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.
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
An officer fired, hitting both of the stolen car’s occupants, after the driver repeated rammed vehicles to escape
A woman crashed her vehicle and made remarks to first responders that led them to the hotel
The motorcycle cop was seriously injured but is expected to survive
David Allford died in a single-vehicle crash while responding to assist a fellow officer with an arrest
It appears to be a 1-vehicle crash but authorities are investigating to find a cause
Dash cam catches the officers dragging the teen’s body from the car as firefighters arrive on scene
The dash cam from Officer Jacob Daymon’s cruiser shows the moment his cruiser collides with a couple on their motorcycle
Matthew Cordle is charged with a misdemeanor count of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol
22-year-old Matthew Cordle had been a suspect in the June crash but was not charged
The driver posted the video to Youtube, which shows him lap the city in 24 minutes
The woman crashed into several vehicles in the cruiser before she was stopped and taken to be evaluated for mental illness
Ryan Rivard was driving around 100 mph when he smashed into officer Tracy Liska’s squad car
Several men came across the cruiser in flames in a ditch and worked to get the officer to safety