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.
Manually deployed spike strips can be dangerous. But a new type of device reduces the risks officers face.
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
Many motorcycle riders say they have been stopped, questioned, searched, or arrested without legal reason
30-year-old officer Jonathan Schmidt was killed in the shooting about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday night
Sued in 2009 alleging that their captain required each motorcycle officer to write 18 tickets per shift
The trooper’s squad rolled several times in the wreck that came while responding to an accident
Despite request from four United States Senators, Apple and Android stores continue to offer PhantomAlert
“Ten years ago we had never heard of printing a ticket out in the car”
19-year-veteran Robert Britton is survived by his two children
The U1 is essentially the handheld version of Panasonic’s line of ruggedized Toughbook laptops
Ford’s new Police Interceptor replaces the Crown Vic as its car for law enforcement
Trooper Kevin Dobson was fatally struck by a vehicle just three months after New York passed the “Move Over Act” on Jan 1st
Cameras have spotted thousands of speeding motorists and won accolades from highway safety advocates
Four U.S. senators have worked to restrict the use of downloadable phone apps that alert drivers to DUI checkpoints
Deputy says he was just doing his job when he pulled over a yellow station wagon carrying a man with “bad breath”
When you’re a ‘loaner’ you can be on urban streets surrounded by millions on one day and the next day be deep in a canyon outnumbered 10-to-1 by rattlesnakes
Improperly calibrated breathalyzer machines used by Philadelphia PD could jeopardize more than 1,000 DUI cases
Understanding NHTSA’s findings on police vehicle crashes
Officer Jermaine Gibson is survived by his wife and infant son
The suspect blew several red lights before colliding with a cab, killing the driver as well as his blind female passenger
Police said the woman was most likely impaired somehow but haven’t officially confirmed that
As we approach the 10 year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, it is a very useful exercise to remind ourselves about some of the most basic — and most visible — signs which can help police officers thwart a plot
Throughout history there have always been (and always will be) those in this country willing to risk all and sometimes sacrifice all for others
We’ve had dozens of attempted attacks by radicalized Islamist terrorists here in the United States since 9/11, and only in the case of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was there any degree of ‘success’ on the part of the attacker
He was charged with driving under the influence and two counts of resisting arrest without violence
The department bought 39 full-size Dodge Chargers and a Chevrolet Tahoe PPV for the K-9 unit
The officer is suspected of making a bogus 911 call to divert the cop who ordered him to park and walk home
Ford recently invited four police officers from around the U.S. and Canada to drive the new Interceptors — Police1 caught up with those cops to get their take on the new vehicles for a new three-part series of articles
The report says that after Supers took the drink in front of the officer he failed a series of field sobriety tests
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