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Urgent Duty Driving<br />
A/C Lewis has informed me that she<br />
considers urgent duty driving and<br />
pursuits one of the greatest risks<br />
in policing, and therefore she will<br />
be concentrating on ensuring that<br />
the urgent duty driving policy is<br />
stringently followed.<br />
Red light cameras take two<br />
photographs, so the QPS is able to<br />
work out your speed going through a<br />
red light.<br />
Policy requires you to stop at all red<br />
lights. Take care writing your reports.<br />
Remember that the first paragraph is<br />
the disclaimer from the union diary, so<br />
it can’t be used against you in a court<br />
of law.<br />
One officer recently negotiated 24<br />
traffic control lights, including four<br />
with red light cameras, on his way to<br />
a Code 2 disturbance.<br />
To ensure an accurate report is<br />
written, ask to see the photograph.<br />
As for pursuits, more and more<br />
are coming back for investigation,<br />
especially the attempted intercepts<br />
and evade police. Refresh your<br />
memory of the pursuit categories and<br />
what are non-pursuit matters.<br />
Remember you must have your lights<br />
and sirens on for a period of time to<br />
provide evidence of an evade police.<br />
In relation to pursuits, it is my opinion<br />
not to pursue.<br />
The QPS provides you with the<br />
justification for when you can<br />
commence a pursuit and when a<br />
pursuit can continue, but there is no<br />
training to end a pursuit. The majority<br />
of pursuits move too quickly for<br />
stingers. So unless offenders give<br />
up (not likely) or crash, what is your<br />
end game to bring the pursuit to a<br />
satisfactory conclusion?<br />
There is none and you have not been<br />
trained in any. You are not taught the<br />
PITT manoeuvre like American police.<br />
Once the QPS provides an acceptable<br />
end solution to pursuits, I will then<br />
review my position.<br />
Metro South Region<br />
But currently you do not have the<br />
legislative protection against civil and<br />
criminal matters arising from doing<br />
your job to engage in this high-risk<br />
activity.<br />
Remember, if you have any<br />
problems I am a phone call<br />
away.<br />
Tony COLLINS<br />
<strong>Union</strong> Representative<br />
Metropolitan South Region<br />
0414 804 472<br />
<strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Union</strong> Journal May 2010<br />
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