Traffic Enforcement, Highway Patrol
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A New Zealand Highway Patrol officer stops to take in the view
A snow patrol deputy conducts a roadside assist among Oregon’s Blue Mountains
A nine-year veteran of the Florida Highway Patrol and a tow-truck driver were killed in a crash Saturday
Pa. police are no longer required to secure a warrant to search a vehicle
A Utah couple injured high in the Sierra Nevada was saved by rescuers flying in a Fresno-based California Highway Patrol helicopter
Officer Ian Cooley of the San Jose Police Department says it’s better to be a ‘problem finder’ prior to any potential incident, as opposed to a reaction-based ‘problem solver’ after something jumps off
Teenager’s mother led police on a high-speed pursuit in a videotaped incident during which a state police officer fired at her fleeing minivan
Troopers received the call of a wrong-way driver a mere two minutes before they arrived at the fatal crash scene
Supreme Court says an anonymous tip can be sufficient to justify a decision by police to pull a car over on suspicion of reckless or drunken driving
The presence of non-impairing marijuana compounds in a person’s body isn’t a justification for authorities to prosecute under DUI laws, court ruled
A dash cam video released by New Mexico State Police captured a high-speed pursuit and a violent attack on an officer
Judge found that motorists flashing their headlights amounts to speech protected by the Oregon Constitution
In an age where the world is hungry for information, the KHP formed the Tweeting Troopers as a way to share traffic warnings and tips
Officers acted in self-defense when they fatally shot a suicidal South San Francisco man who had led them on a high-speed chase and then walked toward them holding a large rock on his head
A 9-year-old Conn. boy who saw cars whizzing down his neighborhood street did what a lot of adults might not have done. He took action
A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper was seriously injured when his patrol car was rear-ended while stopped behind a semi
Unless a driver admits or a passenger tells police that a driver was sending a message, it’s difficult to make a texting-while-driving citation stick
Annie James, 14, got upset when she spotted a patrol car parked on a curb that was painted red
Officers tried to arrest him after he failed a field sobriety test, but he dashed across the highway and disappeared into the woods
Maryland State Trooper Jacqueline Kline suffered a traumatic brain injury in the crash
The two devices have only slightly reduced accident rates at a key downtown intersection
Tenn. Trooper Lowell Russell hopes the surgery will enable him to get back on the job
The survey has been conducted five times since 1973
