Arizona No Chase Law
Pursuit-friendly
Does Arizona have a no-chase law? No — Arizona has no statewide restriction on police pursuits, and its law or recent policy trend favors allowing them.
What governs pursuits in Arizona
Arizona has no statewide statute limiting when police may pursue; Arizona statute instead affirmatively authorizes emergency-vehicle privileges (exceeding speed limits, disregarding signals) for officers in pursuit, and fleeing a police officer is a felony ("felony flight"). Policy is set per agency; the Arizona Department of Public Safety notably loosened its pursuit policy to give troopers broader discretion, running counter to the national trend toward restriction, and Arizona has one of the highest pursuit-fatality rates in the country.
Will police chase a motorcycle in Arizona?
No Arizona statute or known department policy exempts motorcycles from pursuit; DPS and local agencies apply the same officer/supervisor discretion and risk-based termination criteria to motorcycle pursuits as to any vehicle pursuit.
No US state has a literal law forbidding officers from chasing motorcycles. What riders call a "no-chase law" is nearly always a department policy that tells officers to break off a pursuit when the danger to the public outweighs the arrest — and fleeing remains a crime in Arizona regardless. See the state-by-state motorcycle guide for how this works everywhere.
Sources
- abc15.com/news/local-news/investigations/is-the-new-arizona-dps-pursuit-policy-t
- bernardogarcialaw.com/2019/09/what-are-arizonas-failure-to-stop-laws/
Verified as of August 2026. Department policies can change without notice — check the agency's published policy for current break-off criteria.