Exploring the Effectiveness and Dangers of High Speed Police Pursuits

USlegal.com refers police chase as a pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law by a police officer. The police felt there was a need to pursue Victor Harris after he failed to stop his vehicle after the lights on the patrol car was activated. In this pursuit Victor Harris was driving at speeds up to 100 miles per hour. The officers continue to pursue him in the dangerous conditions. At this point the officers had reason to think the driver was running for something more than a speeding ticket.

The Kansas City preventive patrol experiment was a landmark experiment carried out between 1972 and 1973 by the Kansas City Police Department of Kansas City, Missouri. It was designed to test the assumption that the presence (or potential presence) of police officers in marked cars reduced the likelihood of a crime being committed. It was the first study to demonstrate that research into the effectiveness of different policing styles could be carried out responsibly and safely. The Kansas City Police Department drew the conclusion that routine preventive patrol in marked police cars has little value in preventing crime or making citizens feel safe and that resources normally allocated to these activities could safely be allocated elsewhere. A significant factor realized was that crime prevention was more highly dependent on the willingness of citizens to report suspicious and/or criminal behavior to Police than the levels or types of patrol.

Force that police tend to use on subjects that pose a threat has become an escalating issue in society today as we know it. Sometimes the public gets the notion that the police abuse their authority and use dangerous

“The police have a number of powers of stop and search. When using any power they must always have regards to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) codes of practice.” The effectiveness of the police stop and search procedures being used as a valuable tool in the detection of crime can be measured by looking at the role that stop and searches play in policing and the arrests they lead to. However their impact on the community and the negative image it has given the police force outweigh the results generated from stop and searches. It has been found through various reports such as one by The Equality and Human Rights Commission, arrests for serious offenses are less likely to follow from stop and searches however they do play

Crime is subject to a complex combination of factors, many of which have little to do with how police do their jobs. Studies have pointed to the effects of the economy, the aging population, even the amount of lead in people's bodies. (Schuppe).

Unfortunately, the financial trend that has been seen in policing will likely continue for the foreseeable future, which will not only limit the ability to confront these new critical issues, but will likely exacerbate them as well (Police Executive, 2013). It is also foreseeable that new state efforts to combat their overall economic struggles will serve as a critical issue with adverse policing affects as well. More and more states continue to modify their early release policies, putting criminals back onto the streets sooner and in greater numbers than ever before, which has caused police officials to almost unanimously report that they expect to see increases in their crime rates as a result (Police Executive, 2013).

The myriad of issues surrounding police pursuits have been sensationalized to the point that the general public has been presented with an inaccurate and highly suspicious picture of pursuits (Barth, 1981). Police officers understand that their actions in many pursuits will be questioned and scrutinized by administrators as well as scholars researching the issues surrounding their decisions. Debate concerning the viability of a national pursuit policy has generated much controversy as speculation and pseudoscience have been used by the unscrupulous in efforts to portray pursuits as highly dangerous and in need of new administrative

For the final project for this American Policing course I’ve created a research paper on Policing in America. Throughout the contents of this paper I have identified whether the current policing philosophies have a positive or negative impact on the communities and how I’ve arrived at this conclusion. I have provided this critical assessment and recommendation based on text readings, scholarly research, and personal experience, in and out of the bonds of this course.

Debate rages over whether high-speed pursuits are justified. And consensus is growing among local and national law enforcement for the need for stricter controls to dictate when, where and why police engage in such potentially deadly car chases.

To deter § 1983 claims against the police, widely used police tactics needs to be reformed specifically police pursuits. As the chief of police in my jurisdiction , I will be introducing new policies and procedure that officers will abide by when decided whether or not the should pursue a fleeing suspect. The initial purpose of police pursuits is to capture and apprehend a fleeing suspect or criminal fleeing in on a transportation device most commonly an automobile. Unfortunately their has been several occurrence where police pursuits end badly, such as the death of an innocent bystander or damages to personal or public property. The policy I suggest incorporate officers patrolling routes which would used to create road traps which will prevent

In some recent studies have shown that some of the legal issues that have pertain to the use of deadly force, with a focus on firearms and pursuit driving. Recent studies have shown that the public and media have an attitude towards police policy on the training of firearms and LEAs pursuits. But there are more recent studies that have shown that LEAs need to act accordance with these guidelines. The media believes that LEAs need to balance the need to apprehend

Do you remember when our policemen had to ride around on horses to get from place to place? Most probably have heard about it, but think to themselves ‘all I have ever known as police cars and motorcycles’. For over a century the world has been making advances with technology in all areas of life, and the field of criminal justice has not been an exception to this technological advances. These advances in technology has taken the criminal justice field a long way from riding a horse bareback to driving armored cars. These advances along with many others have almost completely changed how things are handled in all aspects of the law.

In the last few years, the use of police force has become a widely discussed topic nationwide. The podcast is about the use of police force in the greater Sacramento area between 2012 and 2014. Bob Moffitt decided he wanted to learn about the specific number of encounters that required different types of police force in the area, so he contacted various law enforcement agencies in the area to collect the available data. While Moffitt and Capital Public Radio thought collecting this data would be quick and easy, he soon found it was not. Moffitt’s collection took a year to complete, and he learned a great deal about why investigating excessive police violence is so difficult.

This essay will discuss the accountability of my actions given the scenario, and how I may be held accountable for these actions as a police officer. Will also discuss how these actions are expected by both the police organisation and public. Legislation, New South Wales Police Force (NSWPF) Policies, and academic readings will be used to support this discussion.

There are many movies with police chases in them, and that is not even close to being a coincidence. We all want to watch, cheering for one side or the other, much like the O.J. Simpson chase, where everyone knows exactly where they were when they watched, as they chase one another like an episode of Tom and Jerry. Although police chases can be very dangerous, even turning deadly. All chases are entertaining to a certain extent, but it is even more entertaining when you watch it live. Not on a television screen, mind you, but right before your very eyes. One example would be after a car crash.