15-10 Suspect Apprehension Pursuit Flashcards
Rationale
The Province of Ontario has regulated that, before initiating a suspect apprehension pursuit, a police officer shall determine whether the immediate need to apprehend or βββββ an individual in a fleeing motor vehicle or to identify the fleeing motor vehicle outweighs the risk to public safety that may result from the pursuit.
ββ- is the paramount consideration factor in any decision to initiate, continue or abandon a suspect apprehension pursuit. Public safety represents a factor which may change rapidly and shall be continually assessed. A suspect
apprehension pursuit shall be the choice of ββ- and shall be considered only when other alternatives are unavailable or βββ- .
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Pulic Safety
Last resort
unsatisfactory
Supervision
ο· βββββ attendance mandatory to monitor when a pursuit is initiated
ο· Pursuit Supervisor notification mandatory when a pursuit is initiated
Pursuit Supervisor
Public Safety
(1) Public safety is the paramount consideration factor in any decision to initiate, continue or abandon a pursuit.
(2) Public safety represents a factor which may change rapidly and which shall be βββ assessed.
(3) A police officer does not breach the code of ββ when the officer decides not to initiate or chooses to ββ a pursuit because the officer has reason to believe that the risk to public safety that may result from the pursuit outweighs the risk to public safety that may result if an individual in the fleeing motor vehicle is not immediately βββ or if the fleeing motor vehicle or an individual in the fleeing motor vehicle is not identified
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abandon
apprehended
Public Safety
(4) A pursuit shall be the choice of βββ and shall be considered only when other alternatives are unavailable
or unsatisfactory.
(5) βββ initiating a pursuit, a police officer shall determine whether in order to protect public safety, the immediate need to apprehend or identify an individual in the fleeing motor vehicle or the need to identify the motor vehicle outweighs the risk to public safety that may result from the βββ .
(6) During a pursuit, a police officer shall continually βββ the determination to pursue and shall abandon the pursuit when the risk to public safety that may result from the pursuit outweighs the risk to public safety that may result if an individual in the fleeing motor vehicle is not immediately apprehended, or if the fleeing motor vehicle or an individual in the fleeing motor vehicle is not identified.
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Before
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Criminal Offences
(1) A police officer may pursue or continue a pursuit where the police officer, prior to initiating a pursuit, has reasonable grounds to believe that a ββ β has been committed or is βββ to be committed.
(2) The criminal offence ββ- described in ss. 249.1 of the Criminal Code is not justification to initiate a pursuit but is a charge available βββ- to a pursuit that has been undertaken for another lawful reason
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(3) The criminal offence of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle arising out of the pursuit itself is not sufficient grounds to continue the pursuit
criminal offence
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Non β Criminal Offences
(1) No pursuit shall be initiated or continued for a βββ offence if the βββ- of an individual in the motor vehicle is known.
(2) A pursuit for a nonβcriminal offence shall be abandoned once the motor vehicle is identified or an individual in the fleeing motor vehicle is βββ.
nonβcriminal
identity
identified
Responsibility for Safe Conduct
The responsibility for the safe conduct of a pursuit rests with the individual police officer, the βββββ , the pursuit supervisor and any other authorized person ββββββ- the pursuit.
Members are reminded that the Service has installed ββββ (AVLS) equipment in all marked vehicles that are equipped with a βββββ (MWS). This system was designed, purchased and installed to enhance officer safety. AVLS uses the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite network to determine the location, speed
and direction of a marked vehicle at a specific date and time. At designated intervals, the GPS data received by the AVLS equipment is transmitted to and capable of being viewed using the ββββ (CAD) system.
Communications Operator β Communications Services
monitoring
Automated Vehicle Location System
Mobile Workstation
Computer Aided Dispatch
Public Safety Factors
Members shall continually assess the following factors when involved in or when monitoring a pursuit. These factors are not in order of priority and shall be given βββ consideration
ο· nature and βββ of the offence involving a suspect in the motor vehicle
ο· information on the occupants of the motor vehicle, if known, including whether they are armed, suspects in a βββ , or there is reason to believe they are about to commit a violent crime
ο· nature, condition and type of βββ (residential, industrial, playground, etc.)
