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
The wounded victim lunged at police as they tended to her injuries
An officer happened to be in the right place when the girl, 7, was hit by a car, and performed CPR
Police were found justified in the fatal shooting of a teen who had stolen his father’s truck
Detective Alexander and the driver both were not seriously injured
What police assumed was a vandal turned out to be a ghostly dust storm
The man, 19, drove in reverse, crashing into a cruiser, and recklessly drove backwards through bike lanes
A car crashed into a cruiser conducting a traffic stop, setting of a chain reaction of crashes
The woman crashed into another vehicle, then continued fleeing at high speeds, all with her children in the back seats
Jorge Espinoza was allegedly looking at women on the social media site when he drove off the road, killing officer Tim Huffman
Officer Casey Kohlmeier, 29, and his K-9 Draco were parked in a median when their cruiser was struck by another vehicle
A Maine man faces drunken driving charges after allegedly using his riding lawn mower to make a beer run
The cruiser appeared to be going at a high rate of speed without lights or sirens when it crashed
The pickup had been stolen, and the boy had an outstanding warrant for assault in a prior incident
Robbery suspects drove onto a median to avoid hitting the spike strip, striking Officer Keith Crenshaw
Deputy Torrance Suggs, 39, lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a construction site on his way to the station
Officers landed several shots in the suspect’s shoulder, but his cause of death was a self-inflicted gunshot to the head
Police shot at and injured the man after he dragged one of them while fleeing
Before the session was canceled, Dr. Geoff Alpert was scheduled to reveal findings of a research report he wrote in collaboration with NIJ and StarChase — here’s what you missed
Police say the 28-year-old Brooklyn man was among a group of bikers who chased an SUV for miles
Officer was responding to a robbery report when his cruiser collided with a car at an intersection
Nicholas Miller was armed with a knife and pulled over only after seeing police spike strips on the road
The vehicle rocketed from zero to 60 miles per hour in 5.66 seconds