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Originally Posted by Brazen
there is a lot of naivety in this thread, as soon as a chase is called off, the police dont just turn around and go home. They are still allowed to 'respond' with lights and sirens to the fleeing vehicle. The police are still chasing the car, but its no longer called a pursuit so their ***** are covered in case something goes wrong. The crim will still feel he is being chased, because he is still being chased.
Its a fact of life as the police can often be hung out to dry. So they need to protect themselves.
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Without getting into too many specifics about police pursuit procedure... as far as Victoria is concerned your statement is totally untrue. Any vehicle directly involved in the pursuit must immediately come to a complete stop and disengage their lights/sirens. There is never a question if a pursuit has been terminated or not, as a clear "siren" is played over the police radio.
Lets also not forget that as far as the metro area is concerned for pursuits all vehicles are also GPS tracked (Which does include distance over time for speed comparision after the fact) & the members involved know this. All pursuits that end in an injury collision are investigated by ethical standards - any "Continue to respond" after the fact is a serious issue.
Does it still happen? Probably, yeah. But as far as Victoria (especially metro, outer-metro area) i'd say it is extremely rare..... As soon as GPS tracking is state-wide (around 2014-2015 they are saying), it'll be non existant.