One sees it in films and tv all the time...
Officer: "He's getting away! Sir, I'm commandeering this vehicle. Please get out!"
Is this actually feasible?
Is a private citizen required to relinquish their privately owned vehicle if a police officer requests it, merely so the officer can continue a pursuit?
US Law. Assuming the citizen is legally authorized to drive and the officer has no other official reason to stop the driver. And the citizen is doing nothing to otherwise impede any pursuit.
More generally, but subject to the specifics of state law, a person may be required to assist a police officer. For instance in Alabama
A person commits the crime of refusing to aid a peace officer if, upon command by a peace officer identified to him as such, he fails or refuses to aid such peace officer in:
(1) Effecting or securing a lawful arrest; or
(2) Preventing the commission by another person of any offense.
In Washington, the obligations is much narrower:
A person is guilty of refusing to summon aid for a peace officer if, upon request by a person he or she knows to be a peace officer, he or she unreasonably refuses or fails to summon aid for such peace officer.
Washington seems to be in the minority, compared to Alabama.
