diff --git a/drb-c2-core/app/internal/incident_correlator.py b/drb-c2-core/app/internal/incident_correlator.py
index 86ce904..84e9f99 100644
--- a/drb-c2-core/app/internal/incident_correlator.py
+++ b/drb-c2-core/app/internal/incident_correlator.py
@@ -46,6 +46,18 @@ from app.internal.logger import logger
 from app.internal import firestore as fstore
 from app.config import settings
 
+_PURSUIT_TAGS = frozenset({
+    "vehicle-pursuit", "pursuit", "foot-pursuit", "chase",
+    "fleeing-vehicle", "suspect-vehicle", "eluding",
+})
+
+# Maximum plausible ground speed for a moving incident (pursuit/transport).
+# ~3 miles/min ≈ 180 mph — well above real pursuit speeds, but generous enough
+# to tolerate GPS drift and call-timing jitter.  Anything faster is a bad geocode
+# or an unrelated call being falsely proximity-matched.
+_MAX_PURSUIT_SPEED_KM_PER_MIN = 8.0   # ~300 km/h, intentionally generous
+_PURSUIT_PROXIMITY_KM         = 20.0  # expanded radius for moving incidents
+
 _DISPATCH_TG_RE = re.compile(
     r"\bdispatch\b|\bdisp\b"
     r"|\bpatched\b"   # patched channels aggregate multiple call streams
@@ -263,31 +275,47 @@ async def correlate_call(
             )
 
         if tg_recent and is_thin_call:
-            # Status/ack call — no scene data to reason about.
-            # On dispatch channels (shared backbone), apply a much tighter idle gate so
-            # a "10-4" or "Dispatch." doesn't re-activate an incident that's been quiet
-            # for an hour and then absorb the next unrelated dispatch on the same TGID.
+            # Content-free status calls ("10-4", "Copy", "En route") — two tiers:
+            #
+            # Tier 1 — ≤30 seconds idle: this is a direct conversational reply to
+            #   whatever was just transmitted.  Attach to the most recently updated
+            #   incident regardless of how many are active; within 30 seconds, the
+            #   "most recently updated" IS the active thread.
+            #
+            # Tier 2 — 30 seconds to tg_dispatch_thin_idle_minutes: channel context
+            #   is less clear.  Only attach when there is exactly ONE candidate to
+            #   avoid guessing on a busy multi-incident channel.
             if is_dispatch:
-                thin_pool = [
+                THIN_CONVERSATIONAL_SECS = 30
+                very_recent = [
                     inc for inc in tg_recent
-                    if _incident_idle_minutes(inc, now) <= settings.tg_dispatch_thin_idle_minutes
+                    if _incident_idle_minutes(inc, now) * 60 <= THIN_CONVERSATIONAL_SECS
                 ]
-                # A shared dispatch channel may have multiple concurrent incidents.
-                # If more than one is active in the thin window, we cannot know which
-                # incident this "10-4" or "Copy" belongs to — skip rather than guess.
-                if len(thin_pool) > 1:
+                if very_recent:
+                    # Tier 1: direct conversational reply — most recent wins.
+                    thin_pool = [max(very_recent, key=lambda inc: inc.get("updated_at", ""))]
                     logger.info(
-                        f"Correlator fast-path thin: {len(thin_pool)} active incidents on "
-                        f"dispatch channel — ambiguous, skipping thin call {call_id}"
+                        f"Correlator fast-path thin (tier-1, ≤{THIN_CONVERSATIONAL_SECS}s): "
+                        f"using most-recent of {len(very_recent)} candidate(s) for call {call_id}"
                     )
-                    thin_pool = []
+                else:
+                    # Tier 2: less certain — require single candidate.
+                    thin_pool = [
+                        inc for inc in tg_recent
+                        if _incident_idle_minutes(inc, now) <= settings.tg_dispatch_thin_idle_minutes
+                    ]
+                    if len(thin_pool) > 1:
+                        logger.info(
+                            f"Correlator fast-path thin (tier-2): {len(thin_pool)} active incidents "
+                            f"on dispatch channel — ambiguous, skipping thin call {call_id}"
+                        )
+                        thin_pool = []
             else:
                 thin_pool = tg_recent
 
             if not thin_pool:
                 logger.info(
-                    f"Correlator fast-path thin: dispatch channel idle > "
-                    f"{settings.tg_dispatch_thin_idle_minutes}min, skipping thin call {call_id}"
+                    f"Correlator fast-path thin: no suitable candidate for call {call_id}"
                 )
             else:
                 # Attach to whichever pool incident was most recently active on this TGID.
@@ -447,12 +475,24 @@ async def correlate_call(
                 coords["lat"], coords["lng"],
                 inc_coords["lat"], inc_coords["lng"],
             )
-            if dist_km <= settings.location_proximity_km:
+            inc_tags_set = set(inc.get("tags") or [])
+            is_pursuit_inc = bool(inc_tags_set & _PURSUIT_TAGS)
+            radius = _PURSUIT_PROXIMITY_KM if is_pursuit_inc else settings.location_proximity_km
+            # For pursuit incidents, additionally validate movement speed.
+            if is_pursuit_inc and dist_km > settings.location_proximity_km:
+                elapsed_min = max(_incident_idle_minutes(inc, now), 0.1)
+                if (dist_km / elapsed_min) > _MAX_PURSUIT_SPEED_KM_PER_MIN:
+                    continue  # implausible speed — skip this candidate
+            if dist_km <= radius:
                 matched_incident = inc
-                corr_debug = {"corr_path": "location", "corr_distance_km": round(dist_km, 3)}
+                corr_debug = {
+                    "corr_path": "location",
+                    "corr_distance_km": round(dist_km, 3),
+                    "corr_pursuit_mode": is_pursuit_inc,
+                }
                 logger.info(
                     f"Correlator location-path: call {call_id} → {inc['incident_id']} "
-                    f"(dist={dist_km:.2f}km)"
+                    f"(dist={dist_km:.2f}km, pursuit={is_pursuit_inc})"
                 )
                 break
 
