(ANSA) - MILAN, APRIL 01 - There is a controversy between police unions and the leadership of the Lombardy Road Police Department on the circular, which reaffirms a precedent from last year, which 'advises' crews not to chase cars that do not respect the halt .
According to what the manager Maria Dolores Rucci writes, the patrols must limit themselves to noting the license plate number and communicating it to other police patrols to reduce the risks for themselves and for others.
With the directives given - says the Traffic Police after the directive of the Lombardy compartment - "we never wanted to fail in the task of chasing motorists who do not comply with the obligation to stop at a halt" but there is "the need to guarantee the greatest possible protection to the safety of road users and police officers themselves ".
Operators, continues the Stradale, are recommended "to take all appropriate precautions on such occasions without, of course, failing in their institutional duties".
"The provisions - specifies the Department - require the acquisition of all the descriptive and identifying elements of the car on the run to be promptly shared with the operations center of the Traffic Police which, through a coordination activity, will also involve other crews in support of the pursuer".
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