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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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
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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
The motorist yelled about the suspect’s erratic driving, prompting him to follow the motorist home, driving up on his lawn to run him over
An Iowa cop was attempting to make a traffic stop because the motorist had driven through a stop sign
Richard Wilson was providing an escort for a motorcade and had his lights flashing and siren on when an SUV apparently did not see him
71-year- old Kalyanarat Ranasinghe was declared dead at the scene when he was struck by a vacuum truck
The trooper and one firefighter were treated and released but the fire chief remains hospitalized
Deputies found a Porsche Carrera GT engulfed in flames when they responded to a report of a collision Saturday
Deputy Joseph Antwine, 23, passed away Friday after he was involved in a single vehicle crash a week earlier
31-year-old Brian Christopher Leggitt backed his car into the officer’s cruiser and tried hitting the officer
Scott Krissinger, a 6-year-veteran, raced to the flaming truck and pulled the driver to safety, then checked for more victims
For police and sheriff’s departments, which have scooped up 165 of the mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles, the deal was too good to pass up
New York has given state police 32 tall, unmarked SUVs to better peer down at drivers’ hands
People were in the home but there were no injuries
The trooper was responding to a call about an accident in which another officer’s wife was involved
Heath Moss, 33, is charged with two counts of criminally negligent homicide for the fatal 2011 crash
Carbon Motors received permission last week from a federal bankruptcy court to put its high-tech car up for auction
Officers can turn off their cars rather than idling, saving gas and their battery, as a second solar powered battery powers the radio and laptop
The civilian who prompted the cop to race posted the video to YouTube where it quickly got attention
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