Ch. 2 Emergency Vehicles Flashcards
What is the charge for refusing to allow an officer to take their registration in hand?
9025 failure to stop or obey police
What is the charge for refusing to give vehicle owners address upon request?
90/25 failure to stop or obey police
Strongest action for failure to surrender registration plates to an officer or authorized RMV agent
90/25 arrest in presence
Strongest action for refusing or neglecting to give drivers license to a judge or court upon request
Arrest in presence under 90/25
What is the public way requirement for failure to stop or obey police
No public way requirement
Is the $100 fine associated with 90/25 civil or criminal
Criminal
Can a judge dismiss a case for 90/25 if it is only a $100 fine because it’s not worth the time and resources involved
No but prosecutor can
Who is the only person permitted to dismiss a case for 90/25 $100 fine
Prosecutor
RMV action for 90/25
Suspension 60 days
Is a driver who is outside a stopped vehicle (ex accident scene) still subject to an officers 90/25 Authority.
Yes
Right of arrest for willful obstruction of a emergency vehicle
Arrest for breach of peace in presence otherwise complaint
Parking is prohibited within ____ft of a fire
800
What percent of officers killed in car crashes were not wearing seatbelts
42%
What percent of police departments admit to distracted driving causing a cruiser crash in the past year?
25%
Officers are ___ times more likely to be involved in a crash than a civilian
4
Distracted driving is believed to cause ___% of vehicle fatalities in the US
16%
When operating a cruiser, the minimum standard of care 89 7B establishes (2)
- The authority of police officers to engage in a pursuit or EVO
- The minimum restrictions placed on those activities.
Police and other first responders may cautiously exceeds speed limits if necessary for
Public safety
What is the most important safeguard during pursuits or EVO?
Stopping and only proceeding one safe
Does failing to obey the mandates of 89 7B subject officers to criminal consequences
No, but their driving behavior may qualify as criminal conduct
Violations of 7B restrictions may subject officers to (2)
Internal discipline
Civil lawsuits
The most disastrous pursuits often stem from
Officer ego
Who is in the best position to decide whether to continue a pursuit
The pursuing officer
Who may be able to exercise better judgment during the pursuit?
Uninvolved supervisor
Police executive research forum PERF recommends that Police only pursue suspects when (2)
A violent crime is been committed
The suspect poses an imminent threat to commit another violent crime