Fleeing Driver & Sudden Death Flashcards
Define ‘fleeing driver’.
A driver who has been signalled to stop by a constable but fails to stop or remain stopped, or a driver who flees as a result of Police presence, whether signalled to stop or not.
In the fleeing driver policy, what is the paramount consideration and how will it be achieved?
Safety - through a clear and common understanding of roles and responsibilities outlined in the policy and applying TENR
The TENR risk assessment must balance what three things?
- Initial threat posed
- Necessity to apprehend and
- Risk of harm to any person
Each fleeing driver event will be reviewed to determine what 5 things?
Whether the decision was:
- Appropriate
- Lawrful
- Justified, considering all the circumstances
- Compliant with Police Instructions and
- Whether there are lessons to be learnt
There are 10 overall principles regarding fleeing driver events - summarise all 10.
- Safety takes precedence over immediate apprehension
- Failing to stop or remain stopped not in itself sufficient reason to commence pursuit
- Investigation preferred over pursuit
- Pursuit only justified if threat outweighs risk of harm from pursuit
- Police will consider impact of response on the risk of harm - particularly re children or YP
- All staff share collective responsibility to achieve common purpose of safe management
- Decision not to pursue will be supported
- All events will be investigated to ID offender & hold to account
- Fleeing driver events will be reviewed
- Staff may be criminally liable if manner of driving contravenes legislation
In deciding whether to stop a driver, consideration should always be given to what?
Delaying the signal to stop while coordinating tactical options or waiting for wider environment to become safer
When must an initiating driver decide whether to commence a pursuit if driver fails to stop (or remain stopped)?
BEFORE signalling a driver to stop.
If information available indicates a driver is likely to flee, what should the ECC be advised of?
- Reason for wanting to stop
- Intention to stop
- Whether pursuit will be initiated if driver fails to stop
How should any event where a driver made a deliberate decision not to stop be resulted?
K6 - followed up with an investigation to ID driver and hold to account.
If a decision is made to commence a pursuit, what must you tell ECC?
The initial reason for signalling the driver to stop.
What is and is not the role of the DCC and NCCC during pursuits?
No command role during a pursuit. May provide situational intelligence to staff and ECC
When MUST a pursuit controller direct the abandonment of a pursuit?
- TENR identifies risk of harm outweighs initial threat and need to immediately apprehend
- ID of driver becomes known
- Pursuing unit loses contact with fleeing driver
- Sustained loss of comms with pursuing unit(s)
Who can direct the abandonment of a pursuit?
- Dispatcher
- Initiating or secondary units
- Field supervisor
- Pursuit controller
After a fleeing driver event, when must a fleeing driver notification be entered?
Before the end of shift or, with approval, within 5 days of the end of shift and before going on RDOs or leave
What are the responsibilities of a supervisor after a fleeing driver event (level 1 review)?
- Hot debrief with ECC and staff
- Ensure notifications & NIA records completed
- Supervisor to attend to above if staff unable
- Review notification to ensure compliance (within 5 days of submission of notification)
- Ensure health & safety reporting completed if required
- Ensure investigation to ID offender initiated if required
