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.
When lives are at stake, it may be necessary to roll the dice with outside-the-box thinking
Since 1999, 43 percent of the officers that have died behind the wheel of the car have done so in single car collisions and this trend remains in 2011
Below 100 is an initiative to bring line-of-duty deaths in the year to fewer than 100 — as of this writing, we have lost 34 LEOs according to ODMP
Both were travelling westbound responding to a call for backup
St. Louis County police updated policy after unusual incident
Maxwell Dorley, 42, was responding to a call for backup
Allegations of a cover-up started shortly after the crash
Almost 3,000 drivers with blood-alcohol counts double the legal limit have been taken off the road
‘Those of us without badges, guns and training should stick to muttered curses’
Jimmy Lee, 26, is back on his feet since being struck by a vehicle last year
Police said they felt the fire marshal did not have the authority to make a traffic stop
Suspect reportedly tried to shoot his estranged wife, had a history of violence and suicide-by-cop attempts
Police say driver ID’d himself as a county officer during traffic stop
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
Immediately after the accident, passersby stopped to help
Metro Nashville police are arresting more impaired drivers by reprioritizing their resources
Patrolman Daniel Harless made a traffic stop that became a controversial viral video
Deputies say there was paint damage to both cars, but no one was injured
Although Deputy Sheriff Michael Walizer was wearing his seat belt, he reportedly died at the scene
Onyango Obama was arrested in August after a police officer said he nearly caused an automobile accident
Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper Lowell Russell, 39, continues to recover
Police said one of the crashes shattered a metal heating radiator
Suspect’s weapon was the vehicle, says police chief
Another firefighter was critically injured after van allegedly veered off road, around barriers
State prohibits talking on phones without hands-free device
A man at a car show nearly hit someone while burning rubber
Two officers opened fire when the suspect accelerated toward one of them
Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper Lowell Russell was spared a fiery death
The quick arrest of a suspected car thief was thanks to officers assisted by a brave citizen