Course Overview:
Vehicular Pursuit
Management: Balancing Risks and Enhancing Safety, an
eLearning course, explores the decision-making challenges for law enforcement
professionals during vehicular pursuits.
Vehicular pursuits rank
among the most hazardous and controversial activities undertaken by law
enforcement. The purpose of this course is to provide police chiefs, sheriffs,
and other law enforcement practitioners with insights and knowledge that can help
navigate the complex challenges and the often-conflicting demands associated
with police pursuits.
Based on the Police
Executive Research Forum (PERF) and COPS Office publication, Vehicular
Pursuits: A Guidebook for Law Enforcement Executives on Managing the Associated
Risks, this eLearning course is informed by numerous pursuit policies and
the expertise of field professionals, including law enforcement leaders from
local, state, and tribal agencies.
The course details key
concepts including the role of the supervisor and pursuit training and
concludes with a Prioritized Action Plan that provides law enforcement leaders
with concrete steps they can take to review, manage, and implement effective
pursuit policies.
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize the advantages of establishing vehicle pursuit philosophies and policies
- Identify the key components of a vehicle pursuit
- List the risks involved in vehicle pursuits
- Identify the challenges and considerations in setting pursuit policies
- Recognize the role of supervisory involvement in managing the risks of a pursuit
- Identify means of managing the risks associated with vehicular pursuits
- Explore the importance of pursuit interventions in managing the risks of vehicular pursuits
- Explore alternatives that can shorten or eliminate the need for a vehicular pursuit
- List the considerations for pursuit interventions
- Recognize the role of data in managing law enforcement pursuits
- List the components of a comprehensive pursuit reporting system
- Explore how agency-level analysis of pursuit data can be used to identify areas of improvement
- Identify the advantages of having partnerships with independent research partners
- Identify the benefits of providing regular and realistic pursuit training to agencies
- Explore models that can guide pursuit-related decision making
- List the components of a comprehensive pursuit driving training
- Recognize the benefits of community engagement and transparency about vehicular pursuits
- List methods for educating the community about pursuits
- Explore methods of community engagement regarding pursuits
- Outline the nine steps in the Prioritized Action Plan
Target Audience:
This course is intended for law enforcement executives, decision-makers, and policymakers. However, the course is also appropriate for any public safety practitioner or stakeholder who is interested in learning more about the process of establishing vehicular pursuit policies and managing pursuits to promote safety.
Cooperative
Partners:
This tuition-free online training was developed by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) in partnership with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and was originally supported by cooperative agreement 2020-CK-WX-K035 by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS).
Learning
Hours:
3
hours including the pre-test and post-test.
