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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En route to Colo., the prisoner got into the driver’s seat and took off in the car
A Morrow police officer noticed the chief’s car didn’t drive through the light
During NAFA 2011, Police1 had the opportunity to test out many of the newest police patrol vehicles, and speak with each of the major manufacturers about their new squads
A Belgian joyrider’s rare vehicle made it recognizable when footage hit the internet
NASCAR drivers will chase Ford patrol cars at an upcoming race
Wisconsin state trooper Kate Sampson was just one of a team of good-natured people who helped to save two lives
A gun-wielding suspect stole a car and took the female passenger hostage, authorities said
Kevin Vary, 51, used his pickup to break through the station’s glass doors
If convicted, Rodney King could face up to a year in jail because of a prior DUI
Officers were found guilty of discreditable conduct at the end of the first Metropolitan Police disciplinary hearing
The airplane contained a load of contraband electronics
Dash cam shows the pole toppling from the right and crashing onto the highway
A laser device detects alcohol inside vehicles with sophisticated precision
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
A Concord officer attempted to pull over the driver of the pickup for a cell phone violation
What can we do to increase officer safety despite the declining budgetary resources most agencies have available?
Man: He and his wife “were under the influence of alcohol”
Kevin Schulte, a detective with the Lawton Police Department, died in the crash Sunday night
Joseph Wargo was on duty when the driver slammed into the cruiser
As the car burned, other police officers in the area pursued the suspect
Officer Trevor Slot of Walker police department was killed Thursday
Belarus traffic cameras captures violent collision at busy intersection
When it became a police car, the vehicle had only 13 miles on its odometer
1 dead, 4 critically hurt after Arizona dust storm triggers pileups
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
Vehicles included two Bugatti Veyrons, a Ferrari 599 GTO and a Maserati MC12
