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.
If we’re going to continue to use the concept of contact officer and cover officer, then we must use it properly
Not every traffic stop is going to end with your bomb squad’s detonation of 17 IEDs, but all traffic stops involve risks
What made the life-and-death difference between two traffic stops on the same offender?
N.J. State Police looks the other way after fellow trooper drinks and drives
The officer was responding to a call when his squad car collided with a pickup truck
One-third of those killed in high speed chases are bystanders
More than 50% of the tickets East Haven police issued went to Hispanic drivers
Officers also can’t talk on their cell phones while driving patrol cars
Officers were looking through car windows for contraband
The suspect wasn’t seriously injured in the incident
Passengers threw a shotgun out the window during the chase
The officer was pursuing a car without lights or sirens activated
The officer was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash
Electronic ticketing system designed to save time, promote safety
Twenty percent of the force could go out the door in the next couple of years, says the head of the troopers’ union
The car and the driver are the very model for that big load of dope, but as perfect as it looks, this traffic stop could be a decoy
Cop remains cool after man accidentally backs into a police car
Officer Hector Ayala was a seven-year veteran of the force
The chief warned drivers that officers would ‘smash the cell phone’ of someone caught driving and texting
Sgt. Gabriel Trevino sent a text from his work phone before a crash that killed a woman
Speeding ‘cushion’ may dwindle due to recession
Burbank police tactics in chase to be probed
The suspect was cuffed and placed in the back of a cruiser
Cpl. Kevin Cusack died on-duty; cause of crash investigated
David Haynes had only been on the force for one year
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