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.
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
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A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper was seriously injured when his patrol car was rear-ended while stopped behind a semi
A HUD projects vital information from a source onto a clear surface so the operator does not have to move his or her eyes away from a focal point
An anonymous tip led officers to suspect, who told investigators he was high on Xanax and marijuana when he shot the patrol car with a 10-gauge shotgun
Annie James, 14, got upset when she spotted a patrol car parked on a curb that was painted red
As the ILEETA 2014 conference got underway, I connected with Travis Yates to hear his reflection being associated with Police1 for a decade, and learn about his new training company, SAFETAC
Jim Morrissy, 62, died from injuries he suffered when his squad car was struck by another motorist
A man who officers said rammed his car into two Santa Clara County sheriff’s patrol cars was arrested Saturday
A man believed to be high on PCP was arrested after he climbed on top of an SUV, taunted police, and stripped naked
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