For “police pursuit – first offence”
The maximum penalty for the offence of “police pursuit – first offence.”
According to the Judicial Commission of NSW, the actual penalties imposed for the offence are as follows:
- Prison: 48%
- Suspended sentence (now replaced by intensive correction order)
- Section 9 Bond (now replaced by community correction order)
- CSO (now replaced by community correction order): 12%
- ICO: 6%
- Fine Only: 3%
- Home detention (now replaced by intensive correction order)
The average prison sentence for the offence is 15 months imprisonment, and the average non-parole period (or minimum prison term that must be served) is 8 months in prison.
For “police pursuit – second or subsequent offence”
The maximum penalty for the offence of “police pursuit – second or subsequent offence.”
According to the Judicial Commission of NSW, the actual penalties imposed for the offence are as follows:
- Prison: 89%
- CSO (now replaced by community correction order): 4%
- Suspended sentence (now replaced by intensive correction order)
- ICO: 2%
- Fine Only: 1%
- Section 9 Bond (now replaced by community correction order)
The average prison sentence for the offence is 19.5 months imprisonment, and the average non-parole period (or minimum prison term that must be served) is 11 months in prison.