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Police Pursuit Policy
Congress, 1. (1997, September 29). National Police Pursuit Policy Act. Retrieved from Legislative Proposals: http://www.aele.org/pursuit.htmlIn 1998 the U.S. Senate had created an act titled "National Police Policy Act of 1998" because there were numurous reports of fatalities due to high speed motor vehicle pursuits. in 1996 377 deaths occured in the United States. 103 of those fatalities were police officers or innocent bystanders
A study conducted, within that year, that approximately 60 percent of high speed pursuits were not related to felony offenses