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Police Pursuit Driving
The following guide provides Web site links, a list of selected
books, and access to online periodical articles about this subject.
The Web site links have been researched, evaluated, and annotated by
Rio Hondo College Librarians. The Librarians have specifically
selected these Web sites to meet the research needs of Rio Hondo
College students
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KristiesLaw.org
http://www.kristieslaw.org/indexhome.htm
Kristie's Law is a proposed measure to address safety standards
relating to police vehicular pursuits. It has links to police
pursuit information from many states, reports on proposed
legislation, media reports of chases, and police and vehicle safety.
Police-Chase Limits in Orlando Succeed, Civilian Panel Finds
http://www.kristieslaw.org/orlando_review.htm
A 2005 Article reports that crime did not rise in the one year period
after the Orlando Police Department adopted a strict pursuit policy.
Police Pursuit Policies in Other
Jurisdictions
http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=24020
This 2004 report examines pursuit policies of police departments in
Los Angeles, San Jose and Oakland, as well as Detroit, Philadelphia,
New Orleans, Phoenix and Colorado Springs.
Policedriving.com - Articles
http://www.policedriving.com/Articles.htm
Policedriving.com is the Website of Travis Yates, a police driver
training instructor in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This page has links to
many articles on pursuits and other police driving issues.
PursuitSAFETY.org
http://www.pursuitsafety.org
PursuitSAFETY was founded in California in 2007, with the goal
of stopping unnecessary police chases to prevent injury or death of
officers and the public. From the organization's mission
statement, "We are accomplishing this goal by education programs,
public service announcements, fostering pursuit research, and
sponsoring and/or promoting legislation designed to strike an
appropriate balance between the apprehension of drivers who flee and
public safety." The site has links to recent news stories on
pursuit incidents, statistics, proposed legislation, and more.
Online Databases (RHC
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SIRS
Search this database for police pursuit driving to find articles
and graphics on the subject.
Books
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The following books can be located in the
Rio Hondo College Library.
Reference Books
Non-circulating:
Encyclopedia of law enforcement
Call number: Ref HV7921.E53 2005
The encyclopedia of police science
Call number: Ref HV7901.E53 1995
Suggested Subject Headings
For additional titles on this topic at Rio Hondo, click on the
following Library of Congress subject headings:
Police pursuit driving
Traffic safety
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Use the box below to search for additional resources in Rio Hondo
College Library.
Articles
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The Rio Hondo College Library
provides online access to full-text articles through our
online databases. Please note: you must be a Rio Hondo College
student, faculty, staff or board member to use these services.
The sample searches
and articles below are from the
ProQuest database. If you are viewing this
subject guide from an on-campus computer, simply click on the
links below. To gain access if you are at home or off-campus,
first click here:
https://rioweb.riohondo.edu/library/. Input your student
ID number and password [your birthdate]. You will see a list
of all the online databases to which you have access. Click on ProQuest and enter the database. You may conduct your own
searches at this point or come back to this subject guide and
click on any of the links below:
SUB(police pursuit driving)
SUB(police pursuit driving) AND GEO(california)
Researched and evaluated by:
R. Babou, Librarian 11/2002
last update: K. Bourgaize, Librarian 5/2009
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