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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These two brave officers left us a message we must discuss in order for us to prevent future tragedies
These zero-emission electric motorcycles are gaining popularity with police because of their quiet motors and other great benefits
Suspect attempted to run over officer after being stopped in relation to a hit-and-run accident
Prisoner stole an officer’s unmarked vehicle Sunday when she was left in it and slipped out of her handcuffs
Pennsylvania State Police are using a California company to clear away vehicles involved in accidents
The Calif. community of Lodi expressed concerns amount the newly acquired SWAT vehicle, so the chief put their worries at ease
A tollway worker was killed and a state trooper seriously injured in a fiery crash Monday night on Interstate 88
Whether our profession made the conscious decision to change or we’ve bent to the pressures of society, the culture of law enforcement is ever-changing — let’s make it for the better
Christopher McCoy Rodgers, 41, plead guilty to second-degree murder and will serve 35 years
The veteran officer was hit by an SUV that tried passing another vehicle in a no-passing zone
A wave of preventable car thefts has prompted police to step up enforcement of a state law that prohibits unattended, idling vehicles
Drivers who got speeding camera tickets in a Cincinnati-area village are entitled to nearly $1.8 million in refunds
San Diego voluntarily instituted the practice in 2000 to combat a perception that some officers made stops based solely on race, ethnicity, age or gender
The Supreme Court is considering whether an anonymous tip about reckless driving is enough under the Fourth Amendment for police to pull a car over
Most of Batman’s other crime-fighting inventions haven’t come to fruition, but the day of the Bat-Ray may soon be upon us
The injured officer underwent nine hours of surgery Monday
Officers reported that the suspect drove erratically through neighborhoods at speeds up to 87 mph and refused to stop
The chief’s promise comes after a particularly deadly December for pedestrians in San Francisco
Ron Martin’s signs carry a simple message: “Police Ahead”
A Mich. police officer’s pelvis was broken and her partner suffered a head wound
The bill was requested by the family of Virginia State Trooper Andrew Fox, who was killed when struck by a car at a fair in 2012
A crash caught on camera surprised officers, until they learned the driver was texting
Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles — now being acquired as surplus equipment by police agencies under states’ 1033 programs — have a high center of gravity, making them prone to topple
The ACLU supports a Supreme Court decision that police must have probable cause to affix a GPS tracker on a car
Deputy David “Bubba” Johnson, 52, was on-duty when his squad left the road and struck a tree
Sgt. J. Michael Phillippi, 65, was found in an unmarked patrol car that had veered off the road
The two officers were responding to a call of a possibly stolen vehicle
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