Procedure 620 Pursuits and Stop Techniques

Question 1

Means a marked police vehicle or a marked police motorcycle equipped with emergency warning devices (warning lights and siren), or a command response vehicle.

Answer 1

Emergency Vehicle

Question 2

Means an attempt by an officer, while driving an emergency vehicle with lights and sirens activated, to apprehend the occupant(s) of a vehicle who are evading arrest by maintaining or increasing the speed of a vehicle and by ignoring the officer’s instruction to stop or are taking evasive actions.

Answer 2

Pursuit

Question 3

Means to drive behind a subject vehicle without using emergency warning devices or any other method of instruction to stop by the officer. The police vehicle must adhere to traffic laws and traffic control devices.

Answer 3

Follow(ing)

Question 4

A managing supervisor will determine the number of emergency vehicles engaged in a pursuit to a maximum of ____, inclusive of the primary and secondary vehicle.

Answer 4

Four (4)

Question 5

The ________ responsible for maintain the Pursuit Information Database will complete an annual written evaluation of all pursuits to determine their effectiveness and to recommend any training, or policy modifications needed.

Answer 5

Patrol Division Commander

Question 6

Following a subject for more than _____minutes requires supervisory approval.

Answer 6

Fifteen (15)

Question 7

Pursuit-SUSPECT entries will remain valid for ____ calendar years.

Answer 7

Two (2)

Question 8

Pursuit-ARRESTED entries will remain valid for ___ calendar year.

Answer 8

One (1)

Question 9

Any officer involved in a pursuit where the suspect evades apprehension or where a pursuit is terminated will contact the _______ and ensure that a BOLO is generated.

Answer 9

Communications Office

Question 10

Any officer involved in a pursuit where the suspect evades apprehension or where a pursuit is terminated will generate a report for the offense of _______ or ______.

Answer 10

Evading Arrest or Detention

Question 11

Any officer involved in a pursuit where the suspect evades apprehension or where a pursuit is terminated will forward a copy of the report to the ______.

Answer 11

Traffic Division Detail (TID)

Question 12

Situations where pursuits, if initiated, may be continued, depending on the hazardous circumstances and environmental factors: The occupant(s) is known to be wanted under an active warrant for a ________ offense.

Answer 12

Violent Felony

Question 13

The secondary vehicle’s siren may be deactivated if it interferes with _________.

Answer 13

Radio Communications

Question 14

Managing Supervisor attaches copies of the officers’ report, including any pertinent AVL records, and a copy of SAPD form NEN, to the pursuit evaluations report, and forwards the packet to his _______.

Answer 14

Shift/Unit Director

Question 15

Managing Supervisor as soon as practical after the conclusion of the pursuit, prepares SAPD form NEN, and route the form through _______ to the following officers: Office of the Chief, Assistant Chief, Division Commander (Patrol Division/Tactical Support Division) and Police Media Services Detail.

Answer 15

Electronic Mail

Question 16

In all pursuits which end in the apprehension of the offender outside of Bexar County, the offender is taken without unnecessary delay, before a magistrate of the _____ in which the arrest is made.

Answer 16

County