PVO Flashcards
As a Police Officer you must:
ALWAYS be professional behind the wheel
Be seen as an expert driver
Obey the rules of the road
what are the four main concepts of Co-operative driving ?
Eye Lead
Critical Path
Being seen
Escape Routes
What is eye lead:
the time and scanning distance ahead of the vehicle
What is the average eye lead time for most drivers?
4-5 seconds
What is the expert minimum for eye lead?
12 seconds
what are the three fundamentals of vehicle control>
Breaking steering Acceleration
how do you number lanes in trafffic?
1-whaterver staring from the kerb and then turning lanes get numbered 1-whatever starting from the kerb
what is ritical path?
the open path along which the driver intends to travel?
what is being seen?
making others aware of you, we do this through:
Audible
Visual Warning devices
vehicle position
what are escape routes:
by constantly re-evaluating our surroundings we can establish escape routes
how far behind a vehicle should we be stopping?
we should be able to see the tires.
what is the area of immediate responsibility?
the area Immediately in front, beside and directly behind our vehicle
how often should we be scanning our mirrors?
every 5-8 seconds
what is pitch?
the transfer of weight longitudinally
occurs when braking or accelerating
(wheelie)
what is Roll:
side-to-side weight transfer
results as a result of steering input
what is yaw?
Horizontal rotation similar to a spinning top
what is our first priority when it comes to Emergency Response Driving?
Guaranteed safe arrival at the scene pf the emergency is the first priority
is peace officer allowed to brake the law while driving?
yes
what are we looking for while doing traffic duty?
safe and efficient mouvement of vehicles cyclist and pedestrians
what does policy say about high speed follows?
they do not exist
what do we have to voice when doing a traffic stop?
Provide dispatch with your call sign
Request dispatch to place you in a traffic stop
location
license plate
number of occupants
advise dispatch if backup is required
what is a Police Pursuit:
means the operation of an emergency vehicle for the purpose of apprehending a suspect in a vehicle refusing to stop or attempting to evade police
Rules of Engagement:
Do not initiate a puirsuit for any offence other than a known criminal code or CDSA offence taking into considerations the seriousness of the offence
risk assessment before getting into a pursuit
seriousness of the offence
age ability of suspect driver
potential of Patrol Unit
Volume of vehicle pedestrian traffic
weather and road conditions
area – residential, commercial
visibility and illumination
Public & Police safety is of paramount importance when deciding to:
initiate
continue or
Abort a pursuit
if a suspect makes obvious attempts to elude/evade police, members shall:
consider themselves in a pursuit situation even though they have not made any attempts to stop the suspect
who cannot engage in a pursuit?
on or off duty members operating their own vehicle?
any unit transporting someone (whether in custody of ride along)
unmarked unit not equipped with emergency lights and siren
police members operating a motorcycle
cadets
when do we do when a pursuit has been aborted:
immediately stop the pursuit & do not follow the suspect vehicle
verbally confirm acknowledgement of the abort command
Provide your location to the dispatcher on a monitored talk group
wait for street supervisor
do not re-engage without the direct authorization of the duty officer
who may abort a pursuit?
anyone
what are the 4 stages of pursuit?
stage 1: pre pursuit
stage2: pursuit
stage 3: transition to FOU
stage 4: post pursuit
what do we have to advise dispatch durring a pursuit:
Patrol unit call sign
Location
Direction of travel
Liscence number
Rate of speed
Traffic Volume
Weather conditions
Road conditions
Description of driver/ passengers
Request FOU (air-1)
Frequent Updates Include:
rate of speed
location
Traffic volume
Direction of travel
what is stage 3 of pursuit:
where we transition to FOU
What is Visual contact:
Visual contat means the Flight Operation Unit (helicopter) can visually observe the suspect or suspect vehicle
what is disengage:
the police units involved to stop pursuing and revert to a distant follow, Police members to abide by the HTA
Distant follow:
the police units slow down or back off to a distance where the suspect vehicle can not view the police vehicle following but are nearby to re-engage the pursuit of the suspect vehicle if necessary or to affect the arrest. Police members to abide by the HTA
Visual Containment:
means the flight opps unit has visual contact with the suspect of the suspect vehicle and is in position to coordinate the incident.
Visual contact broken:
A situation where the flight opps unit has lost visual sight of the suspect or vehicle due to ground obstructions such as trees or buildings
Inter jurisdictional pursuits (wps leaving the city)
when assigned, unit to notify Dispatch on monitored group when you are in position
if assigned to take over as prime, when suspect passes by, assume Prime Unit duties
if assigned to deploy a tire deflation device, attempt to terminate/de-escalate the pursuit prior to it entering the city. If attempt fails, assume back up duties
