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.
#5: “I wasn’t speeding, I just got a haircut and it makes me look fast.”
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?
Urban areas are a target-rich environment which can pose an interesting set of challenges for the highway drug interdiction officer
Officers’ blog promotes protest against pay cuts, with slowdown allegedly costing county about $1.75 million in two months
Carlos Martinelly Montano, 23, was awaiting a deportation hearing
A convicted felon armed with three guns and wearing a vest opened fire on California Highway Patrol officers during a traffic stop
Struck-by incidents are the second leading cause of accidental deaths to law enforcement
One-third of all traffic fatalities in 2008 involved drunk drivers
No set policy on roadside stops because each poses a unique danger
He saw that his local police department’s website would soon expire, so he bought the domain himself
The cameras have generated an average of 18 citations per day, each ticket costing $445
LPR systems will automatically generate an alarm if it detects a stolen or wanted license plate
The efficacy and accuracy of the the Alcotest 7110, a breath-detection device used by PDs across Massachusetts to gauge motorists sobriety levels
There were no reported injuries when an Idaho cop shot at a man who tried to run him over with a pickup truck — the pickup may need some work, however
Dallas County deputies must get OK to put emergency police gear on personal vehicles, commissioners say
Van “cloned” to look like either a tour van or a security van, authorities say
The suspect was eventually taken into custody after crashing her car
Officers pulled the car over after spooting a 12-gauge shotgun
The trends collected over eight years were ‘surprising’ to local law enforcement
Officer Rodney Holder was pursuing a speeder when a car crashed into him
A Lexington man has been arrested and charged with murdering Bryan J. Durman
Sgt. Franco Aguilar was responding to a crash scene
The officers wrongly identified a crash victim and informed the family of the death
To get a guilty verdict for a suspect in a drug interdiction case, be ready to withstand the scrutiny of the lawyers, judges, and possibly a liberal jury
DOT says that 40 percent of all vehicle collisions occur in intersections — here are 12 tips, thoughts, and techniques to consider as you drive through the crossroads
