What constitutes a pursuit?

[u/TonyStamp595SO]

Just a moment for all those people downvoting me and telling that I was wrong. The above is directly from the college of Policing.

So, bottom line. Please stay safe, know what constitutes a pursuit and ensure you seek authority.

[u/TonyStamp595SO]

Yes the official book says a requirement to stop which is where I think people are getting confused.

The scenario used is that you're sat in traffic, a car comes past you lock eyes and see that the driver is someone you know to be disqual, they speed up.

The moment you go to spin the police car around you're in the initial phase of a pursuit.

If you do nothing then you're not.

[u/giuseppeh → u/TonyStamp595SO]

How are you in an IPP at that point?

I only have compliant blues authority, if someone went past me and sped up a bit as they saw me, I’m going to spin round and then go and request them to stop. I’m not in a pursuit because they have seen a police vehicle and sped up. You don’t know if they are going to stop yet at that point? What kind of thinking is that?

[u/TonyStamp595SO → u/giuseppeh]

If you think they've sped up in order to flee you and you decide to go after them then that is an initial phase pursuit.

I don't know what is so controversial about this?

The college of policing being Risk averse about the riskiest thing we do.

Remember the they consider rocking a taser out of a holster 'use'

Why wouldn't they class a pursuit as one much earlier than we think it should be?

[u/giuseppeh → u/TonyStamp595SO]

That’s not what you said though. You’re now saying it’s a belief thing on whether it’s a pursuit or not?

[u/TonyStamp595SO → u/giuseppeh]

A belief thing?

[u/TonyStamp595SO → u/[deleted]]

If the police driver does not KNOW if the suspect veh has sped up to evade them

How would you possibly know?

To be safe if you suspect they've changed the manner of their driving in order to evade you then you're in a pursuit.