Vehicle Operations Flashcards
The Safety Officer facilitates review of departmental accidents with the ____________.
DARC
What does DARC mean?
Departmental Accident Review Committee
Who reviews all departmental accidents to determine preventability, using preventability criteria guidelines?
DARC
Commanders ensure damaged vehicles are taken to VOM for completion of an appraisal within _______ business days os the accident/incident.
3
Commanders with monitor damaged vehicles to ensure repairs are completed within ______ months of the accident/incident.
3
Gasoline will only be transported in departmental vehicles in the trunk with the lid ___________ & the radio/AVL _____________.
In a raised position
Turned off
Emergency response factors to consider are (list 8):
- Safety of citizens/ risk of property damage
- severity of the call/incident
- degree of danger to another member/the public
- proximity to the scene
- proximity of other units
- locale, road, traffic, and weather conditions
- type of police vehicle used
- existence of immediate obligations
True or False: It is the supervisors responsibility to monitor/control the number of units using emergency response while headed to an incident.
True
_______________-separate incidents, conditions, or circumstances when added together may indicate the degree if danger/hazard to the public/police as a result of a pursuit.
Risk Factors
_____________- a process used to evaluate the degree of danger/hazard of a pursuit based upon the totality of the risk factors present
Risk Factor Assessment
_____________-the following os a fleeing motor vehicle at the legal speed limit for the purpose of monitoring the direction of travel and relaying that information
Silent surveillance
An authorized emergency motor vehicle is any police vehicle equipped with both emergency _________ and __________.
Lights and sirens
True or False: Police motorcycles and prisoner transport wagons are authorized emergency motor vehicles for the purpose of motor vehicle pursuits.
False
Alternative strategies for Motor vehicle pursuits are (list 5):
- use of aircraft
- radio communications
- OJs
- alternate routes
- silent surveillance
In reference to motor vehicle pursuits apprehending/identification of a violator is ____________.
Secondary
The decision to pursue a motor vehicle is a process of weighing risk factors of the pursuit against the primary responsibilty of ____________________.
Persevering life
All pursuits involving motorcycles will be considered _______ risk
High
When another jurisdiction requests assistance with a pursuit occurring within or entering Baltimore County and the circumstances of the pursuit are unknown, the pursuit will be considered _____ risk until the actual risk factors can be obtained.
High
In order to changed a suspect with fleeing and eluding the MD traffic article requires that police personnel engaged in a pursuit are either operating _________ or are attired in a _____________.
- marked police vehicle
- police uniform
During a motor vehicle pursuit aviation will assume ______________ duties.
Communication
True or False: Auxiliary police officers are NOT allowed to operate a motor vehicle during a pursuit but may be an occupant.
true
True or False: If a primary/secondary motor vehicle pursuit officers are operating an unmarked police vehicle, they will relinquish the pursuit to a marked unit at the first opportunity
True
A motor vehicle report is recorded on a form _______.
213
Form 213 reports will be completed and sent to Strategic Planning Team within _______ days.
30
True or False: Each vehicle pursuit requires its own cc number.
True
