Pursuit procedures

Standardized Procedure

A pursuit is when a person suspected of commiting a crime flees from officers in which case officers must give chase in a vehicular or foot pursuit.

Officers involved must all be vehicles length away from a fellow officer in a pursuit to avoid collision

YOU ARE TO NEVER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES OVERTAKE WITHOUT PERMISSION

Meaning, do not overtake officers without them knowing anything. Even if you might be the fastest, most skilled driver. You will wreck that officer out. 

Instead, You are to use permission to pass. If you want to pass as being the fastest unit, you are to request to the 1st unit in front of you if you can pass. 

If they deny it, you must remain your current spot

If they accept it, you are to pass on the left by making it clear, "10-4, passing on your left"

Never dual overtake, if you ask 1 person to overtake them, that doesn't allow you to overtake the whole pursuit

Pursuit Evaluation

When acting under vehicle pursuit you are required to evaluate:

• Road conditions

• Traffic

• Danger of suspect

After evaluating these it is to be determined if the pursuit should continue, if a supervisor on duty permits the pursuit you may continue to pursue the vehicle.

Pursuit Joining

• When having a pursuit heading towards you, to join in you must wait for all units to pass before flipping around and joining, this only doesn't apply when there's straggler units and you have a realistic amount of time to merge, You wreck out a officer for negligence, it will be reported to your command team.

• When trying to catch up to a pursuit, you are aloud to speed up to catch up but know your limits as of when to brake and not wreck out

Positions

Primary: The lead unit is in charge of executing pits, grapples, or general maneuvers to keep with the suspect or to neutralize the suspect if permitted to by a supervisor a lethal maneuver can be granted, allowing the primary to attempt to neutralize the suspect.

Secondary: The 2nd unit is in charge of keeping up with the pursuit and communicating over the radio giving pursuit locations, Pursuit evaluation, and more. This is to allow the primary to keep with the suspect while not having to many tasks at once.

Third: The 3rd unit is to keep with the pursuit and if the secondary wipes out, take over its place

Fourth (or last): If any unit were to wipe out in the pursuit, being the last unit, you must tend to the collision and evaluate the wiped out officer