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Latest changes – police pursuits

Date Category Guidance Changes
Roads policing Police pursuits

23/05/2024 - the following reference and link was added to the final sentence in section 'Fatal collisions resulting from pursuit activity':

Post-incident procedures following death or serious injury APP

Roads policing Police pursuits

Link to police dogs APP added to police dogs section

Roads policing Police pursuits

22/03/2024 - the following amendments have been made:

Vehicles used for pursuits section

  • 'marked' and 'and marked personnel carriers' added to second to last paragraph
  • 'high performance' replaced with 'advanced PV' in last paragraph

Prohibited vehicles section

  • 'Vehicles which can transport a large number of personnel, for example personnel carriers' bullet point removed
Roads policing Police pursuits

Tactical options - '(updated November 2023)' added after 'tactics directory'. 

Pursuit management > Situational engagement of suspects > Quad bikes and motorcycles> 2nd and 5th paragraph - '(updated November 2023) added after 'tactics directory'. 

Communications > 2nd paragraph - '(updated November 2023) added after 'tactics directory'. 

Roads policing Police pursuits

20th Dec - pm. 

5th paragraph '(updated March 2023) changed to (updated November 2023). 

Pre-planned operations - (updated November 2023) added and brackets removed from. 'This link is only available via College Learn'. 

Roads policing Police pursuits

NPCC Tactical Pursuit and Containment Tactics Directory updated on College Learn – link updated to reflect this

Roads policing Police pursuits

Updated Airwave Interoperability manual added.

Roads policing Police pursuits

Additional wording around reference to force policy added.

Roads policing Police pursuits

Updated non College badged Tactics directory uploaded.

Roads policing Police pursuits

Amended version of tactics directory added to reflect correction to Appendix C.

Roads policing Police pursuits

Updated tactics directory added - February 2019 version.

Roads policing Police pursuits

Amended wording for discontinuance of a pursuit.

Roads policing Police pursuits

Police Pursuits - Quad bikes and Motorcycles - amended wording for clarity.

Roads policing Police pursuits

Update refresh training timescales.

Roads policing Police pursuits

Update to Tactics Directory content (hosted on College Learn but linked from this area of APP).

Roads policing Police pursuits

Updating a link to NPCC (April 2015) Tactical pursuit and containment – Tactics directory including pre-emptive options to October version.

Roads policing Police pursuits

Changing wording regarding off road pursuits of quad bikes and motorcycles.

Roads policing Police pursuits

Changes throughout section on Police pursuits and link to Tactics Directory (restricted content).

Roads policing Police pursuits

Clarifying and removing ambiguity around use of 4x4 utility vehicles in pursuits.

Roads policing Police pursuits

Wording change: “tactical phase trained advanced drivers” changed to “advanced drivers”.

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