STUDY OF THE PROBLEM OF HOT PURSUIT BY THE POLICE

• NCJ Number: 1914
• Author(s): E F FENNESSY; T HAMILTON
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 250 pages
• Grant Number(s): OFH 11 7220 (DOT)
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Transportation
• Corporate Author: Ctr for the Environment and Man, Inc
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A STUDY OF POLICE HOT PURSUIT OF FLEEING DRIVERS.

Abstract

ITS OVERALL PURPOSE WAS TO DETERMINE THE NATURE AND MAGNITUDE OF THE HOT PURSUIT PROBLEM NATIONALLY AND TO PREPARE GUIDELINES TO ASSIST THE POLICE IN DEALING WITH IT. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES WERE TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS - THE NATURE OF THE LAW REGARDING HOT PURSUIT AND ITS INTERPRETATION BY THE COURTS, (2) THE NUMBER OF HIGH-SPEED PURSUITS OCCURRING ON A NATIONAL BASIS AND THE OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS, CONSEQUENCES AND RISKS OF SUCH INCIDENTS, (3) POLICE AGENCIES' TRANSLATION OF THE LAW INTO OPERATIONAL POLICY, (4) THE NATURE OF POLICE TRAINING FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE DURING HOT PURSUIT, (5) THE AVAILABLITY OF EXISTING AND POTENIAL COUNTERMEASURES AND THEIR MERITS AND DEFICIENCIES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED) 95 REFERENCES.