19A. Are Spikes a pro-active way to keep out of a pursuit?
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.
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19B. Were the Spike Systems and tactics of the early years safer?
A. Yes Spike systems were wider, and heavier, but more effective at stoping 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!
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19C. Has the use of spikes always been without problems?
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 retrival.
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19D. What was the justification for singular deployment ?
A. It was claimed a ropes could cut officers hands.
B. That the use of winder, and gloves slowed down the deployment process.
C. Less were bulky and akward to deploy.
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19E. How was Singular deployment dangerous?
A. The new systems while 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.
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19F. What would officers do when approaching a deployment area with spikes scattered on the roadway?
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.
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19G. What was risky about the Spike system that lowered and raised spikes?
A. You could see the system in the roadway, and might try to go around it.
B. Departments use differant type systems, and you never no how to react.
C. No problem always slow down and if required go over the spikes, is safer.