Ms Paula Hilman:

We do not have the figures with us. It is certainly something we could look at. We do have a policy in relation to containment and pursuit. That is currently being reviewed. Superintendent Murphy is in charge of reviewing that policy and around all decisions we make in relation to actions that we take, including our own drivers and the control rooms. We need to ensure that the people in our control rooms who are managing the pursuit are given the appropriate training. We are currently looking at that.

All decisions are made around threat, risk, Article 2 issues, and how we use the decision-making model for what is the right thing to do at that time, taking all of the circumstances into account. This would include the road, the weather conditions, the number of pedestrians, and how built up an area is. All of that needs to be taken into account in the decisions that need to be made about the continuance of the pursuit and how one manages the pursuit. We also have stinger devices that we can put out along the road. Our Garda members are trained in that. We can use those to stop the vehicles. There are various things we are doing. Perhaps Superintendent Murphy would like to add to that. I am aware that the superintendent is reviewing that policy.