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.
New book helps trainers avoid common pitfalls and mistakes in emergency vehicle operation instruction
After making a citizen’s arrest of a drunk motorist, an Uber driver (and former cop) is arrested and charged with impersonating a police officer
A squad car can feel like a little bubble of safety, but it’s not
The new camera system pair directly with officers’ Axon BWCs allowing officers to sync directly with their dashcam audio
The driver bailed out of his pickup as it sank and was taken into custody after he made his way to shore
Brian Cummings pled guilty to criminal vehicular homicide in relation to a pursuit that reached speeds of up to 100 mph
An officer must notify a supervisor about the pursuit and then come up with a plan to end the pursuit
Among those arrested was a couple who brought their children, ages 1 and 3, to watch the race, police said
“I just see myself as a regular trooper,” said Sgt. Chad McCoy about the praise he has received for crashing into a wrong-way driver
You never know what you will be called to do
City leaders and law enforcement have given warnings before in Fresno after deadly car crashes they say were due to street racing and other dangerous driving
The suspect, surrounded by vehicles, backs into officers and then tears down a Manhattan sidewalk
“Oh Lord, thank you for keeping me safe,” said the Lawrenceville officer after moving his recruit to safety
Audit faults San Diego city agencies, including PD, for unsafe driving costing $31.2M in settlements
The audit found that the PD was responsible for more preventable accidents than any other city agency, accounting for 451
Good Samaritans began knocking on the windshield and climbing on the cruiser to try to reach the 24-year-old deputy
Legislation moves to the Senate, but some representatives and LEOs believe the new bill still does not offer a comprehensive solution
An unknown truck driver pulled the deputy to safety after he was ejected from his cruiser onto the interstate
The agency will use the L3Harris PatrolSim simulator for routine training for new and existing officers and remedial training for officers who get into accidents
Deputies eventually used a PIT maneuver, which pinned the cruiser in with other sheriff’s vehicles
“Our public safety workers were able to scramble to safety and were not physically injured,” the PD said
Suspect had stopped a second time during the pursuit and then accelerated into the Lafourche Parish deputy’s cruiser
Officer Tim Unwin, 31, was killed when his patrol car collided with another vehicle
The officers were hit as they waited for a tow truck after a suspected car thief crashed in a pursuit
The man suffered major injuries and was transported to a hospital, where he died
An Orlando firefighter pulled a Seminole County deputy from his patrol vehicle seconds before it became engulfed in flames
The suspects were on their way to Panama City Beach when their vehicle had a flat tire and deputies stopped to assist
The lawsuit claims the officers, who were in three vehicles, never commanded the driver to stop nor did they turn on their lights and sirens
Justices ruled that the K-9 jumping onto the car door and sniffing at the seam constituted trespassing, leading to illegal search
“He hit me with the car,” a Sarasota officer said after escaping serious injury from being hit head-on
Deputy Jeremy McCain was critically injured when a gate went through the windshield and pinned him in his car
William Dwyer stands by his officers’ decision to not wait for an ambulance and to rush the 4-month-old to the hospital
San Diego County deputy pushes a man out of the way as the driver of the stolen truck speeds away
Joseph Barlow died Monday from injuries sustained on Friday when he was struck head-on during an escort to a funeral home
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