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Utah Administrative Code (Current through November 1, 2019) |
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R728. Public Safety, Peace Officer Standards and Training |
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R728-503. Utah Minimum Standards for All Emergency Pursuit Policies to be Adopted by Public Agencies that Operate Authorized Emergency Pursuit Vehicles |
R728-503-3. Purpose
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(1)(a) The purpose of this rule is to provide minimum standards, below which, the individualized law enforcement agency emergency pursuit policy may not legally go.
(b) It is not the intent nor legal purpose of these minimum standards to be exhaustive or all inclusive on this subject.
(2) As law enforcement officers consider the balance test, these minimum standards assist in training as well as providing a threshold for the law enforcement officer while analyzing the balance test in actual field situations.
(3)(a) The department establishes these minimum standards to assist each agency develop its own agency emergency pursuit policy.
(b) While implementing and revising an agency emergency pursuit policy, each agency shall use these minimum standards as a starting point and then individualize its agency emergency pursuit policy as needed.