The Sensation Seeking Scale was administered to 69 patrol officers of
a suburban police department to investigate the relationship between s
ensation seeking and officers' tendencies lo engage in high-speed vehi
cular pursuit. Pursuit tendencies were measured by official department
al records, self-reports of previous pursuits, and responses to two hy
pothetical situations. The official records and self-report measures o
f pursuit were found to correlate significantly with sensation seeking
. It was concluded that attention to personality differences may help
supervisors implement a more predictable pursuit policy.