POLICE BACK OFF PURSUIT SUSPECT IN TEST OF NEW POLICY.Byline: Jason Kandel Staff Writer In one of their first tests of the LAPD's new pursuit policy, officers chased an armed man through the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. for nearly 30 minutes Friday before pulling back and letting a helicopter track his movements. Police called off their pursuit of Robert Alvizo, 28, because he was not endangering the public, and police knew where he lived and worked. ``What I saw was that officers were exercising restraint,'' said Deputy Chief Ron Bergmann, the Valley Bureau's commander, who trailed the chase in his car. ``The supervisor in charge of the pursuit and the officers did a great job.'' Lt. Tom Smart, of the West Valley Division, said the tactic also prevented the distraught dis·traught adj. 1. Deeply agitated, as from emotional conflict. 2. Mad; insane. [Middle English, alteration of distract, past participle of distracten, man from forcing police to shoot him, an action dubbed dub 1 tr.v. dubbed, dub·bing, dubs 1. To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood. 2. To honor with a new title or description. 3. ``suicide by cop Suicide-by-cop is a suicide method in which someone deliberately acts in a threatening way towards a law enforcement officer, with the goal of provoking a lethal response, such as being shot to death. .'' ``They showed good safety,'' he said. ``They didn't allow him to do suicide by cop. They gave him plenty of space.'' Officer Jack Richter said the criteria for this pursuit was perfect. ``Officers determined, as per the policy we're considering to fully adopt, to discontinue dis·con·tin·ue v. dis·con·tin·ued, dis·con·tin·u·ing, dis·con·tin·ues v.tr. 1. To stop doing or providing (something); end or abandon: the pursuit and initiate contact with the individual at a later time,'' he said. ``Real common sense is being applied in our pursuit policy.'' Several police divisions have already begun working under the new pursuit guidelines, which are still being developed. A date for the new policy has not been set. Alvizo was taken into custody for a mental evaluation and questioning about 11:20 a.m. after parking at Mulholland and Calneva drives in Encino. Police said they were in the process of booking him on weapons possession charges. He has a misdemeanor conviction for domestic violence, police said. Before he surrendered, Alvizo accidentally fired a round from his .38- caliber revolver revolver: see small arms. revolver Pistol with a revolving cylinder that provides multishot action. Some early versions, known as pepperboxes, had several barrels, but as early as the 17th century pistols were being made with a revolving chamber to into the floorboard of his Toyota Tundra The Toyota Tundra is a full-size pickup truck sold by Toyota, replacing the Toyota T100. It is similar to the Toyota Sequoia, and Toyota Tacoma. The Tundra was nominated for the North American Truck of the Year award and was Motor Trend magazine's Truck of the year for the year , then threw his gun out the window, police said. The chase began about 8:30 a.m. after Alvizo's wife came into the West Valley station to say they had been arguing, and she feared he would hurt himself, police said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Police allow a suspect in a truck to continue on as they backed off the chase in a test of a new policy on car chases Friday. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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