HB 1363 – Police Vehicular Pursuit

Police Vehicular Pursuit.

Sponsors: Rule, Robertson, Shavers, Mosbrucker, Reeves, Leavitt, Paul, Griffey, Timmons, Bronoske, Klicker, Walen, Hackney, Couture, Maycumber, Corry, Cortes, McClintock, Davis, Bergquist, Christian, Connors, Dent, Jacobsen, Sandlin, Rude, Stokesbary, Barkis, Graham, Chapman, Ryu, Lekanoff, Wylie, Springer, Callan, Cheney, Orcutt, Stonier, Caldier, Berg

Status: DEAD

Summary

• Restores previous law allowing police pursuit.
• Lowers the evidentiary threshold required for engaging in a vehicular pursuit by allowing an officer to conduct the vehicular pursuit if the officer has reasonable suspicion that a person has committed or is committing any criminal offense.
• Eliminates the provisions limiting a vehicular pursuit to situations where the vehicular pursuit is necessary for the purpose of identifying or apprehending a person, the person poses an imminent threat to the safety of others, and the officer receives authorization from a supervisor and there is supervisory control.
• Modifies certain vehicular pursuit requirements related to supervisory oversight and establishes new requirements related to direct communication with specified entities, development of a plan to end the vehicular pursuit, and the pursuing officer’s training and certifications.