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.
Remote-controlled spike system can potentially be a big step toward terminating high-speed pursuits without risking the lives and limbs of our law enforcers
We connected with four of the top industry experts in the area of police simulators, and got their thoughts on the challenges, solutions, and future prospects for this continually-developing technology
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
Officers tried to arrest him after he failed a field sobriety test, but he dashed across the highway and disappeared into the woods
The train pushed the trailer about a quarter of a mile north on the tracks. Police said there are no reports of injuries
A hitchhiker deliberately caused the multi-vehicle wreck that killed an officer who was driving him to a shelter
Dash cam footage from the incident shows Officer Cutcliffe repeatedly request that the suspect step out of his vehicle
Maryland State Trooper Jacqueline Kline suffered a traumatic brain injury in the crash
An airborne pick-up truck nearly hit two sheriff’s deputies and a state trooper
Four LAPD officers were taken to the hospital with conditions categorized as “serious, but not life-threatening”
An Oak Forest police officer died after his squad car was struck at an intersection while he was on his way to a call
An Arkansas officer was killed Monday in a three-vehicle collision
Reserve officer Paul Dial was on patrol late Wednesday night when his squad car was hit by an SUV. He was trapped inside when the squad burst into flames
Detective Sean McKenzie, 41, died after being involved in an accident along State Route 347
Officer Sally Madera says that the car is privately owned and will be loaned to police for “charity events and recruitment”
S.C. officer lost control of his vehicle which then struck the median and rolled
Hundreds of Los Angeles officers gathered at a downtown cathedral Thursday for an emotional farewell to Nicholas Lee, the veteran officer killed last week
A suspected drunken driver fleeing police crashed through barricades at the South By Southwest festival in Austin
The brakes were put on riders rolling around Manhattan on illegal dirt bikes over the weekend