1 / 21

Vehicle Pursuits

Vehicle Pursuits. Community Panel on Police Pursuits Dr. Stanley Stone—Chairperson Council Workshop February 9, 2004. Mayor Buddy Dyer, City of Orlando Community Panel On Police Pursuits Michael J. McCoy, Chief of Police.

alea-huff
Download Presentation

Vehicle Pursuits

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Vehicle Pursuits Community Panel on Police Pursuits Dr. Stanley Stone—Chairperson Council Workshop February 9, 2004

  2. Mayor Buddy Dyer, City of Orlando Community Panel On Police Pursuits Michael J. McCoy, Chief of Police As Chairperson and on behalf of the City of Orlando, along with the Orlando Police Department, I would like to extend a special thanks to the panel members… C.T. Hsu Ron Blocker Robin Drage Wendy Pardew Roger Clark Paul Rooney Melissa Williams Gabriela Ortigoni Mary Beth Elkins Chester Glover Shawn Dunlap Kerrie Tersiano Jim Phillips Paul Curtis Fiolna Baxter Beverly Neal Ramon Ojeda Natasha Permaul

  3. Recommended ChangestoOPD Policy

  4. WHAT HAS THE COMMUNITY PURSUIT PANEL ACCOMPLISHED TO DATE? • Changed name — “Operational Use of Police Vehicles” to “Vehicle Pursuits.” • Simplified Pursuit Definition. • Simplified the entire policy — more clear and concise. • Included a definition for “Termination of a Pursuit.”

  5. WHAT HAS THE COMMUNITY PURSUIT PANEL ACCOMPLISHED TO DATE? • Included a definition for “Reasonable Suspicion” – most important element in determining whether an officer can pursue. • Changed “Infamous Crimes” to “Violent Forcible Felonies.” • Deleted confusing language such as: “…any other felony which involves the use, or threatened us, of violence or deadly force against an individual.”

  6. WHAT HAS THE COMMUNITY PURSUIT PANEL ACCOMPLISHED TO DATE? • Listed 10 Violent Forcible Felonies for which officers may pursue fleeing suspects. • Included considering “Alternative Means of Apprehension” when deciding to pursue a fleeing suspect. • Motorcycle units will no longer be allowed to pursue.

  7. WHAT HAS THE COMMUNITY PURSUIT PANEL ACCOMPLISHED TO DATE? • Officers can no longer pursue a suspect vehicle the wrong way on a one-way street. • Rolling roadblocks, boxing in, heading off and parallel approaches are no longer permitted. • Officers cannot engage in pursuits initiated by other jurisdictions unless the pursuit meets OPD guidelines.

  8. WHAT HAS THE COMMUNITY PURSUIT PANEL ACCOMPLISHED TO DATE? • Vehicle Pursuit Form is now routed, having more checks and balances for review (Approval/ Disapproval). • Created Vehicle Apprehension Form to track how often suspects flee from officers for crimes/infractions which are not pursuable per policy.

  9. New Definition: What is a PURSUIT? A multistage process by which an officer attempts to initiate a traffic stop and the driver resists the directive to stop and increases speed or takes evasive action and refuses to stop the vehicle.

  10. Officers MUST reasonably believe…

  11. …that the suspect • refuses to stop • is willfully fleeing • attempting to avoid capture By: High speed driving Driving off roadway Making sudden/unexpected movements Driving on the wrong side of the street/roadway Running red lights/stop signs Evasive maneuvers

  12. The Decision to pursue or not to pursue

  13. Public safety Traffic congestion Nature of the suspected crime Later identification Time of day Vehicle speeds Weather Road conditions Officer loses sight of suspect vehicle Location (i.e., school zone) Type of suspect/police vehicle Circumstance that may cause officer to lose control of emergency vehicle Availability of airborne units Began in another jurisdiction Loss of radio contact Suspect drives wrong way on a limited access highway Decision (to pursue or not) is based on many factors

  14. The Panel recommended that officers pursue only forViolent Forcible Felonies • Murder • Manslaughter • Armed Robbery • Rape • Armed Sexual Battery • Arson to an occupied structure • Use of explosive devices to an occupied structure • Kidnapping • Armed Carjacking • Burglary armed with a firearm

  15. The Panel took into account how long an officer has todecide to pursue or not. What the officer is doing while making this decision: • Fighting • Running • Talking on the radio • All of the above

  16. The Panel met with Dr. Geoff Alpert who relayed the following: The Odds • 1 out of 3 end in collision when initiated for infractions. • 2 out of 3 end in collision when initiated for “felony reasons.” • 1 out of 8 end in injury. • 1 out of 100 ends in DEATH!

  17. WHO DIES IN PURSUITS ? Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2002 Suspects are killed most frequently Third parties are second Officers are lowest

  18. Who’s affected? Who are the survivors? Parents, children, wife, brother, sister, peers? Whose family is destroyed? Where might the guilt come from?

  19. What’s Next? • Adoption of new OPD Vehicle Pursuit policy • Implementation • Training Training Training!! • Monitor • Educate the citizens of Orlando • Training Training Training!!

  20. The Panel believes that the recommended changes allow officers, supervisors and commanders to closely monitor the need for apprehension vs. the potential danger created by the pursuit.

  21. The End

More Related