Thanks for reaching out! We are requesting all vehicle pursuit data collected by your agency, except for what's exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Act. We aren't asking for individual case files of vehicle pursuit incidents, but rather the data from your electronic records management system. The data is typically stored as a list and can be exported as a spreadsheet, where each row is an incident, and each column is a specific type of information for that incident.
Here are some examples of the type of data collected and disclosed by other jurisdictions:
Incident number
Incident date
Reason initiated
Time of day
Initial violation
Weather condition
Pursuit distance
Type of vehicle pursued
Pursuit beginning location
Pursuit ending location
Agency initiating pursuit
Agency ending pursuit
Event that concluded the pursuit
Why pursuit was terminated
Who terminated pursuit
Driving under the influence factors
In-car camera available
In-car camera used
The pursuit was aborted
An accident occurred during the pursuit
Driver being pursued was arrested for DUI
Aerial vehicle was available to assist
Aerial vehicle was used to assist
Stop device was used
Type of stop device that was used
Liability claim filed
Pursuit justified
Pursuit within policy
Citizen injury tally
Employee injury tally
Damage tally
Thanks for reaching out! We are requesting all vehicle pursuit data collected by your agency, except for what's exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Act. We aren't asking for individual case files of vehicle pursuit incidents, but rather the data from your electronic records management system. The data is typically stored as a list and can be exported as a spreadsheet, where each row is an incident, and each column is a specific type of information for that incident.
Here are some examples of the type of data collected and disclosed by other jurisdictions:
Incident number Incident date Reason initiated Time of day Initial violation Weather condition Pursuit distance Type of vehicle pursued Pursuit beginning location Pursuit ending location Agency initiating pursuit Agency ending pursuit Event that concluded the pursuit Why pursuit was terminated Who terminated pursuit Driving under the influence factors In-car camera available In-car camera used The pursuit was aborted An accident occurred during the pursuit Driver being pursued was arrested for DUI Aerial vehicle was available to assist Aerial vehicle was used to assist Stop device was used Type of stop device that was used Liability claim filed Pursuit justified Pursuit within policy Citizen injury tally Employee injury tally Damage tally