Emergency Vehicle Operations: A Line Officer's Guide, Second Edtion

Emergency Vehicle Operations: A Line Officer's Guide is an all-inclusive, hands-on training/reference guide in compliance with the most recent version of the IADLEST Law Enforcement Driver Training Reference Guide. Chapter-opening Objectives summarize each book chapter to help students understand the material. Chapter-ending Review Questions reinforce the concepts. Two completely new chapters cover challenges of great concern to modern Law Enforcement: Lawsuits: This is a concern of every line officer. This chapter instructs officers as to how to prepare in the event a lawsuit is initiated, providing clear-cut guidelines for testifying at trials and depositions. Risk Management: This chapter provides a framework for installing an agency-wide, vehicle operation Risk Management Program. All book material is policy driven, in the context of an agency's own policy. You train using this book, and you train to your own policy. A Policy Worksheet Appendix provides an invaluable, step-by-step walk-through to help ensure a complete understanding of the material. A Glossary enables officers to understand vehicular jargon and all related terminology. A complete Index makes using the book quick and easy. This emergency vehicle "bible" sets the standard for line officer training. It helps officers take the skills learned in training and correctly apply them to the nitty-gritty, emotionally charged street atmosphere, so that they can sort out and make the right decisions under fire. This book is a must for every training classroom, and should be kept in the glove compartment of every emergency vehicle. *The free accompanying Instructor's Manual helps key the book to IADLEST's Reference Guide

Table of Contents:
Foreword 1. Why Should You Read This Book? 2. What ls Liability? 3. The Basis of Lawsuits 4. Risk Management for Emergency Vehicle Operations 5. The Foundation of Emergency Vehicle Operations 6. The Human Factor 7. Maintaining Top Vehicle Performance 8. Basic Vehicle Operations 9. The High-Risk Maneuvers 10. Environmental Factors Affecting Vehicle Operations 11. How an Emergency Response Affects You 12. Vehicle Operations during an Emergency Response 13. Using Your Equipment in an Emergency 14. Route Selection 15. Collisions 16. The Foundation of Pursuits 17. lnitiating a Pursuit 18. Pursuit Tactics 19. Terminating a Pursuit 20. Pursuit Reporting and Analysis 21. Lawsuits; Appendix: Policy Worksheet; Glossary; Index

About the Author :
Raymond W. Beach, Jr. was the chairman of the national task force on emergency vehicle operations. This task force, organized by the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST) and funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), produced the Law Enforcement Driver Training Reference Guide 2000. He is a nationally recognized expert and consultant on criminal justice matters and has written and lectured extensively on police policy and procedures as well as on the use of force. Mr. Beach is currently the Executive Director of the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards, a division of the Michigan Department of State Police. Earl R. Morris was a member of the IADLEST/NHTSA task force and a twenty-three year veteran of law enforcement. He retired in July 2002 as the Colonel of the Utah Highway Patrol and as Deputy Commissioner for the Utah Department of Public Safety. He is a nationally recognized expert in the areas of emergency vehicle operations and the use of force, and he has published numerous articles on those subjects. William C. Smith is an attorney and was the Legal Advisor for the IADLEST/NHTSA task force. He is also a Risk Management Consultant and was awarded the ARM designation from the Insurance Institute of America. Mr. Smith is the co-author of several books and numerous articles on the topic of police pursuit. He Jives in Columbia, South Carolina.