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.
Specific recommendations for training modifications will not be made until all data is thoroughly analyzed
You are responsible for your own officer safety as well as your own career satisfaction
Haamid Ade Zaid, of San Jose, has been charged with two counts of attempted murder, four counts of assault with a deadly weapon
The $650,000 vehicle was gifted to the Salinas Police Department from the government through the 1033 program
A woman fled from a Walmart and hit another car head-on, a child was in the vehicle
Trooper Adeline Roybal was struck by a van whose driver failed to heed to emergency lights
Officer Jeffrey Hugh Bryant, 51, was killed when a vehicle hit his patrol car head-on
Kevin Shymel Gibbs tried repeatedyly ramming Officer Daniel Stuckey with his car
Deputy Sheriff Clinton Frazier, 36, drove into an embankment and rolled his vehicle
The suspect nearly hit a police officer, who lost site of the suspect but caught up after the truckers followed the vehicle
The sheriff’s deputy involved in the crash sustained moderate injuries
Joshua Beesley, 40, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer and felony evading
Adam Davis, 36, was responding to reports of a man displaying a gun in public when he rolled his squad
Caroline Walker, 21, suffered a concussion and told reporters she was very sore, but thankfully had no broken bones
Of the 733 law enforcement officers killed in a vehicle accident from 1980 through 2008, 42 percent weren’t wearing seatbelts
The impact smashed the patrol car’s windshield, leaving the deputy with cuts on his arm and glass in his eyes
Sandoval County sheriff’s Sgt. Robert Baron died Friday afternoon after being hit by a car while investigating a crash
Two police cruisers struck pedestrians in crosswalks in the past two weeks
When officers need to investigate an unwitnessed vehicle crash, especially a fatal one, they can usually find plenty of physical evidence. Unless, of course, it ends up underwater
December is a deadly month — may a few reminders here help the heroes on the street during the end of the year
Code 3’s vLink puts you in control in or out of the car
The woman laid on her horn and refused to cooperate with police after running a red light
Const. John Zivcic, 34, remained in critical condition over the weekend and succumbed to his injuries Monday
MOST POPULAR
- Crash sends Calif. police car off road, killing 2 boys
- A letter to the American public: Slow Down, Move Over for TV reporters and cops!
- Portland officer injured after stolen truck rams patrol car on Christmas Eve
- La. officials want legal opinion on police chief’s wife’s use of patrol car
- Man covered in gasoline catches fire after cop deploys TASER