Senate eyeing bill that would change police pursuit policy across Georgia
By: Lauren Padgett, 13wmaz.com
ATLANTA — A bill introduced in the Georgia legislature could change police pursuit policies statewide. A few weeks ago, Sen. Gail Davenport (D-Jonesboro) introduced Senate Bill 63, which would make it illegal for police to chase someone unless they believed the suspect had committed or was in the process of committing certain crimes.
That means, in order to purse a suspect, the officer would need to have probable cause that the person committed a crime such as murder, armed robbery or kidnapping.
This comes after a South Fulton police officer crashed into a van while chasing another car, killing three people in Nov. 2018. South Fulton’s police chief said he rewrote the pursuit policy shortly after taking office in September, “which was nearly two months prior to the incident occurring.”
