🦶7.4 - Apprehension on Foot
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When initiating a foot pursuit always remember to immediately call out your location and direction of travel and keep it updated when it changes.
When pursuing continuously give the suspect loud, clear, commands to stop, and identify yourself as the police
When running around corners in foot pursuits either go out wide or stop and check the corner with your correct equipment for that situation first before continuing as they may be hiding this can include sitting/lying etc.
When preparing to tase a subject, officers should advise a verbal warning to the suspect such as “If you do not comply, you will be tasered.” This should be done at least three times so that it is clear that they have heard you. - Before deploying your taser officers should advise when possible “taser, taser” before firing their taser. This is done to ensure the safety of officers around them so they are aware to not run in front of your prongs.
No suspects should be tased on ladders, vehicles, edges of rooftops (or when running/walking towards an edge) or near hill/mountain slopes or drops. This also accounts for some situations where sometimes when the suspect is pointing a firearm as well as in vehicles because due to muscle lock up they will start driving forward/start randomly discharging their firearm.
Tasers should not be deployed on persons standing in water above ankle height. Any person tased in the water of any sort should be actively removed from the water due to drowning risk as soon as possible for their safety. It is however preferable to tase subjects away from water where possible.