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.
An officer is back on desk duty and improving every day after a devastating ambush
When a quiet night on patrol quickly went south, a nervous officer acted flawlessly
As you reflect on the past 12 months and plan for the upcoming year, ask yourself life’s most powerful question
The two had sold prescription drugs to an undercover narcotics officer moments before the pursuit began
Shane DeWeber was stunned with a TASER twice with no effect after his estranged wife reported he was at her home licking her windows
Police found a fresh syringe and suspected heroin in the man’s vehicle, an officer suffered minor injuries from the collision
Both officers received non-life threatening injuries from the crash
The officer was involved in a collision and the other driver used his weapon to shoot him
Wilfredo Rodriguez got into a running cruiser and repeatedly tried to run down officers
The officer somehow lost control of his squad and hit a pole and several parked cars before coming to a stop
A father and son were also hurt in the accident; no injuries are life-threatening
Internal affairs detectives are trying to determine whether he witnessed the assault on the SUV driver
The woman in custody was not seat belted in and was ejected from the squad when it was hit by another vehicle
Christopher Cruz was charged Wednesday with reckless driving and unlawful imprisonment
Police say some of the bikers were part of a gang and pulled the driver from his vehicle and beat him
There is a terrible history with these three words, but we do not have to continue down the path of tragedy
Officer Dustin Hamilton, 24, died at the scene after his cruiser collided with another vehicle
The officer forced a fleeing suspect to a stop by striking the side of his vehicle
The chief was given a one-day suspension and will take a defensive driving course
The officer’s body cam recorded the entire incident
The officer was fired for the incident, but he was not criminally charged
9-year veteran Michael Stockwell was on his way home in an unmarked city car when he was hit
The suspect shot two women in a domestic dispute, crashed into a vehicle, killing the driver, then shot himself
Police were using new sonar equipment when they located two vehicles at the bottom of the lake, which may have gone missing, along with their passengers, in the 60’s and 70’s
Eric Simmons wasn’t in restraints and the window was rolled down when he escaped a moving cruiser
He faces two to 8 1/2 years in prison at sentencing for vehicular homicide
A driver who may have fallen asleep at the wheel crashed into his squad head-on