another officer, disengage from the pursuit entirely, and function as the supervisor overseeing the pursuit.
Aviation arrives and assumes pursuit responsibility. Does that automatically mean every Sunrise unit immediately disengages?
Not necessarily. Once Aviation assumes pursuit responsibility, the supervisor determines whether agency members remain involved based upon the previously outlined conditions.
A motor officer becomes involved in an otherwise authorized pursuit. Can the motor remain in the pursuit once marked units take over?
No. The motor officer must request marked units to completely assume control and withdraw when they do.
Your suspect enters the interstate wrong way. Name the four actions/options identified by policy.
The pursuit is over. How long does the supervisor have to conduct the administrative pursuit review, and what happens afterward?
Within 10 working days. The supervisor conducts the review with involved personnel, documents findings in a memorandum, attaches it to the BlueTeam entry, and ultimately forwards the BlueTeam entry through the chain of command for review and final approval by the Chief.
You're pursuing an armed robbery suspect. The pursuit is authorized. Your windshield is struck by debris and cracks badly enough that your vision is partially obstructed. You still have visual contact with the suspect, your lights and siren work, and another unit is behind you. You're only a few blocks away. What does policy require?
Immediately terminate your involvement. Any equipment failure or damage creating a driving hazard—including a cracked windshield that obscures the driver's vision—requires termination.
Name the seven factors officers should evaluate when deciding whether the circumstances justify continuing a pursuit.
You're primary and announce the pursuit. Name the six pieces of information you're required to give Communications.
Name the five circumstances listed in policy that may cause a supervisor to cancel a pursuit because of a serious hazard.
Name six circumstances specifically identified in policy that require the primary officer to immediately terminate the pursuit.