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In order to be granted professional courtesy, you first must be professional and courteous
Does your ‘officer’s discretion’ allow you to use photographs — such as the three posted within this article — as teaching tools to ‘scare them straight’ during a citation stop?
If we’re going to continue to use the concept of contact officer and cover officer, then we must use it properly
The hip-hop intellectual says the cop pulled him over and searched his car without a warrant, violating several constitutional rights
Many cops aren’t even allowed to attempt a pursuit of a perpetrator riding a high-speed motorcycle — the problem is that these criminals know it!
City officers are now prohibited from chasing fleeing suspects for minor traffic infractions
A lawsuit contends the cameras conflict with state law
Two cities would have had to pay back millions in traffic camera fines
Dismissed the case of a motorcyclist who used a helmet camera to film a plainclothes trooper
He had already seen the woman in the exit of a nearby store, where she had been sitting in her car focused on the phone
The Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle (PPV) delivers performance, comfort, and safety
A Twitter user has become known in South Africa for alerting the public to police speed traps
He managed to slip the cuffs in front of him and take off in the car while police officers interviewed a witness
With the newest police vehicles now being examined by EVOC experts, the big auto makers prove that ‘if you test them, they will come’
More people are wearing seatbelts, refraining from drunken driving and are driving cars with better safety features
They found small amounts of marijuana and drug paraphernalia and thought the bag might hold illegal drugs
Built to get at least a 20 percent gas-mileage boost over the Ford Crown Victoria
Things changed in Montana after the high-profile death of a highway patrolman at the hands of an intoxicated driver
One in five, or 20% of the 6,999 people surveyed, said they had driven in the past year
The Dodge Charger Pursuit is described by the company as a combination of tactical technology, safety, power and efficiency
20 percent of people 16 and older said they have driven within two hours of drinking alcohol
The cop’s dash-cam video shows the car flying through the air, slamming into an overpass and turning into a shower of parts
Half of America requires all riders to be secured, but in other half, ‘there are still gaps for adults’
A different motorist reported seeing a tire falling off a van weaving on a road late Monday night
Officer Leonard Reed is survived by his wife and two children