§ 31-12-6 - Emergency vehicles – Times when entitled to special privileges. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 31-12-6

   § 31-12-6  Emergency vehicles – Timeswhen entitled to special privileges. – (a) The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to anemergency call or when in the pursuit of an alleged violator of the law or whenresponding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm, may exercise theprivileges set forth in § 31-12-7, but subject to the conditions stated inthis section and in §§ 31-12-8 and 31-12-9.

   (b) Upon establishment of the law enforcement agencyaccreditation council, the council shall adopt uniform rules and regulations togovern high speed pursuits in the state in accordance with the standardsestablished by the National Law Enforcement Accreditation Agency. Until suchrules are adopted, all police departments within the state shall submit to thedepartment of the attorney general a copy of their high speed pursuit policies,which shall be available to the public.