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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An officer’s vanity plate is being challenged by the BMV, though he finds the message ironic
George Zimmerman stepped out of seclusion to rescue a family of 4 after they crashed in his town
A squad can be seen pulling up alongside another vehicle, and taking off at the same time down the street
Officer Bruce Jacobs had just removed a barbeque grill that had fallen onto the highway and was attempting to place it in the trunk of his patrol car
The system automatically sounds a chime, locks the doors and puts up the windows if it detects someone approaching the car from behind
A mother and her 4 young sons were hit crossing the street - only one of her sons survived the wreck
The officer assigned to the black, unmarked 2012 Chevrolet Caprice opened the door and immediately smelled, then found, the woman’s body
Police say the officer, who was speaking to the driver of a vehicle at the time, sustained non-life-threatening injuries
Melvin Fraction, 25, was charged with 2 counts of aggravated fleeing, his bond was set at $750,000
Police released footage from in and outside of a squad that was stolen by a suspect who was cuffed in the back seat but managed to slip out of the hand cuffs and drive off, barely missing an officer
When police began pursuing a stolen vehicle, 4 men jumped out and ran at the officers
The driver of the vehicle that killed Officer Rodney Thomas turned himself in early Sunday
The volunteer fire chief was involved in an accident with the squad on their way to an accident scene
Officer Larry Candelari, 49, was killed when a semi crashed into the vehicles that had been involved in a previous crash
Police are looking for a white Porsche Panamera with damage to the right front side
The suspect somehow works his hands out of his cuffs and dove into the front seat before police realized what he’d done
Penn. State Trooper John C. LaRose, 50, lost control of his squad under wet conditions and collided with another vehicle
The car contained 3 more teens and a 53-year-old man, most of whom were also drunk
Deputy First Class Chris Allen crashed into a tractor trailer that pulled in front of him in heavy rain
The identity of the officer and details of the crash have not been released
Steven G. Netherland, 54, lost control of his vehicle driving through a construction zone and was ejected from his squad
With the crime rate at a record low, one police unit has shifted their focus to fatal car accidents
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