Suspect Pursuit
The Suspect Pursuit topic provides tips, expert columns, and news related to police pursuits. This topic is aimed at arming officers with the information and technology they need to safely and successfully complete suspect pursuits.
An in-depth review of the latest trends in police pursuit policies and tactics, with a keen focus on the response to evolving crime trends and risk management challenges
How law enforcement professionals can make better decisions when it comes to engaging in, refraining from or terminating vehicle pursuits
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“I firmly believe if the driver had exited the vehicle as instructed by the police officers, he would be alive today,” Warren Police Commissioner William Dwyer said. “Quite frankly, he made the decision that ultimately cost him his life”
A suspect crashes into a motorcyclist during a pursuit, then exits his vehicle and attempts to attack the motorcyclist with a knife. Here are eight considerations from this incident
“Come out here now. You’re going to die in there dude, come on,” one officer can be heard saying on the body camera footage
Police Chief Brian Chaney stated the department “has decided to temporarily focus our priorities on suspects who we believe to be involved in dangerous and violent felony offenses”
The suspected shooter was fatally shot in a standoff with police after a pursuit
“[Deputy] Eric Minix was a dedicated deputy and K-9 officer, but more importantly, he was a friend to everyone who knew him,” the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement
After multiple attempts to subdue the man with a TASER, the officer shot him when he drew a gun from his pant leg; the suspect had been driving a car implicated in a recent robbery
Police found evidence the suspect could have been planning a large-scale attack including a notebook with a diagram of a “potential ambush situation”
The suspect fled the original scene of the incident after dropping a handgun in his backseat and attempting to reach for it
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The driver had ignored instructions to exit the vehicle for hours and continued to rev the disabled truck’s engines in an attempt to flee
The net from the grappler hooked onto the back left wheel and once the cruiser hit the brakes, the stolen car came to a stop
The revised policy now permits police, weighing public safety and traffic conditions, to pursue suspects fleeing in vehicles during stings, unlike the previous restrictions
The man was being pursued by deputies when he crashed his vehicle, injuring a motorcyclist; he then tried to stab the motorcyclist with a six inch blade
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The suspect had reportedly fled from police multiple times in the past when officers tried to stop her
The ambulance came to a stop on the lawn right in front of the entrance of the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office
The stolen vehicle slammed into an Uber van while driving the wrong way on a freeway, killing 3 people inside
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The suspect rammed a cruiser, pushing it onto a Mercer County deputy, whose name has not yet been released
Retired Lt. Dan Marcou was sitting at a picnic table eating a chili dog with his grandkids when a lone officer started pursuing a suspect on foot; the officer radioed for assistance, but Marcou ran to help
Police believe one suspect, who is in custody, was responsible for all of the attacks
The man, suspected of grand theft auto, eventually surrendered and was taken into custody
“We need our legislators and elected officials to revisit this and raise the penalties for this, because it is so dangerous,” a PD official said
Police rescued the puppy, who has since been adopted
Louisville Metro PD Assistant Chief Paul Humphrey defended the officer’s split-second decision
The suspect ran across the freeway and hid inside the porta-potty; a golfer pushed it over to trap him inside
Police on foot, in cruisers and riding on the back of a civilian’s pickup truck were able to apprehend the man
Officers pursued the suspects and deployed a grappler device before the shooting ensued
Officers from multiple departments were able to surround and stop the suspected thief, who told them he was signaling that they weren’t supposed to pursue him
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