Ops 2 Pursuits Flashcards
What is Ops 2
Pursuit Driving
Will be governed by TCA?
55-8-108
What is an Authorized emergency Vehicle?
A vehicle equipped with emergency equipment as required by law
What is a Field Supervisor?
Supervisor in command of pursuit-usually the immediate supervisor of the officer initiating pursuit
Define motor vehicle pursuit
An active attempt by LE officer in an authorized emergency police vehicle to apprehend a known or suspected violator of the law who is knowingly and actively attempting to elude the police
Define primary unit
marked unit which initiates or any marked unit which assumes control
Define Secondary Unit
back up to the primary unit
Define Reasonable suspicion
belief based upon specific and articulable facts which, taken together with reasonable inferences from those facts, reasonably lead an officer to believe that a person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime
Officer shall only initiate or continue pursuit when there is what?
Reasonable suspicion prior to the beginning of the pursuit that the suspect has committed or is committing violent and or forcible felony
What are the types of violent/forcible felonies?
- Murder
- manslaughter
- aggravated assault
- armed robbery
- rape
- aggravated kidnapping
- child sexual assaults
- aggravated arson
Officers shall not initiate or become involved in a pursuit for what offenses?
- traffic offenses
- Misdemeanors
- non-forcible felonies
- when suspect flees for an unknown reason
Only the ? and ? shall proceed outside the Chattanooga city limits unless otherwise specifically ordered by the Supervisor
Primary and Secondary units
Only vehicles equipped with ? and ? and motorcycle units shall participate in pursuit
lights and sirens
Units transporting ?, ?, ?, ? or other ? shall not engage in pursuits
- prisoners
- Witnesses
- suspects
- complainants
- non-police personnel
A pursuit initiated by a motorcycle unit or unmarked unit shall be assigned to the first arriving marked unit
True
Officers shall ? continue a pursuit if the primary unit or any supervisor orders pursuit be discontinued
NOT
When pursuit is discontinued or terminated, the pursuing officers shall….
turn off all emergency equipment
make the next available left or right turn
Officers shall NOT engage in the following conduct except in cases where the use of deadly force is authorized by dept regulations
- Drive along side of or in front of fleeing vehicle in an attempt to force the vehicle from the road or
- Bump or ram fleeing vehicle in an attempt to force it from the roadway
Officers shall NOT pursue a fleeing vehicle by driving the___ on a freeway, divided highway or interstate
wrong way
True/false
No officer may intentionally place himself/herself or their vehicle in the path of a moving vehicle in an effort to stop such vehicle
True