190 A. Are Spikes a proactive way to keep out of a pursuit?
A. Positioned behind protective cover, an officer can bring a dangerous vehicle to a stop.
B. Deploying a spike device should be the safest task for any officer involved in a pursuit.
C. Positioning yourself behind cover provides protection, not afforded to officers in the pursuit.
D. No, your safer in a pursuit.
190 B. Were the Spike Systems and tactics of the early years more effective and safer?
A. Yes Spike systems were much wider, but more effective at stoping a car.
B. The “old school product and Tactics” produced a perfect safety record, a record superior than that of today.
C. One manufacture announced over 15K uses of the product and a PERFECT SAFETY RECORD!
D. Lighter weight systems and multi-sided are proven to be safer.
190 C. Has the use of spikes always been without problems?
A. No, about the year (1996) serious incidents began to happen, a change where Officers lost their lives.
B. Those that marketed the new products developed a new deployment style called singular deployment, which is much safer.
C. Singular deployment meant that Spikes were deployed without a cord for retrieval.
D. It’s safe to go into traffic and recover spikes.