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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.

There are countless individuals and organizations now poised to be ‘the tipping point’ when it comes to reducing line of duty deaths and injuries caused from roadways
She asked to be driven to a bank in order to purchase the vehicle, and robbed a Bank of America
Woman faces 2 felony counts for a rampage that began with punching her mother
The department agreed to show the video in a settlement surrounding an accident between an officer and woman
Florida Department of Corrections records show he was convicted of the felony gun charge in 2011 and sentenced to 3 years’ probation.
A forensic competency examination found Raulie Casteel fit for trial on charges brought by the state attorney general’s office
“Unofficially, it is self-inflicted. There is only one shot. A shotgun is pretty effective”
The bizarre chain of events began when a trooper pulled over a vehicle, and 1 of 4 people got out and hopped in the cruiser
A major freeway was blocked Saturday as cars began doing doughnuts while onlookers filmed
The grant will fund DUI patrols, motorcycle safety enforcement, distracted driving, red-light runners and speeding motorists
Improved driver training would be better, but improved safety devices can help
Formed in a small office in Los Angeles, in 2006 Carbon Motors began morphing from an interesting idea into a tangible reality when they moved to Atlanta and began pursuing investors
3 Philadelphia police officers were injured after two unrelated traffic accidents Sunday morning
The suspect crashed into a cruiser then crashed again where the driver was arrested
The cruiser and truck both slid in the same spot due to icy conditions
The trial for the getaway driver started Wednesday in the shooting that left an officer and civilian injured
The video spread quickly on YouTube, showing two marked cruisers enter a Tim Horton’s
The man faces several charges including drunken driving, vehicular homicide, hit-and-run and reckless driving
Firefighters were responding to reports of people hanging and was using the aerial to retrieve them
The sergeant suffered some memory loss, but recollected a case he was working on when he left the hospital
Four officers lifted the vehicle, saving the woman who was pinned under it after an accident
While arresting a driver for an apparent DWI, the officers were hit by a second drunk driver
A NJ woman wearing only an unzipped jacket crashed into a retaining wall, then kept driving
The two were on their way to extradite 3 from prison when a vehicle hit them head-on
This incident highlights that mobile footage is becoming commonplace for police
Boys, 18 and 16, hopped fence to film amateur rap video for YouTube
Officer David Yaney lost control of his truck and plunged into a ravine during wet conditions
Officers fired at the vehicle after it crashed into a brick building and then drove toward 2 different officers
The man mounts a video to his vehicle, calls police when he spots drunk drivers, and follows the vehicle until police arrive
Suspect was handcuffed in the back of the idling cruiser when he somehow climbed into the front and started driving