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Go to the Seattle Police Department website. Look in the policy and procedure manual and read their pursuit policy. What kind of policy do they have and under what conditions can an officer pursue a vehicle? What are the officers responsibilities when involved in a pursuit?”
Answer this question in two pages; no citations or references are required unless you materials outside of the text and the Seattle PD website.
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SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT PURSUIT POLICY
Introduction
This report regards the Seattle Police Department Pursuit Policy. The Pursuit Policy by
the Seattle Police Department has to follow specific procedures that meet the set responsibilities
for any officer involved in a vehicle elude or pursuit. Typically, the department considers a
pursuit to consider a pursuit to exist when whenever a police officer puts his or her efforts to
maintain the same pace with an eluding driver or apprehend such a driver in a way that is beyond
the normally restricted traffic restrictions.
Policy
The policies that the Seattle Police Department regarding the pursuit of a vehicle allow
the police officers from such department to break some of the core traffic rules but ensure that
the safety of other traffic or road users is retained. The policy pursuit policy requires that the
police maintain the same pace as the eluding driver to avoid unnecessary damages or accidents
during the pursuit. The policy also requires that all the unmarked units that lack emergency
equipment should never engage in any police chase or pursuit. Again, all officers in the
processes of vehicle pursuits are required to activate the emergency lights of their vehicles. The
officers are further required to make use of their vehicle sirens as a way of giving warning other
people, especiall...