Colvin v. City of Gardena

In Colvin v. City of Gardena (1992) 11 Cal.App.4th 1270, the appellate court found a vehicle pursuit policy containing similar language, without more, to be inadequate. Colvin held Gardena's policy "clothed its officers with maximum discretion and flexibility," and "blatantly eschewed setting forth such obvious factors, inter alia, as weather, visibility, vehicular and pedestrian traffic, surface and other roadway conditions, speed, experience of the officers, nature of the offense, capacity of police vehicle, and distance travelled." (Id. at p. 1285.) Colvin thus concluded "Gardena's pursuit policy fails to advance the Legislature's purpose of promoting public safety through the adoption of specific pursuit guidelines." (Ibid.)