Traffic Enforcement, Highway Patrol
The Traffic Enforcement / Highway Patrol topic area serves as a resource for the latest developments in traffic enforcement tactics and techniques.
A recent bill signed by Calif. Governor Gavin Newsom legalizes safe street crossings in the state that has the highest number of pedestrian deaths
To better understand officers’ experiences with noncompliance during traffic stops, Police1 surveyed more than 1,000 patrol officers. This eBook analyzes the results, shares top tactics and reviews essential safety measures.
Here’s how to facilitate driver information exchange and free up agency manpower
The city council voted to develop recommendations for a traffic division that would be separate from police
Investigators are confident that no one was in the driver’s seat before a crash that killed two, police said
Police said someone inside the vehicle had handed the gun to the passenger
Authorities said the driver then sped off, tossed a Molotov cocktail at officers and fled a second time
“Taking the term ‘flying home’ a bit too far,” officers said
Officer Darian Jarrott was shot in the head at close range during a traffic stop, video shows
First Peeps and now this
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation last June requiring state troopers to wear body-worn cameras
Trooper Chad Walker has been taken off life support, officials said
A New Zealand Highway Patrol officer stops to take in the view
Trooper Chad Walker will remain on life support until his organs can be donated, officials said
Trooper Chad Walker was responding to the suspect’s disabled vehicle when he was shot
Trooper Joseph Gallagher was badly injured when he was struck by a car in 2017
The court seemed likely Tuesday to allow tribal officers to stop and search non-members on tribal lands
A snow patrol deputy conducts a roadside assist among Oregon’s Blue Mountains
The suspect drove the wrong way at speeds over 80 miles per hour before crashing into an innocent driver
Some highway travel officials suggested that emptier roads led to more opportunities to abuse speed
Officer Jose Anzora was conducting traffic control when he was hit
“To clarify, we are referring to this fake passenger,” California Highway Patrol joked
The Marine City Commission approved the purchase of two portable TC-400 radar speed signs
Investigators say there was no evidence of impairment
Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín says he hopes some of the changes will be seen this year
A handheld analyzer uses saliva to detect the presence of six kinds of drugs in five minutes
Breaking down the roles of police, fire and EMS when responding to a major traffic incident
Deputy Michael Magli, 30, leaves behind a wife and two children
Any line officer or front-line supervisor arriving first on scene to a multi-vehicle collision is faced with a multitude of initial scene management procedures
Here’s a roundup of how police departments across the country are handling the bizarre pattern of winter weather
Officer Mitchell Penton, 27, was assisting at an incident on a freeway when the driver hit him while traveling at a high rate of speed
At least 36 people were transported from the pileup on an icy road near downtown Fort Worth
The officer was identified as 28-year-old Darian Jarrott
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