PROTECTIVE OPERATIONS
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EMERGENCY VEHICLE USE
Emergency vehicle use and, in particular, vehicle pursuits, are another
major section in most policy and procedure manuals. However, few, if
any, cover instances in which it is the ofcer who is being pursued. While
not specically mentioned, one department did include a category titled
“Restricted Pursuits,” which it dened as those that fall out of the cat-
egory of the “traditional” pursuit, and how they should be handled. This
is perhaps the ideal area for a policy and procedure manual to cover the
subject of a protective detail being pursued by a hostile adversary.
Terrorists and criminals who would carry out a targeted attack know
that the longer the duration of the engagement, the more ...