Police Training Research Paper

At 1:00 A.M. on December 13, 2001 20 year old Winter Park, Florida college student, Sarah Phillips, dropped off a group of her friends after seeing the movie "Ocean's 11". She made it only a few short blocks when Sarah noticed several blue lights in her rearview mirror; a police stop was taking place behind her. Sarah continued down the speed-bumped road only to find several police Stop Sticks were deployed in her lane of travel. When she saw only one police car and no police officer, fear struck her. Less than 30 seconds later she was dead. She was hit from behind by a car that was traveling over 70 MPH. Worse yet, the car that struck her was driven by a by a 17 year old male who didn't want to pull over because he took his parents car without
It further goes on to say that 60% reported providing even entry level driver training at their academies. Police officers need to be trained in the techniques and to know how to understand the department policy regarding high-speed pursuits. According to Dr. Geoffrey Albert of the University of South Carolina, "the well-trained officer will recognize how to temper the initial and grave feelings of contempt toward the suspect and realize that his or her most powerful tool may be to terminate a chase that has become too risky." On the other side of the spectrum, people may argue that too much money will be spent on the police training. If money is the issue then they should see how many millions or possibly billions of dollars that are paid out to victim's families in civil litigation or in medical bills. Who can really use money as an excuse when innocent people and officers are dying? It is understandable that police would pursue if there were a bank robbery and guns were blazing. It
They won't think that if the penalty to flee is a felony and mandatory jail time, whether or not someone is injured in the chase. As Chief Steve Jones of the Orange County Sheriff's office states, "Chasing a criminal over a traffic infraction in today's world does not make sense. Even if you do catch them and no one is hurt, the perpetrator may get out of jail before you finish your arrest