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The New York State Sheriff's Association and the New York State Association of Chiefs of Police are wary of a statewide ...
New York Attorney General Letitia James' office has released a report recommending a ban on pursuits with a few specific ...
The number of high-speed police chases across New York has surged since 2020, with car crashes and deaths increasing in tandem. The increase in pursuits is occurring as more drivers are fleeing ...
Attorney General Letitia James says New York should ban most high-speed police chases, highlighting the dangers pursuits pose at a time when many New York police departments have been chasing more ...
The Cincinnati Police Department implemented a new policy limiting police chases to “violent felony offenses,” the latest city to restrict the risky police tactic. The pursuits have fallen out ...
The new state policy states, “Consideration for the risk to public safety is the primary concern” when initiating a chase. However, it does not explicitly prohibit chases involving minor offenses, ...
The president of the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police said he’s spoken to the attorney general’s office, which will be looking at the state’s policy on car chases.
The Press investigation showed in the past decade, New Jersey police car chases killed at least 55 people and injured more than 2,500. Bystanders and cops made up nearly half the people injured.
66% of Chicago police chases in 2019 ended in crashes — 8 of them fatal — yet pursuit policy went unchanged until late 2020, emails show The policy was finally changed after officers ...
Washington cops get to chase people in cars more often and with less evidence after lawmakers this session expanded the number of allowable pursuit scenarios. But law enforcement lobbying groups ...
Letitia James calls for New York to track high-speed police chases and limit them to only the most dangerous crimes and situations.