POLICY 300.5.1 SHOOTING AT OR FROM MOVING VEHICLES
Shots fired at or from a moving vehicle are rarely effective. Officers should move out of the path of an approaching vehicle instead of discharging their firearm at the vehicle or any of its occupants. An officer should only discharge a firearm at a moving vehicle or its occupants when the officer reasonably believes there are no other reasonable means available to avert the threat of the vehicle, or if deadly force other than the vehicle is directed at the officer or others. Officers should not shoot at any part of a vehicle in an attempt to disable the vehicle.
Renton Police Department Comments
Our officers are prohibited from shooting at moving vehicles except in very specific circumstances in which a threat of death or bodily injury exists.
Eight Can't Wait
Data proves that together these eight policies can decrease police violence by 72%