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.
As always, we honor our fallen best by learning from them
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
A suspected car thief was rescued by Georgia officers after the vehicle he was driving caught on fire during a pursuit
The two devices have only slightly reduced accident rates at a key downtown intersection
Case stemmed from a road-rage encounter in 2011 between an off-duty officer and an Idaho motorist
One officer suffered nine broken ribs, a punctured lung and other injuries Sunday night when a suspected drunken driver’s SUV struck his patrol car
Tenn. Trooper Lowell Russell hopes the surgery will enable him to get back on the job
Nassive Palmer, 30, became combative after an officer saw the man had outstanding warrants and tried arresting him
The survey has been conducted five times since 1973
A Los Angeles police officer was killed and another seriously injured when their squad car collided with a big rig
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