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.
What can we do to increase officer safety despite the declining budgetary resources most agencies have available?
Although police package vehicles come with beefed-up suspensions, cooling, transmissions, electrical systems, and so forth, most of the other equipment that makes it a functional police car comes from third-party vendors
Terrorists will continue to refine their tactics and improve their operational capabilities, so we’re not going to have much of that ‘luck’ left to rely upon
After St. Patrick’s Day, police agencies say they will next step up enforcement during Cinco de Mayo
Agents got a report just before midnight that a car was heading the wrong way on Interstate 8
The flames quickly spread toward to the unresponsive trooper as he sat slumped over his seat belt
Trooper suffered minor injuries
Vincent Mater was charged with destruction of evidence and vandalism
Officer Fausto Lopez’s attorney says even a single charge would negatively impact the cop’s career
Calls escalated quickly from ‘fight in progress’ to frantic ‘Shots fired!’
Disapproving YouTube viewers called police about a boastful video
Lawyer said medication Bradley Colas took to treat a respiratory infection made him hear voices
The shooting occurred after a deputy attempted to stop a man observed riding his motorcycle over the speed limit
Suspect who fired from passenger seat was killed when troopers returned fire
State Rep. Bob Genetski’s attorney says he passed field sobriety tests
The group had just finished their shift when they were hit while jogging
What do the misadventures of two hamsters have to do with the cops reading PoliceOne?
Aircraft veered to the right and overshot its landing area
Deputy Tony Diaz was killed out of anger and a desire to retaliate, judge said
Within 20 seconds, the entire engine compartment went ablaze
Bradley Colas, 23, was charged with two counts of malicious wounding of an emergency medical care provider
Judge who wanted to send a message revoked license for life
Driver Kevin Conway put victim’s picture on his car during a race in September
A weapon was recovered from a pickup truck
The second officer, who was not just knocked down, but also dragged between the truck and the pavement, was able to free himself and shoot the suspect
An early morning traffic stop developed into a gunfight
Sheriff Van Duncan said his officers “acted appropriately” when Jacob Cody Plemmons rammed his truck into a patrol car, pinning two deputies inside