Written Question·Home Office·UIN 30637

Police Pursuits: Bicycles

Tabled: 11 February 2025
Answered: 24 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Neil Coyle

LabourBermondsey and Old Southwark

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating guidance issued to police authorities to allow officers to knock suspected criminals off push bikes, in line with moped gu

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
The College of Policing has issued guidance on when a roads policing pursuit is justified and proportionate, the Home Office has no plans to issue its own updated guidance on roads policing pursuits involving push bikes.Any decision on when it is appropri...

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