Our department, 120 officers and metro of 150,000 in the upper midwest, has heated debates at briefing about pursuing stolen vehicles. Our policy basically states in order to pursue:
-A violent crime must have been committed
-The subject must be attempting to escape
-The subject will endanger lives or inflict great bodily injury if not taken into custody
(Basically Graham v. Connor)
It seems the younger officer want to pursue any and everyone.
I don't see it that way. Especially if you are in the pursuit alone. They usually flee on foot and/or fight. (I am a K9 handler so that is not a huge problem...yet)
The other issue is when someone is involved in a pursuit the civillian car usually is destroyed or loses much of it's value.
Just wondering what the concensus is out there
-A violent crime must have been committed
-The subject must be attempting to escape
-The subject will endanger lives or inflict great bodily injury if not taken into custody
(Basically Graham v. Connor)
It seems the younger officer want to pursue any and everyone.
I don't see it that way. Especially if you are in the pursuit alone. They usually flee on foot and/or fight. (I am a K9 handler so that is not a huge problem...yet)
The other issue is when someone is involved in a pursuit the civillian car usually is destroyed or loses much of it's value.
Just wondering what the concensus is out there
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