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Issued as a Police General Order — lawful police administrative authority subject to collective bargaining, state law and professional standards, with legal review.
The problem
High-speed police chases turn ordinary streets into danger zones in seconds. Residents shouldn't have to fear that a pursuit will end on their block — the risk to bystanders is never worth it when safer alternatives exist.
The plan
The Police Chief issues a General Order banning deadly vehicle pursuits, replacing high-speed chases with modern alternatives like air support, license-plate readers and follow-up investigation.
Officers receive clear training on the new standard, and every pursuit decision is documented and reviewed so the public can see the policy is real.
How you’ll know it’s working
- Ban adopted in General Orders
- Published pursuit data and reviews
- Officer training completion on alternatives
- Community-reported sense of street safety
From the Blueprint
- Zero-tolerance policy; exceptions only for imminent, credible threats to human life.
- Officers pursuing within parameters must get real-time supervisory authorization during the pursuit.
- Every pursuit triggers automatic review by the TPD Office of Professional Standards, reported to OCI in 30 days.
- Aggregate pursuit data published quarterly on CitySync; TPD General Orders revised within 30 days.
- Union contract compliance review runs simultaneously with the rollout.
No property crime, no traffic violation, no fleeing suspect is worth a child's life on a Tampa sidewalk.
Sources and research conditions
S01 pp. 24, 110-118
SOURCE-SUPPORTED; LEGAL REVIEW
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