CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5165

Chapter 37, Laws of 2003

58th Legislature
2003 Regular Session



VEHICULAR PURSUITS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/27/03

Passed by the Senate February 18, 2003
  YEAS 49   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 8, 2003
  YEAS 95   NAYS 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5165 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

MILTON H. DOUMIT JR.
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Secretary
Approved April 17, 2003.








GARY F. LOCKE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
April 17, 2003 - 2:26 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5165
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Passed Legislature - 2003 Regular Session
State of Washington58th Legislature2003 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Kline, McCaslin and Franklin)

READ FIRST TIME 02/06/03.   



     AN ACT Relating to vehicular pursuit by law enforcement officers; adding new sections to chapter 43.101 RCW; and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   The legislature intends to improve the safety of law enforcement officers and the public by providing consistent education and training for officers in the matter of vehicle pursuit. The legislature recognizes there are a multitude of factors which enter into the determination of pursuit and intends that the criminal justice training commission be given the responsibility of identifying those factors and developing appropriate standards for training of law enforcement officers in this area.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 43.101 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) By December 1, 2003, the Washington state criminal justice training commission, the Washington state patrol, the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs, and organizations representing state and local law enforcement officers shall develop a written model policy on vehicular pursuits.
     (2) The model policy must meet all of the following minimum standards:
     (a) Provide for supervisory control, if available, of the pursuit;
     (b) Provide procedures for designating the primary pursuit vehicle and for determining the total number of vehicles to be permitted to participate at one time in the pursuit;
     (c) Provide procedures for coordinating operations with other jurisdictions; and
     (d) Provide guidelines for determining when the interests of public safety and effective law enforcement justify a vehicular pursuit and when a vehicular pursuit should not be initiated or should be terminated.
     (3) By June 1, 2004, every state, county, and municipal law enforcement agency shall adopt and implement a written vehicular pursuit policy. The policy adopted may, but need not, be the model policy developed under subsections (1) and (2) of this section. However, any policy adopted must address the minimum requirements specified in subsection (2) of this section.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3   A new section is added to chapter 43.101 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) By June 30, 2006, every new full-time law enforcement officer employed, after the effective date of this act, by a state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency shall be trained on vehicular pursuits.
     (2) Beginning July 1, 2006, every new full-time law enforcement officer employed by a state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency shall be trained on vehicular pursuits, within six months of employment.
     (3) Nothing in this act requires training on vehicular pursuit of any law enforcement officer who is employed in a state, county, or city law enforcement agency on the effective date of this act beyond that which he or she has received prior to the effective date of this act.


         Passed by the Senate February 18, 2003.
         Passed by the House April 8, 2003.
         Approved by the Governor April 17, 2003.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 17, 2003.