5. Road Policing Flashcards

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NZ Road Safety strategy: 2010-2020

Under ‘Safer Journeys’, What is the long-term goal or ‘Vision’ for road safety in NZ ? (1)

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  • “A safe road system increasingly free of death and serious injury
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NZ Road Safety strategy:2010-2020

The ‘Safe System’ approach has three main objectives. What are they? (3)

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  1. Make the road transport system more accommodating of human error
  2. Manage the forces that injure people in a crash to a level that the human body can tolerate without serious injury
  3. Minimise the level of unsafe road user behaviour.
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NZ Road Safety strategy:2010-2020

To achieve the objectives (of the Safe System), the human body’s tolerance to crash forces will need to be the key design factor for the system. Crash forces would be managed so they do not exceed these limits.

For example, a pedestrian or cyclist is likely to be killed or seriously injured by car travelling over 40kms. How would a ‘Safe System protect the pedestrian and cyclist?

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It would protect them by

  • providing safer roading infrastructure, by encouraging the uptake of vehicles that inflict harm, and
  • by managing speeds to reduce serious injury risk.
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NZ Road Safety strategy:2010-2020

The Safe System is designed to focus on creating what 4 objectives?

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  • Safe roads - they’re predictable & forgiving if mistakes
  • safe speeds - suit the function & level of safety of the road.
  • safe vehicles - prevent crashes & protect road users; and
  • safe road use - road users are skilled, competent, alert & unimpaired.
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NZ Road Safety strategy:2010-2020

Who is responsible for safe system?

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everyone is responsible for road safety.

  • It requires a shared responsibility between road users and System designers
  • It says that if drivers are
  1. alert,
  2. obey the road rules and
  3. drive at safe speeds,

they should be able to rely on the road, roadside features, and the vehicles to protect them from death and serious injury.

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NZ Road Safety strategy:2010-2020

Under Safer Journeys, there are 13 areas where performance needs to be improved. 5 areas are high concerns, 6 are of medium concerns, and 2 areas need continued focus.

what are the (5)Areas of high Concern’ that the Safe System will look to address?

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  1. Reducing alcohol/drug impaired driving
  2. Increasing the safety of young drivers
  3. Safe roads and roadsides
  4. Safe speeds
  5. Increasing the safety of motorcycling
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Road Policing Action Plan

What is the overall goal of the Road Policing Action Plan 2018-2021? (1)

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  • To achieve a 5% reduction in road deaths each and every year.
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Road Policing Action Plan

Police have a strong evidence basis to determine what works (to reduce road trauma and deaths) including the integrated intervention logic model (IILM ) This assists in identifying the top risk factors where police can make a difference, what are these risk factors? (4)

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  • Restraints
  • Impairment
  • Distractions
  • Speed
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Road Policing Action Plan

What was the number of road deaths in 2017, which is now being used as the base-line for the 5% reduction.

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  • 378
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Road Policing Action Plan

What does the ‘Repeat Registration’ report identify? (1)

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  • Identifies recidivists high-risk driver for each district. Updated monthly
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Road Policing Action Plan

  • District Deployment Tool* - Police will build on existing district and road risk profiles by transforming these into live digital dashboards (National Road Safety Dashboard), by doing this, what will it enable? (1)
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  • it will enable effective deployment from the DCC via tasking and coordination processes at all levels.
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Fleeing Driver Policy:

What is the overarching principle of this policy? (1)

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  • That public and staff safety takes precedence over the immediate apprehension of the fleeing driver.
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Fleeing Driver Policy: Overall principles

While the over-arching principle is that public & staff safety takes precedence over the immediate apprehension of a fleeing driver, there are also 7 additional principles, what are they?

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  • FDIs must be managed in safest possible manner
  • an inquiry phase is preferred over a FD pursuit
  • FDIs will only start and/or continue when the seriousness of the offence & the necessity of immediate apprehension outweigh the risk of pursuing.
  • the fact that a driver is fleeing does not in itself justify a FD pursuit.
  • decisions to abandon FDIs will be supported.
  • Use TENR and be flexible to changing circumstances.
  • FDs will be held to account.
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Fleeing Driver Policy

The over-rding principle when applying TENR is that ‘Safety is success’, in terms of a FDI, what does this mean? (2)

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  • Public & Staff safety are paramount, and
  • every effort must be made to minimise harm & maximise safety.
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Fleeing Driver Policy:

What constitutes a ‘fleeing driver’? (1)

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  • It is a driver who has been signalled to stop by an officer but fails to do so.
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Fleeing Driver Policy:

The decision to commence, continue or abandon a fleeing driver pursuit must be continually assessed and re-assessed in accordance with the TENR risk assessment tool, this is to ensure what? (2)

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  • The actual or perceived risks are fully understood on a continuing basis; and
  • the tactical options available are understood and deployed appropriately.
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Fleeing Driver Policy

