A major area of liability concern for many municipalities is Police Department high speed pursuit.
Statistics from The Hartford indicate that ten times more people are killed in high speed pursuits than are
killed by police weapons. Eighty percent of those killed by police high speed pursuit are innocent
bystanders. The Hartford has paid claims arising from pursuits that were terminated two to three miles
prior to the resulting accidents. In one example, a claim arose from a pursuit that ended in an intersection
accident. The plaintiff ran a red light and became involved in an accident with the chasing police vehicle.
The officer was pursuing with no siren, no emergency lights, and was told to break off the pursuit.
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