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5.2 Road Policing & Fleeing Driver Flashcards

1
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What is the Road Safety Strategy goal?

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“Road to Zero” 40% reduction in deaths and serious injuries by 2030.

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What are the guiding principles of Road to Zero strategy? (7)

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  1. We PROMOTE good choices but plan for mistakes
  2. We DESIGN for human vulnerability
  3. STRENGTHEN roading system
  4. SHARED responsibility to improve road safety
  5. Our actions are grounded in EVIDENCE and evaluation
  6. Our road safety actions SUPPORT health, wellbeing, and liveable places
  7. We make SAFETY a critical decision-making priority
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What are the five focus areas for RP?

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  1. Infrastructure improvements and speed management
  2. Vehicle safety
  3. Work-related road safety
  4. Road User choices
  5. Systems management
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What are RP’s goals (3)

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Safe Homes
Safe Roads
Safe Communities

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5
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The RP partnerships programme has invested 75% in what four offence types that cause most harm?

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RIDS
Restraints
Impairment
Distraction
Speed

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In approaching road safety from a ‘whole of police’ approach we should recognise what? (3)

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  1. Some road safety risks have genesis in other areas (organised crime, family violence, alcohol harm and youth)
  2. Road safety achieved through more than enforcement alone. Preventions activities alongside partners
  3. Reducing trauma relies on understanding and deploying to risk, and a genuine whole of police approach
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What is a High Risk Driver report?

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Report identifying recidivist high risk drivers subject to the tasking and coordination process. Updated monthly

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Are staff outputs used as a performance measure

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No. More longer term outcomes such as reducing road deaths is measured

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What is a fleeing driver?

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Driver signalled to stop fails to stop or remain stopped

No longer includes fleeing police presence

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9
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The TENR risk assessment in a fleeing driver incident must balance…

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  • initial threat posed by vehicle occupants
  • necessity to immediately apprehend driver/passengers
  • ongoing risk of harm to any person if driver stops or fails to remain stopped
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9
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What are the principles of the fleeing driver policy? (9)

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  1. All staff share a collectively responsibility for ensuring a fleeing driver event managed as safely as possible.
  2. All fleeing driver events will be reported, and the appropriate action taken.
  3. Safety of staff, vehicle occupants and public takes precedence over apprehension.
  4. An investigation is a viable alternative to initiating or continuing a pursuit.
  5. Pursuit only possible if one of the justifications in the framework are met (offence/harm risk=high & assault/GBH/death)
  6. A decision not to pursue or to abandon a pursuit will be supported.
  7. Fleeing driver events reviewed timely to manage or escalate health and safety risks, training issues, systematic issues or lessons learnt.
  8. Actions and behaviour of a driver (or occupants) must be given consideration when applying TENR and determining appropriate response.
  9. Staff may be criminally liable if their actions contravenes legislation.
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If information available indicates driver is likely to flee what should ECC be advised (4)

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  1. Initial reason for wanting to stop the driver AND
  2. Intention to signal the driver to stop AND
  3. whether pursuit would be initiated if the driver fails to stop AND
  4. any plan to stop a fleeing vehicle
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All fleeing driver events will be reviewed to determine whether decision was: (4)

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  • reasonable, proportionate and necessary
  • lawful
  • justified, considering all the circumstances
  • compliant with police instructions and policy
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The fleeing driver management process includes which drivers?

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Includes drivers who:
* are unaware of the signal to stop
* are unaware of the required action when signalled to stop by Police
* deliberately fail to stop or remain stopped

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Who has command & control of a fleeing driver event?

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Pursuit Controller

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What are the four anchoring factors that assist in informing your TENR when determining whether a pursuit should be initiated or continued?

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  • Time of day
  • Environment (traffic conditions, location)
  • Driver/occupant profile
  • Offence
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If the decision is made not to pursue a fleeing driver, the officer must: (6)

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  • Communicate this decision to the ECC, ECC creates a FLEE event
  • Immediately reduce speed to increase distance OR remain stationary if already stopped
  • Deactivate warning devices once below posted speed limit
  • Stop as soon as safe to do so.
  • Advice the ECC stop location
  • Resume normal duties or deploy to other events as directed
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If the decision is made to initiate a pursuit, the officer must:

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  • Notify the ECC that you have initiated a pursuit
  • Communicate the initial reason for signalling the driver to stop and their justification for pursuit
  • Ensure lights and sirens are used at all times during the pursuit
13
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Who may initiate abandon pursuit?

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  • Lead or secondary vehicle drivers or their passengers
  • Field supervisor
  • ASU
  • Pursuit Controller
  • Dispatcher
14
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What is the overriding principle of fleeing driver events?

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Police and public safety take precedence over the immediate apprehension of an offender

15
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When, during a fleeing driver event, must the pursuit be abandoned?

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  1. TENR identifies risk of harm outweighs the initial or ongoing threat posed by vehicle occupants and the need to immediately apprehend
  2. Pursuing units lose contact with fleeing driver
  3. Sustained loss of comms with pursuing units
  4. Reason for pursuit not provided or insufficient

Note: reason to abandon should be communicated to all units and recording in the fleeing driver report.

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What tactical options are available to monitor or stop a fleeing vehicle? (6)

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  • ASU
  • AOS or STG non-compliant veh stop
  • Dog unit
  • Temporary road closure
  • Cordon and contain
  • TDD’s
17
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Who and under what power can order a temporary road closure?

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Pursuit Controller

s35 Policing Act - danger to a member of public exists or may reasonably be expected at or near that place

18
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When MUST a dispatch abandon a pursuit?

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When there is no pursuit controller or team leader available

19
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What may the Pursuit Controller request ASU to do?

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Take primary comms
Coordinate ground units

Note: ASU has no command and control in flees

20
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District reviewer responsibility after fleeing driver event (level 2)

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  1. Reviews the fleeing driver notification to ensure compliance
  2. Reviews the ECC audio
  3. Reviews ASU footage
  4. Identifies, manages or escalates any health and safety risks, training issues, systematic issues or lessons learnt.
21
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A. Who can authorise whether a second attempt can be made (rediscovered post pursuit) to stop a vehicle?

B. When will permission be given?

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A. Pursuit Controller

B. Only in circumstances where at least one of the justifications in the Fleeing Driver Framework are met.

If permission to signal and pursue is granted, the Pursuit Controller must communicate a clear plan and tactics to resolve the fleeing event.

22
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Responsibilities of driver/constabulary passenger post fleeing driver incident (4)

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  1. Request ECC K6 or K9 event
  2. Completes Fleeing Driver report prior to the end of the shift.
  3. Creates NIA investigation file
  4. Health and safety or near miss occurred, report to be completed.
23
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Who is responsible for ensuring the NIA file is created?

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Field supervisor

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