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.
We live in a society that is more mobile and diverse than ever. Officers should learn what language resources are available before the need arises
Jenoptik’s TraffiData analysis software evaluates license plate data in real time so law enforcement agencies are always up to date, enabling quick crime detection and prevention
This new approach to traffic monitoring and enforcement is more effective in slowing traffic over a longer distance
Officers may still stop people who have an outstanding warrant — worth $500 or less — but they will only document the encounter, officials said
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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
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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
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
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