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
While the officer was standing in the road at the crash scene, he saw a pickup that was sliding on the ice coming at him
Las Vegas police were hoping Monday that distributing a security video of a car striking a man in the parking lot of a convenience store would lead to an arrest
A retired Texas officer died and his wife, a current officer, was critically injured when a teen who was allegedly driving drunk hit their motorcycle
Nokian retractable stud tires offer promise for law-enforcement use
After learning four passengers escaped and one man was still trapped inside a burning car, an officer ran to the car to pull the man to safety
Other driver entered a intersection despite a red light and was struck on the side by a cruiser that was responding to a middle-of-the-night robbery call
Authorities captured two men shortly after they allegedly broke into an Minn. home, severely beat a man inside, and fled in a red Cadillac
Officials call the National Roadside Survey of Alcohol and Drugged Driving a vital tool for monitoring safety of roadways
During a search of Angulo’s car, police said they discovered “highly suspicious” packaging material
Dash cam video shows how often motorists do not move over for police in pursuit
Two Calif. Highway Patrol officers were responding to a multi-vehicle crash when their squad car flipped
The officer was inspecting an earlier crash on the roadway when the truck spun out of control and struck him
Dash cam released by police department catches a vehicle narrowly avoiding a collision with a patrol car as an officer responds to an accident
Personal-injury lawsuit will be dismissed against a deputy who crashed into and critically injured a woman while responding to a call
As social media videos show, Oakland’s illegal sideshow scene runs rife with a lack of respect for life or the police
The incident occurred about 1 p.m. Tuesday as the man smashed the windows
City is prohibited from attempting to enforce the ordinance, sending violation notices, processing payments or sending collection letters relating to the tickets
Albuquerque police have released body camera footage capturing a tense traffic stop on Jan. 12
Police arrested the homeless man who spent the night sleeping in the back of a patrol car and then couldn’t get out
DDACTS is an operational model that integrates location-based crime and traffic crash data to determine the most effective methods for deploying police
Police have arrested a man and a woman accused of driving off in the ambulance around 3 a.m. Saturday while it was parked outside a medical center
Missouri State Trooper Cody Dunfee still doesn’t know why his instincts were to lunge at the suspect’s car as it took off
The pop star was charged with driving under the influence, resisting arrest, and driving with an invalid license
A federal court judge in Missouri says penalizing drivers for the headlight flash violates their First Amendment right to free speech
Andrew’s Law is named for the late Andrew Fox, a Va. State Trooper who was killed while directing traffic