How Police conduct and manage fleeing driver incidents must balance what? (3)

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  • Public and staff safety
  • the risks involved; and
  • the public interest in apprehending the fleeing driver.
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Fleeing Driver Policy

Who can order a fleeing driver incident be abandoned if they believe the risks (to staff and public) outweighs the need to apprehend the driver? (4)

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  • The driver of the lead or secondary vehicles
  • The passenger of the lead or secondary vehicles
  • The Field Supervisor; or
  • The Pursuit Controller
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Fleeing Driver Policy:

To assist the Pursuit Controller to manage the pursuit, police staff and COMMS staff are responsible for what? (1)

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  • They are responsible for maintaining regular commentary (transmitting and requesting information) with breaks at 5 sec intervals or when it is safe to do so.
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Fleeing Driver Policy:

When initiating a pursuit, what are the responsibilities of the lead driver? (7)

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  • continually assess (TENR)
  • activate lights & siren
  • if applicable, have the passenger do the comms
  • Advise Comms: vehicle has failed to stop, give location, direction, description, reason
  • acknowledge pursuit warning from comms
  • provide regular comms
  • comply with all directions from Pursuit Controller
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Fleeing Driver Policy: Communications

When advising COMMs that you have initiated a pursuit, what 5 things must you then tell them?

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  • “COMMs (vehicle call-sign) in pursuit
  • Location
  • Direction of travel
  • Vehicle description
  • Reason for pursuit.
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Fleeing Driver Policy

What is the role of the lead vehicle passenger? (3)

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  • undertake radio comms
  • advise driver of possible risks/ considerations
  • may direct driver to abandon the pursuit.
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Fleeing Driver Policy:

Once the decision to abandon the pursuit has been made (by either the lead or secondary vehicle, or the Field Supervisor, or the Pursuit Controller), what is the role of the Pursuit Controller, and what is the role of the pursuing vehicle(s). (7)

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The Pursuit Controller

  • must advise all vehicles involved that the pursuit has been abanadoned.

The other vehicle(s) must

  • acknowledge pursuit abandoned
  • immediately reduce their speed
  • deactivate lights and siren
  • stop as soon as its safe to do so
  • confirm the PC that they are stationary and state their location
  • undertake inquiry phase as directed by field supervisor.
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Fleeing Driver Policy:

Who is generally the Pursuit Controller? (1)

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The Shift Commander at Police COMMS

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Fleeing Driver Policy:

Following the pursuit being abandoned, and the lead vehicle (or secondary) pulls to the side of the road and stops, what must the driver (or passenger) do next? (1)

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  • Advise COMMS (Pursuit Controller) that they have stopped and give their exact location.
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Fleeing Driver Policy:

To recommence a pursuit (after it has previously abandoned)

  • permission be sought from who? (1) and
  • what must they be satisfied of? (1)

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  • Pursuit Controller
  • must be satisfied that any subsequent risks are mtiigiated or the situation has changed.
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Fleeing Driver Policy:

If the fleeing driver is known and is not an imminent threat (as determined by TENR), what is the preferred approach? (1)

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It is preferred if the offender is apprehended through subsequent lines of enquiry.

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Fleeing Driver Policy: Tactical Options

What tactical options are available during a vehicle pursuit and who can initiate them? (7)

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  • Abandonment, (lead, secondary, passengers, PC, FS)
  • Aerial surveillance (pursuit controller)
  • Dog unit (pursuit contorller/dog unit)
  • Inquiry phase (lead, passengers, PC, FS)
  • Moving Block (AOS/STG commander)
  • Tyre deflation devices (PC, trained staff, SC for HV)
  • Temporary Road closure (PC-Pursuit controller)
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Fleeing Driver Policy: Tactical Options

Where available and tactically appropriate, an aircraft must do what, and why? (2)

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  • Must take over primary responsibility for providing commentary to COMMS,
  • Why - to reduce the pressure on the lead or secondary vehicle(s) providing the sit-reps.
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Fleeing Driver Policy: Tactical Options

If an aircraft is involved in a fleeing driver incident, and the Pursuit Controller calls for it to be abandoned, does this direction apply to the aircraft? (2)

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  • No - the Pursuit Controller must specifically direct the aircraft to cease observations.
  • At which point the aircraft will leave the area as safely and quickly as possible.
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Fleeing Driver Policy: legislative powers

What powers exist to stop a vehicle and assist police with UOF and exceeding speed limits? (3) / (2)

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  1. s.114 LTA1998: for traftic enforcement purposes
  2. s.9 SSA2012: persons at large/imprisonable offence
  3. s.121SSa2012: conduct a search
  • without warrant with grounds to search
  • with warrant and it is in force
  1. s.39CA1961: protection from criminal responsibility to effect arrest.
  2. R5.1 LTR2004 defence for exceeding speed limits for urgent duty by constable in emergency vehicle red beacon or siren