Summary

Sets a short title and amends the District of Columbia’s policing law to change how police vehicular pursuits are defined and when officers may engage in them. It narrows and reorganizes pursuit-related definitions, excludes certain federal sworn officers from a particular definition, replaces the prior pursuit standard with a rule that allows pursuits unless they are judged to pose unacceptable risk, be futile, or if the suspect can be caught more effectively by other means, and requires an Attorney General review and report within three years on adoption of public-alerting pursuit technology (e.g., PursuitAlert).

• One section sets the Act's short title; the other revises D.C. law on police vehicular pursuits.
• Definitions used in the pursuit statute are narrowed and reorganized; several prior definition paragraphs are removed.
• Sworn federal law enforcement officers of certain federal agencies are excluded from a specified definition in the D.C. statute.
• The pursuit standard is replaced with a permissive rule: pursuits are allowed unless they pose unacceptable risk, would be futile, or another method would apprehend the suspect more effectively or quickly.
• The Attorney General must evaluate within three years the costs and benefits of the MPD adopting PursuitAlert (or similar tech) and report to four congressional committees.
• No specific appropriations or implementation funding are provided in the text.
• The change could lead to more permissive pursuit practices depending on local implementation and supervisory guidance.
• The reporting requirement creates a timeline for study of pursuit-alert technology but does not require adoption.