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.
Traffic court isn’t personal and you aren’t there to represent yourself — you are there as a representative of your department and your state — so try to use these seven keys to making the best of every appearance
It is incumbent on agencies that successfully use this technology to further inform a suspicious public about the benefits of these devices
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
Protecting yourself is vital if you plan on helping others, deterring crime and getting home at the end of your shift
Rochester PD is investigating the arrest of Emily Good after she refused to go inside and stop filming
Unless we have foreknowledge of the occupants or the pedestrians we interact with, every stop must be considered an ‘unknown risk’ until it is investigated further
Although several Texas cities have laws banning texting while driving, House Bill 242 could take effect statewide
ACLU argued that while the gesture may be have been rude, it amounted to protected free speech
“Unbelievably complicated” law well-meaning but tricky to enforce because of loopholes, police say
Recent crash marks 23rd time in the past year and a half police vehicle has been hit by drunk driver
The New Mexico State Police and Luna County Sheriff’s Office will conduct saturation patrols and checkpoints in the 100 Days and Nights of Summer project
Jay-Z, A-Rod and city politicians benefited from special treatment
Thousands of Texas law enforcement officers will work additional hours to check for seat belt use during a campaign that runs through June 5
“I was test driving a new sports car and I got carried away,” Busch explained.
Internal Affairs Bureau Deputy Inspector John McDermott allegedly had a speeding ticket that was issued to an apparent relative in 2009 ‘disappear’
Trooper First Class Shaft Hunter, 39, was pronounced dead at scene of crash with tractor trailer
Spokesman: Pedestrians “so close that it was difficult for the driver to yield”
Police found boxes of wine along with the bottles of urine in the back of truck
Police call LPR technology a helpful tool, but critics claim issues of privacy intrusion
Las Cruces Police Chief Richard Williams objected to characterizing the directives as a quota system
The officer says he feared the man was reaching for a weapon, so he forcefully pulled him out of the car
The bill, which stemmed from the death of a pastor, seeks a limit on use
The driver of the stolen SUV had 13 prior convictions
The 20-year-old driver is in jail after this dangerous British pursuit last month
Attorneys were shocked to learn that the undercover driver worked for the same agency that investigated the crash
Dashcam of Wisc. shootout captures killing of suspect, who may be linked to 10 drive-by shootings across two states
Trooper Andy Wall was escorting members of the U.S. Air Force’s Thunderbirds to an air show
He and a woman were stopped in North Hollywood because the woman had reported the car stolen in April
The two men inside, Angel Naverrete and Daniel Alfaro, videotaped and narrated the entire exchange
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