Tag: Vehicle Pursuits

Operation Lone Star: Racial Profiling in Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Traffic Stops and High Death Toll from DPS Vehicle Pursuits

Published by ACLU of Texas and the Texas Civil Rights Project, via the Texas Tribune, on July 28, 2022.

A complaint to the Justice Department about racial profiling and dangerous vehicle pursuits carried out by Texas state law enforcement personnel within the framework of the so-called “Operation Lone Star.”

Tags: Human Rights, Racism, Texas, Vehicle Pursuits

CBP’s Vehicle Pursuit Policy and Border Patrol’s Deadly Pursuit of a Vehicle on August 3, 2021 near Las Cruces, New Mexico

Published by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico and the ACLU of Texas on August 25, 2021.

Calls for reform of CBP’s vehicle pursuit policy after another in a long string of crashes, this one in New Mexico, kills two people.

Tags: Border Patrol, El Paso, Human Rights, Organizational Culture, Vehicle Pursuits

Emergency Driving Including Vehicular Pursuits by U.S. Customs and Border Protection Personnel

Published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on January 16, 2021.

For the first time, CBP makes public its vehicle pursuit policy. This redacted document was released in November 2021. (link at cbp.gov)

Tags: CBP, Vehicle Pursuits