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Road Policing and Fleeing Drivers Flashcards

1
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What is the Road Safety Strategy goal?

A

“Road to Zero” 40% reduction in deaths and serious injuries by 2030.

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What are the guiding principles of Road to Zero strategy? (7)

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  1. Promote good choices but plan for mistakes
  2. Design for human vulnerability
  3. Strengthen roading system
  4. Shared responsibility for safety
  5. Actions by evidence
  6. Actions support health, wellbeing
  7. Safety is a critical decision making process.
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What are the five focus areas for RP?

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  1. Infrastructure and Speed
  2. Vehicle and safety
  3. Work-related road safety
  4. Road User choices
  5. Systems management
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What are RP’s Goals (3)

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Safe Homes

Safe Roads

Safe Communities

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5
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The RP partnerships programme has invested 75% in what four offence types that cause most harm?

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RIDS

Restraints

Impairment

Distraction

Speed

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In approaching road safety from a ‘whole of Police’ approach we should recognise what? (3)

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  1. Some road safety risks have genesis in other areas (organised crime, family violence, alcohol harm and youth)
  2. Road safety acheived through more than enforcement alone. Preventions activities alongside partners
  3. reducing trauma rlies on understanding and deploying to risk.
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7
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What is a repeat registrations report

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Report identifying recidivist high risk drivers subject to the tasking and co-ordination process. Updated monthly

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8
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Are staff outputs used as a performance measure

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No. More longer term outcomes such as reducing road deaths is measured.

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What is a fleeing driver? (2)

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Driver signalled to stop

fails to stop or remain stopped

OR

Driver who flees as a result of Police presence

whether signalled to stop or not

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What is the overiding principle when applying TENR risk assessment to fleeing incidents

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Safety is success

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The TENR risk assessment in a fleeing driver incident must balance…

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  • Initial Threat posed by vehicle occupants
  • neccesity to immediatly apprehend driver/passengers
  • risk of harm to any person if driver stops or fails to remain stopped
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12
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All fleeing driver events will be reviewed to determine whether decision was: (5)

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  1. appropriate
  2. lawful
  3. justified, considering all circumstances
  4. Compliant with Police Instructions
  5. whether lessons learnt to be applied
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13
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What are the principles of the fleeing driver policy? (10)

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1: Safety of staff, vehicle occupants and public
2: Failing to stop is not in itself reason for pursuit.
3: Investigation is preferred to pursuit
4: Pursuit justified only when risk posed by occupants prior to 3T and Necessity to immediately apprehend outweighs the risk of harm created by pursuit.
5: Consider risk of harm when CYP’s involved
6: Collective responsibilty of all staff to manage fleeing driver event safely as possible
7: Investigated and offenders held to account
8: Fleeing driver events reviewed timely to manage or escelate health and safety risks, training issues, systematic issues or lessons learnt.
9: Decision not to pursue will be supported
10: staff criminally liable if manner of driving contravenes legislation

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What three things must you consider prior to 3T?

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INITIAL Threat - posed by occupants

Necessity to immediately apprehend

Risk of harm created by pursuit.

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If information available indicates driver is likely to flee what should Comms be advised (3)

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  1. Reason for wanting to stop driver
  2. Intention to signal driver to stop
  3. whether pursuit would be initiated if driver fails to stop
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16
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Who has command & control of a fleeing driver event?

