Traffic Enforcement, Highway Patrol
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Police need to understand what law enforcement interests might outweigh the free speech protection of livestreaming – and under what circumstances
The court noted probable cause “is not a high bar: It requires only the kind of fair probability on which reasonable and prudent people, not legal technicians, act.”
Longmont PD adopted these tech tools to create new efficiencies and clear crashes faster
The goal is to decrease the number of motorcycle-involved crashes and victims through education and enforcement campaigns
As law enforcement officers continue to be killed on our nation’s roadways, we must continue to message about the importance of “Move Over” laws
The pedestrian death rate jumped 21% last year, despite a decrease in miles driven
Luckily, her partner was facing the road and acted just in time
“The officers have to keep their heads on a swivel all of the time,” said state Rep. Phil Plummer
The trooper was not immediately identified
Deputies had a “feeling in their bones that something wasn’t right”
A defendant argues that because an officer wrote a citation by hand, it improperly extended a traffic stop
The trooper was inside his vehicle protecting a construction crew when he was struck
Minnesota police agencies are partnering with Valerie Castile, the mother of man killed during a traffic stop
The fleet of 25 new Chevy Tahoes aims to seek out aggressive and distracted driving
In 2020, NYPD detectives solved 28% of fatal hit-and-runs. Lawyer Steve Vaccaro says there’s an untapped resource
Officer Ryan Hughes says he hopes his injury is a wake-up call for motorists
Dashcam video shows a passenger spring from the back seat and begin shooting
The new policy also says they won’t prosecute cases when officers ask to search a vehicle without articulable suspicion
Biles said the officer “felt bad” and would have accepted Olympic training as a good excuse for speeding
Despite fewer miles traveled, there were 10.5% more highway deaths in the first quarter of 2021 than 2020
The vehicle narrowly missed the officer, who had pulled over to assist a disabled vehicle
Wichita police officials say they were inspired by a similar event held in Denver with the Colorado Highway Patrol
The move comes after the union learned that a Virginia State Police official had urged five tickets per day
Officers Herrera and Grewal were struck head-on by a wrong-way driver, police said
Since 2018, there have been 11 crashes with emergency vehicles involving a Tesla that was in a driver-assist mode
The extra four-hour shifts will take place during weekday rush hour and on weekends, police said
Nearly half of the 36,000 annual traffic fatalities in the U.S. occur on rural roads, even though only a fifth of the population lives in rural areas
MPD will no longer be conducting traffic stops solely for these offenses: expired tabs, an item dangling from a mirror or not having a working license plate light
CHP officers ran a traffic break as efforts were made to corral the animal
Data shows the number of highway deaths in 2020 was the greatest in more than a decade
Despite fewer cars on the road due to COVID-related shutdowns, the national trend has been higher incidents of speeding and fatalities
The class of 145 new recruits is also one of the most diverse, officials said
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