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.
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
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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
The officer died in a two-vehicle traffic accident while driving to work in an unmarked patrol car
Deputy Stephen Romanik and an off-duty EMT smashed their way into the vehicle to rescue the woman
Washington State Patrol trooper Jay Farmer and a former firefighter worked together to rescue the motorist
Massachusetts State Police are pursuing a summons to charge a driver who came inches from slamming a cruiser in a construction zone
Christopher L. Blackburn, 38, lost control of his vehicle and hit a utility pole for unknown reasons
The suspect crashed into two trees, flipping his car, all while the officer was inside
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