Vehicle Incidents and Issues
The Vehicle Incidents and Issues topic deals with issues related to specialized patrols like motorcycle units as well as vehicular risks and challenges to LE, including vehicle crashes involving police and vehicular assaults against officers.
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An LAPD motorcycle officer who was struck by an alleged DUI driver Saturday has died
Unattended bus drifted across a road and hit a 7-year-old who was waiting at a bus stop
A newly released dash cam video captured the moment when an Oklahoma officer narrowly avoided being struck by a driver
Lakeland PD trains officers to use defibrillators to shock stopped hearts.
Police are asking federal investigators to help determine whether more than a dozen shootings in less than a month along Kansas City-area roads and highways are connected
Video footage from the officers’ squad car dashboard camera shows the car engulfed in flames. Seconds later, the two officers are seen hustling toward it
The new, more inconspicuous model offers a higher level of protection and durability
“He had his car all hooked up with lights, and he had a camera to videotape stops,” Officer Lance Kelly said
A blood drive was held Monday for a veteran motorcycle officer who remained in a medically-induced coma after he was hit by an alleged DUI driver
Sheriff William Federspiel says he hopes to never have to use it, since to do so implies “something awfully bad has happened”
The motorcycle officer was stopped at a traffic light when a red SUV rammed him from behind and pinned him to the car in front
A car heading down a dead-end street in a desolate NYC industrial area flipped, killing four young people returning from a birthday celebration
Detroit man is in critical condition with severe head injuries after a neighborhood mob beat and kicked him when he stopped to check on a 10-year-old boy
Ernest Franklin, 58, was driving east when he drove off the right shoulder, striking an embankment
Officer Gregg Maloney was traveling westbound when he was knocked off his motorcycle
A police officer was hit but not hurt Monday night by a fleeing stolen truck whose driver is being sought
A Midlands K-9 officer that was hit by a vehicle on Sunday has died
Deputy sheriff was treated for injuries Monday morning after his sheriff’s department SUV slid on the snow and crashed into a stone embankment
Officers acted in self-defense when they fatally shot a suicidal South San Francisco man who had led them on a high-speed chase and then walked toward them holding a large rock on his head
Suspect got into a marked Georgetown County Sheriff’s patrol car and led police on a pursuit
Investigators are searching for a man whose car door struck a police officer’s arm, causing the officer to accidentally fire a single shot
Off-duty Washington County Sheriff’s corporal Cheryl Crecelius rescued two men from a burning vehicle after she arrived upon the scene Saturday night
A 9-year-old Conn. boy who saw cars whizzing down his neighborhood street did what a lot of adults might not have done. He took action
Two officers were shot and a suspect was killed after a traffic stop in downtown Salt Lake City Friday morning
Officers freed the trapped motorist and a civilian who was riding along with one of the officers used a fire extinguisher to help put out the blaze
A fourth person has died of injuries suffered earlier this month when a suspected drunken driver drove into a crowd at the South By Southwest festival
Suspect tells the CHP officer to get out of his face before nearly running the officer over
Senior Corporal David Myers lost control of his motorcycle while traveling over a bridge
Police officers have 345 panhandling and peddlar arrests under their belts this year, a 174% increase from the same period in 2013
A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper was seriously injured when his patrol car was rear-ended while stopped behind a semi