190 A. Are Spikes a pro-active way to keep out of a pursuit? Please put a check mark on the correct answers and X on the incorrect answers.

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, pursuits are better if you just let them go and the target stops voluntary.

190 B. Were the spike systems and tactics of the early years safer? Please put a check mark on the correct answers and X on the incorrect answers.

A. Yes spike systems were wider and heavier, but more effective at stopping 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. No, there were more safety incidents in the past.

190 C. Has the use of  spikes always been without problems?  Please put a check mark on the correct answers and X on the incorrect answers.

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.

C. Singular deployment meant that Spikes were deployed without a cord for retrieval.

190 D. What was the justification for singular deployment? Please put a check mark on the correct answers and X on the incorrect answers.

A. It was claimed a rope could cut officers hands.

B. That the use of cord, and gloves slowed down the deployment process.

C. Other brands were bulky, and with cords, required more steps to deploy.

D. Singular Deployment was rarely used, and no department would recommend this deployment method.

190 E. How was Singular deployment dangerous? Please put a check mark on the correct answers and X on the incorrect answers.

A. The new systems was easy to deploy, left spikes scatered on the roadway. This placed traffic at risk as they went over the spikes or tried to go around the spikes.

B. The officers that entered the roadway were at risk as they entered the roadway to remove the spikes for pursuit officers.

C. Singular deployment was never dangerous.

190 F. What would officers do when approaching a deployment area with spikes scattered on the roadway? Please put a check mark on the correct answers and X on the incorrect answers.

A. They would slow down and go around the spikes.

B. They would re-direct another way in traffic and go around the block.

C. Nothing, maintain speed and go over them.

D. The officer would normally have the roadway cleared of spikes.

190 G. What was risky about the Spike system that lowered and raised spikes? Please put a check mark on the correct answers and X on the incorrect answers.

A. You could see the system in the roadway, and might try to go around it.

B. Departments use different type systems, and you never no how to react.

C. No problem always slow down and if required go over the spikes, is safer.