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The Patrol Cars topic page offers news, commentary, analysis, and tactical tips that will help prepare police officers for life on the thin blue line. Suspect contacts, witness interviews, foot pursuits, citizen complaints, angry sergeants, and endless report writing are day-to-day activities for a patrol officer who knows that the “routine” is anything but routine.

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Many agencies have resorted to the cannibalization of other vehicles in order to keep their vehicles on patrol
The time has come for EVs to take on patrol car duties
"[Officer Paul Tracey] always looked out for the underdog,” Chief Kevin O’Connell said. “He was an amazing husband, a loving father and a friend to all”
Pablo Vazquez was sentenced to a year of probation after pleading guilty to reckless endangerment charges
Corporal Lucas Watts survived being shot in the head through his cruiser windshield by a suspect
The fleet will consist of on-road and all-terrain vehicles, including Ford Lightning trucks, Ford Mustang Mach Es, Polaris Rangers and versatile all-terrain vehicles
After a hotel brawl that left several bystanders with stab wounds, the suspect fled from responding officers; she later turned herself in
The suspect was captured on surveillance footage crawling under the cruiser and lighting the fire
The officer was conducting a traffic stop at the time; neither the police officer nor K-9 Hawk was injured
IMPD Chief Randal Taylor voiced his frustrations after the suspect was released on a $4,500 instead of a $45,000 bond