KERA News and the Fort Worth Report have been investigating departments’ car chase policies.
Dashboard camera footage from a Haltom City police car shows a wrecked GMC Acadia after it was hit by a black Mustang at the intersection of Continental Avenue and North Stemmons Freeway in Dallas in the early morning of Feb. 25, 2024.
Emily, I know that you had been publishing a series of stories on this for the Fort Worth report, trying to get some answers as to why the police department wasn’t being more forthcoming with its policy. What were you finding out?Honestly, not a whole lot, at least initially. The Fort Worth Police Department was pretty adamant that releasing their policy to the public would endanger their officers by making public what pursuit tactics they use to catch criminals.
As you reviewed these statements, were you seeing patterns? Was there consistency across the board between departments? What were you finding?Well, national organizations that advise police on policies like this often give guidance. And you could see some through lines. I found one thing that was common was the priority of public safety – asking officers to consider whether the risk of engaging in a high-speed chase on a public roadway was worth pursuing a suspect for whatever suspected crime.
Is that any factor in the shaping of these policies or the willingness on the part of some of these departments to release their policies?That’s an interesting question. And it’s one that was really at the heart of our reporting on this subject. Honestly, it varied from department to department on whether they felt releasing that policy was going to hinder their officers.
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