@@ -855,18 +895,48 @@ def _call_fits_incident(
         return True, "vehicle_overlap"
 
     # ── 3. Location proximity ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    # For pursuit-type incidents, a location CHANGE is expected — the suspect is
+    # moving.  Use an expanded radius and validate with a speed-sanity check so
+    # we don't absorb a call from a genuinely different scene.
+    # For all other incident types, a location mismatch means a different scene.
     inc_coords = inc.get("location_coords")
     if call_coords and inc_coords:
         dist_km = _haversine_km(
             call_coords["lat"], call_coords["lng"],
             inc_coords["lat"], inc_coords["lng"],
         )
-        if dist_km <= proximity_km:
-            logger.info(f"  fits[{inc_id}]: location_proximity dist={dist_km:.2f}km → location_proximity")
-            return True, "location_proximity"
-        # Conflicting location, no other positive signal → different scene.
-        logger.info(f"  fits[{inc_id}]: location_conflict dist={dist_km:.2f}km → location_conflict")
-        return False, "location_conflict"
+        inc_tags = set(inc.get("tags") or [])
+        is_pursuit = bool(inc_tags & _PURSUIT_TAGS)
+        if is_pursuit:
+            # Speed sanity: distance travelled ÷ time since last update must be
+            # plausible for a vehicle.  Protects against a distant unrelated call
+            # that happens to share pursuit tags accidentally matching.
+            speed_ok = False
+            if now is not None and dist_km > proximity_km:
+                elapsed_min = max(idle_min, 0.1)  # avoid div-by-zero
+                speed_km_per_min = dist_km / elapsed_min
+                speed_ok = speed_km_per_min <= _MAX_PURSUIT_SPEED_KM_PER_MIN
+                logger.info(
+                    f"  fits[{inc_id}]: pursuit speed check — "
+                    f"dist={dist_km:.2f}km elapsed={elapsed_min:.1f}min "
+                    f"speed={speed_km_per_min:.1f}km/min ok={speed_ok}"
+                )
+            effective_radius = _PURSUIT_PROXIMITY_KM if is_pursuit else proximity_km
+            if dist_km <= proximity_km or (is_pursuit and speed_ok and dist_km <= effective_radius):
+                logger.info(f"  fits[{inc_id}]: location_proximity dist={dist_km:.2f}km (pursuit={is_pursuit}) → location_proximity")
+                return True, "location_proximity"
+            if is_pursuit:
+                logger.info(f"  fits[{inc_id}]: pursuit location rejected — dist={dist_km:.2f}km exceeds radius or speed sanity failed → location_conflict")
+            else:
+                logger.info(f"  fits[{inc_id}]: location_conflict dist={dist_km:.2f}km → location_conflict")
+            return False, "location_conflict"
+        else:
+            if dist_km <= proximity_km:
+                logger.info(f"  fits[{inc_id}]: location_proximity dist={dist_km:.2f}km → location_proximity")
+                return True, "location_proximity"
+            # Conflicting location, no other positive signal → different scene.
+            logger.info(f"  fits[{inc_id}]: location_conflict dist={dist_km:.2f}km → location_conflict")
+            return False, "location_conflict"
 
     # ── 4. No positive signals ────────────────────────────────────────────────
     logger.info(
@@ -876,13 +946,12 @@ def _call_fits_incident(
         f"call_coords={call_coords is not None} inc_coords={inc_coords is not None}"
     )
     if is_dispatch:
-        # Conversational continuity: the call arrived during the same conversation
-        # thread (< 2 min since last incident activity) with no contradicting evidence.
-        # Suppressed for reassignment calls — unit is breaking to a new scene and
-        # should not chain back to the current incident even if very recent.
-        if idle_min < 2 and not reassignment:
-            return True, "time_fallback"
-        # Shared dispatch channel — do not link without at least one positive signal.
+        # Dispatch channels require at least one positive signal (unit, vehicle,
+        # or location match). A substantive call with no matching signals is more
+        # likely a separate incident than a follow-up to the current one — two
+        # dispatches can arrive within seconds of each other on a busy channel.
+        # Content-free thin calls are handled before this function via the thin
+        # path in correlate_call, with a tighter 30-second recency window.
         return False, "no_signal"
 
     # Tactical channel: one scene per channel.