ο· presence of βββ- or other traffic
ο· βββ of day
ο· apparent ββ of the driver
ο· βββ and road conditions
ο· βββ in which the pursued motor vehicle is being operated
ο· presence in the pursued motor vehicle of ββ- who are not suspects
ο· length of time and βββ involved
ο· βββ of vehicles involved in the pursuit (motorcycle, car, truck)
ο· presence in the police vehicle of βββ passengers
ο· limits on the police officerβs ββto operate the police vehicle at the speeds reached during the pursuit
ο· βββ- of other means of apprehension
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seriousness
violent crime
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pedestrians
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age
weather
manner
individuals
distance
type
nonβpolice
ability
availability
Suspect Apprehension Pursuit Restrictions
(1) A police officer in an βββ motor vehicle shall not engage in a pursuit unless a marked motor vehicle is not readily available and the police officer believes that it is necessary to ββ- apprehend an individual in the fleeing motor vehicle or to identify the fleeing motor vehicle or an individual in the fleeing motor vehicle.
(2) βββ and allβterrain vehicle operators shall not engage in a pursuit.
(3) No more than ββ motor vehicles should be directly engaged in a pursuit unless authorized by the pursuit βββ-.
(4) Complete or partial ββ- may only be used in βββ circumstances and must be authorized by a road supervisory officer and/or the ββββ .
(5) The following of a pursuit on a βββ route is prohibited unless directed by the pursuit βββ-.
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Motorcycle
two (2)
supervisor
roadblocks
extreme
pursuit supervisor
parallel
supervisor
Firearms Discharge
Discharging a firearm at a motor vehicle is an ineffective method of disabling the vehicle. Discharging a firearm at a motor vehicle may present a hazard to both the officer and to the public. Members are βββ- from discharging a firearm at a motor vehicle for the sole purpose of βββ the vehicle.
Members shall not discharge a firearm at the operator or βββof a motor vehicle unless there poses an immediate threat of ββ or grievous bodily harm to officers and or members of the public by a means other than the βββ
prohibited
disabling
occupants
death
vehicle
Firearms Discharge
Members shall be cognizant that disabling the operator of the motor vehicle thereby disabling the control over the motor vehicle may also present a hazard to both the officer and the public.
Except while ββ a motor vehicle, members shall not place themselves in the ββof an occupied motor vehicle with the intention of preventing its ββ. Additionally, members should not attempt to disable an occupied vehicle by ββ-into it.
Pursuant to Procedure 13β03 and 13β05, any apparent breach of this Procedure will be carefully considered on its merits having regard to all the circumstances before discipline is commenced.
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Alternative to Pursuit
Prior to a pursuit, police officers shall consider the alternatives described in the Suspect Apprehension Pursuit Training
Manual developed by the βββββ. These alternatives include
(1) sβββββ-
(2) fβββββI
(3) Tβββββ-
(4) Dββββ
(5) Hβββ-
(6) cβββββ
DC SHIT
Ontario Police College
(1) strategic following
(2) followβup investigation
(3) the Tandem Stop
(4) use of tire deflation devices, when available
(5) the use of a helicopter, when available
(6) strategic use of rear, side and combination methods for stopping vehicles
Methods of Terminating a Pursuit
During a pursuit, police officers and pursuit supervisors shall consider methods of terminating a pursuit as described in the βββββ developed by the Ontario Police College. These methods include
(1) Pββββ
(2) aββββ
(3) tββββ-
(4) rβββ-
(5) rβββ-
(6) pββββ-
(7) iβββ
RIP TRAP
Suspect Apprehension Pursuit Training Manual
(1) strategic pursuing
(2) abandoning
(3) use of tire deflation devices, when available
(4) rolling block
(5) stationary road block
(6) pinning
(7) intentional contact
Police officers may only intentionally cause a marked or unmarked motor vehicle to come into physical contact with a fleeing motor vehicle for the purposes of ββ it, where the police officer believes on reasonable grounds that to do
so is necessary to immediately βββ against the loss of life or serious bodily harm. In considering this action, police officers shall ββ the impact of the action on the safety of other members of the public and other police officers. It
must be remembered that impacts at relatively low speeds can cause the driver and passenger-side ββto deploy and potentially injure the occupants of the marked or unmarked motor vehicle. This manoeuvre should only be considered
in areas of β- vehicular and pedestrian traffic, and executed at ββlow speeds.
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assess
airbags
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very
Police officers may cause a marked or unmarked motor vehicle to come into physical contact with the fleeing motor vehicle for the purposes of ββthe fleeing motor vehicle, if the fleeing motor vehicle has lost control or βββ with an object and come to a stop and the driver of the fleeing motor vehicle ββto try to use it to flee. Police officers involved in a pursuit with the assistance of additional police officers in marked or unmarked motor vehicles may attempt to safely ββ their marked or unmarked motor vehicles in such a manner as to prevent the βββ, either forwards or backwards, of the fleeing motor vehicle
pinning
collided
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position
movement