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Pursuit Controller

17
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What are the pursuit controller responsibilities? (9)

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Control and command of pursuit

Confirms initial reason for 3T

Directs abandonment of pursuit

Ensuring acknowledgements are received

Performs TENR

Plans resolution

Limits pursuing vehicles to two

Co-ordinates tactical units

Monitors to ensure sufficient risk information being provided

18
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During a TENR risk assessment we evaluate:

Threat posed by occupants

Who may be harmed if driver flees

Is Police increasing or Decreasing risk of harm

Are risks of prusuit greater than initial risk posed by driver

Alternative options for resolving

What are some considerations to include: (11)

A
  1. Seriousness of offence
  2. need to pursue outweigh risk
  3. resolve by alternative means
  4. Safety of all road users
  5. was fleeing driver driving normally prior to being signalled but now dangerously
  6. identity of driver/passengers
  7. age of driver and decision making ability
  8. number and age of passengers and influence over driver
  9. manner and speed of driving
  10. frequency and sufficiency of sitreps (continuing TENR)
  11. Environment, road conditions, weather, driver behaviuor, school hours etc continuous TENR
19
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When must a dispatcher abandon pursuit?

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When there is no pursuit controller or team leader available.

20
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When must the pursuit controller abandon pursuit? (5)

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1: TENR assessment supports abandonment
2: identity of driver becomes known and/or fleeing driver doesn’t pose immediate threat and likely they can be apprehended later.
3: Pursuing units lose contact with fleeing driver
4: Sustained loss of comms, pursuing units
5. Reason for pursuit not provided or insufficient

21
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What is the action of units abandoning pursuit? (7)

A

Acknowledge

Reduce speed immediately

Deactivate emergency signals

Stop when safe

Advise comms stationary

Stop searching for target

Resume normal duties

22
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Responsibilities of driver/constabulary passenger post fleeing driver incident (4)

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  1. Request Comms K6 or K9 event
  2. Completes Fleeing driver notification before end of shift (or 5 days with prior approval and before RDO and Leave
  3. Creates NIA investigation file
  4. Health and Safety or near miss, My Police incident or near miss must be recorded before end of shift
23
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What is responsibility of Supervisor after fleeing driver event?(6)

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  1. Hot debrief
  2. Ensure fleeing driver notification and NIA records before end of shift (OR with approval within 5 days and before RDO/Leave)
  3. Supervisor to complete staff notification if injured/unable
  4. Reviews fleeing driver notification to ensure complience within 5 days of report being submitted for review
  5. Ensures Health and safety reporting completed
  6. Ensures investigation to identity of offender commenced
24
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District reviewer responsibilty after fleeing driver event (level 2 review)

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  1. Reviews fleeing driver notification to ensure complience
  2. Reviews Comms audio
  3. Reviews ASU footage
  4. indentifies, manages, escelates Health and Safety risks training issues, systematic issues or lessons learnt
  5. Ensures all fleeing driver events have NIA record
  6. Complies with any national review process
25
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Post pursuit, a patrol vehicle sees (rediscovers) the target vehicle driving. What is the radio protocol for initiating a vehicle stop?

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1: Advise comms - vehicle located
2: Location DoT
3: Summarise Threat, Exposure and risk.
4: ASK “Comms, permission signal driver to stop?”

26
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A. Who can authorise whether a second attempt can be made (rediscovered post pursuit) to stop a vehicle?

B. When will permissin only be given

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A. Shift Commander

B. Only in circumstances where threat posed by vehicle occupants

and neccisty to immediately apprehend

outweighs risk of the pursuit

27
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Who may initiate abandon pursuit?

A

Initiating or secondary unit drivers and constabulary passengers

Field supervisor

Dispatcher

Pursuit Controller

28
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Who and under what power can order a temporary road closure?

A

Pursuit Controller

S30 - 32 S&S Act 2012 (unlawfully at large, or commited offence punishable by prison)

29
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Who is responsible for ensuring the NIA file is created?

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Field Supervisor

30
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What may the Pursuit Controller request ASU to do?

A

Take primary comms

Coordinate ground units

31
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A. Does the direction to abandon pursuit apply to ASU?

B. What should they do once advised to abandon

A

Yes

Immediately cease all radio comms and await further direction from comms

32
Q

Who can undertake a non compliant vehicle stop and under what rules?

A

AOS and STG when

1: Trained
2: In accordance with SOP’s
3: When authorised by AOS or STG Commander

SSGT S/SGT CPK to Nov 2021 (18 decks)

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