Police strategies often develop from custom and practice without
guidance from empirical research. Police officers often make their
decisions based upon information and tactics with which they are
the most familiar and comfortable. Choosing between available
strategies and other alternatives can be improved through research
and evaluation. One area of policing in which this is especially
true is pursuit driving, which may be the deadliest weapon in a
police officer's arsenal. Using the analogy between improper use of
firearms and improper pursuit driving, Alpert and Dunham analyze
the police car as a potentially dangerous weapon. The book is based
upon information gathered over several years in Dade County
(Miami), Florida. Included are the details of deaths, injuries, and
property damage. Also reported are the arrests and apprehensions of
felony suspects. The data are presented not to scare citizens, but
to assist them, members of the law enforcement community, and
politicians to understand more clearly the role of pursuit in
policing and crime control. Pursuit needs to be discussed as a
deterrent and crime-fighting strategy, and felony arrests resulting
from successful pursuit must be included to compute a cost-benefit
analysis. By offering a view of police pursuit that has been
heretofore unavailable, the authors hope their empirical data will
replace unsupported opinion and media sensationalism as information
on which to create or modify pursuit policies and legal standards.
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