By The Student View Reporters
There are almost 400 police vehicle chases in Bradford every year, according to new data released by police.
According to Freedom of Information request data sourced by the media literacy charity The Student View, there were 397 police vehicle chases in Bradford in 2018. Six of those pursuits ended in injuries to officers, while six ended in injuries to the suspects.
2017 saw the same number of chases, up from 383 in 2016.
In Bradford, there are 304 officers at Bradford District trained in initial pursuit, with a further 90 Tactical Pursuit and Containment (TPAC) trained officers assigned to protective services operations.
TPAC training prepares an officer to safely stop a pursuit, and involves several different methods to stop the fleeing. this includes spike strips, roadblocks and the “box and stop” containment.
By Ayshah, 15, and Ismail, 15
The Telegraph & Argus has teamed up with journalism charity The Student View, which aims to aims to create pop-up newsrooms in schools across the UK to help improve media literacy among teenagers.
Bradford pupils have been researching and writing local news reports in workshops led by mentors and volunteer journalists, as part of a Google-sponsored project.
Student journalists Ayshah and Ismail, both from Bradford, said of their article: “This story is important because it is something that is increasing day by day and needs to be sorted.”
For more on The Student View, visit thestudentview.org.
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