Police Academy EVO
An Officer executing driving decisions and performing driving maneuvers ... - ANS Must
conform to existing statutes, case law, general liability principles, and departmental policy.
No _______ exemptions exist because you are a police officer, in a police vehicle, during
non-emergency driving situations. - ANS Statutory
_________ are the department's view of what the law is relating to go in the area in question. -
ANS Policies
Emergency Response - ANS Defined as: an officer responding to an emergency as defined by
Michigan statutes and the officer is driving in an emergency vehicle.
The officer must be responding in an _____________ ______________ and activate certain
__________ and ____________ in order to enjoy the exemptions granted in the statues. - ANS
Emergency vehicle, lights and sirens
being the driver of a motor vehicle to whom was given a visual or audible signal by hand, voice,
emergency light, or siren by an officer who was in ________ _________ and the officer's vehicle
was identified as __ ________ _________ ____________, acting in the lawful performance of
his/her duty, directing the defendant to bring his/her motor vehicle to a stop, did willfully fail to
obey such direction by attempting to flee or elude the officer; contrary to MCL 257.602a - ANS
full uniform, an official police vehicle
The legal definition of pursuit is by no means clear and is the subject of much controversy and
many lawsuits. - ANS Pursuit does not automatically equal liability.
An officer's ________________ is what the courts will consider. - ANS Reasonableness
This means that departments must know an injury will likely result due to the lack of, or _______
________ ___ __ ___________ (______________________) - ANS improper training of its
officers
(City of Canton v. Harris)
ROBINSON V. DETROIT - ANS MERE PURSUIT DOES NOT EQUAL LIABILITY.
Scott V. Harris - ANS A police officer's attempt to terminate a dangerous high-speed car chase
that threatens the lives of innocent bystanders does not violate the fourth amendment, even
when it places the fleeing motorist at risk of serious injury or death.
Scott V. Harris - ANS The Supreme determined "a balance of interest test."
An Officer executing driving decisions and performing driving maneuvers ... - ANS Must
conform to existing statutes, case law, general liability principles, and departmental policy.
No _______ exemptions exist because you are a police officer, in a police vehicle, during
non-emergency driving situations. - ANS Statutory
_________ are the department's view of what the law is relating to go in the area in question. -
ANS Policies
Emergency Response - ANS Defined as: an officer responding to an emergency as defined by
Michigan statutes and the officer is driving in an emergency vehicle.
The officer must be responding in an _____________ ______________ and activate certain
__________ and ____________ in order to enjoy the exemptions granted in the statues. - ANS
Emergency vehicle, lights and sirens
being the driver of a motor vehicle to whom was given a visual or audible signal by hand, voice,
emergency light, or siren by an officer who was in ________ _________ and the officer's vehicle
was identified as __ ________ _________ ____________, acting in the lawful performance of
his/her duty, directing the defendant to bring his/her motor vehicle to a stop, did willfully fail to
obey such direction by attempting to flee or elude the officer; contrary to MCL 257.602a - ANS
full uniform, an official police vehicle
The legal definition of pursuit is by no means clear and is the subject of much controversy and
many lawsuits. - ANS Pursuit does not automatically equal liability.
An officer's ________________ is what the courts will consider. - ANS Reasonableness
This means that departments must know an injury will likely result due to the lack of, or _______
________ ___ __ ___________ (______________________) - ANS improper training of its
officers
(City of Canton v. Harris)
ROBINSON V. DETROIT - ANS MERE PURSUIT DOES NOT EQUAL LIABILITY.
Scott V. Harris - ANS A police officer's attempt to terminate a dangerous high-speed car chase
that threatens the lives of innocent bystanders does not violate the fourth amendment, even
when it places the fleeing motorist at risk of serious injury or death.
Scott V. Harris - ANS The Supreme determined "a balance of interest test."
