Vehicle Pursuits


Dangers surrounding vehicle pursuits, and particularly high-speed vehicle pursuits, are clear.  More and more police departments are creating or revising training, policies, and procedures in an effort to minimize the likelihood of accidents involving officers, suspected offenders, or uninvolved pedestrians or drivers.  Additionally, some departments are banning vehicle pursuits of non-violent or non-felonious offenders.



Publications

Geoffrey P. Alpert, “Police Pursuits:  Policies and Training,” NIJ Research in Brief, May 1997.
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/164831.pdf

Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, “Guidelines for Management of Police Pursuits,” 2004
http://www.acpo.police.uk/asp/policies/Data
/brunstrom_guide_man_pol_pursuits_2004a1_web_27x02x04.doc


Clyde Eisenberg and Cynthia Fitzpatrick, “Police Practice:  An Alternative to Police Pursuits,” FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, August 1996.
http://www.fbi.gov/publications/leb/1996/aug964.txt

John Hill, “High Speed Police Pursuits:  Dangers, Dynamics, and Risk Reduction,” FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, July 2002.
http://www.fbi.gov/publications/leb/2002/july2002/july02leb.htm#page_15

International Association of Chiefs of Police, “Vehicular Pursuit Model Policy”
http://www.theiacp.org/pubinfo/PolCtr.htm

National Institute of Justice, Pursuit Management Task Force, August 1998.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/000225.htm

Chris Pipes and Dominick Pape, “Police Pursuits and Civil Liability,” FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, July 2001.
http://www.fbi.gov/publications/leb/2001/july2001/july01leb.htm#page_17

Police Complaints Authority (United Kingdom) “Fatal Pursuit: Investigation of Road Traffic Incidents (RTI’s) Involving Police Vehicles, 1998 – 2001; Identifying Common Factors and the Lessons To Be Learned,” May 2002.
http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/pca_report_rti_2002v2.pdf

Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) "Police Road Traffic Incidents:  A Study of Cases Involving Serious and Fatal Injuries; Docking, Bucke, Grace and Dady; 2007.  http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/reports_rti.htm

Police Executive Research Forum, “Police Pursuits: What We Know,” 2000.
www.policeforum.org


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Relevant Links/Resources

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/

Police Driving.Com
http://www.policedriving.com


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