Policy Text
DEFINITIONS:
AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE - A police vehicle equipped with emergency
equipment.
EMERGENCY - any situation in which the response and arrival of an officer will either
eliminate or reduce the high probability of serious injury or death.
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EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT - Siren, red and/or blue flashing/revolving lights, headlights
and seatbelts.
HANDHELD LAUNCHER - A handheld platform that allows Department personnel to
deploy a pursuit management device GPS tag onto a target vehicle to remotely monitor
the movement of the target vehicle in near real time. The PMT handheld launcher is not
a weapon and will not be used as such.
MARKED POLICE VEHICLE - A vehicle, which is marked or identified with an insignia,
regulation color, equipped with red and/or blue flashing/revolving lights and a siren.
MONITORING - Keeping abreast of continual changes during the course of a pursuit.
PMT GPS DEVICE - A short term pursuit management system GPS tracking device
used for pursuit management that can be applied to a vehicle in accordance with this
SOP.
PURSUIT - An active attempt by an officer in an authorized emergency vehicle to
apprehend occupants of a moving motor vehicle, provided that the driver of such vehicle
is aware of the attempt and increases vehicle speed and/or takes other evasive actions
in an attempt to avoid apprehension.
SPECIALIZED POLICE VEHICLES - Motorcycles, prisoner transport vans and other
specialized police vehicles equipped with siren and emergency lights.
STAR CHASE - A pursuit management system that provides a means to track suspect
vehicles by attaching a GPS enabled device capable of being tracked remotely. This
allows for vehicles to be located following disengagement by officers and as such may
alleviate the need to engage in a vehicle pursuit.
UNMARKED POLICE VEHICLE - Any Department vehicle not defined as a
marked/specialized police vehicle.
VEHICLE MOUNTED LAUNCHER – A vehicle mounted platform that allows law
enforcement to deploy a pursuit management GPS tag onto a target vehicle to remotely
monitor the movement of the target vehicle in near real time. The PMT handheld
launcher is not a weapon and will not be used as such.
PROCEDURE: