Pennsylvania law requires the State Police to compile and publish an annual report on vehicle pursuits, including data on accidents, injuries, deaths, and nonpursuit charges. The law also mandates police departments to notify or certify pursuit policies. Additionally, it clarifies that the law does not alter the liability protections for municipalities and their employees.
The report includes statewide totals on pursuits, accidents, injuries, deaths, charges related to fleeing individuals, and departments without pursuit policies.
Police departments are required to notify or certify to the Pennsylvania State Police that they have a pursuit policy as mandated by law.
No, the law explicitly states that it does not increase or decrease the liability protections for municipalities and their employees.
The first report will be submitted after the first full calendar year of data collection by the Pennsylvania State Police.