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.
Bad and ugly things continue to happen, but some good trends in training, new police vehicles, and training opportunities are emerging
Two officers were knocked to the ground when a car approached them at high speed
The department recently purchased the vehicle for $5,000 from the township’s Fire Department
Sixty-three-year-old Corporal John Kendall crossed over the median
George Daw was driving during a hailstorm when he saw the unmarked police car filling with water
“I thought I was going to die. I really did,” the driver said
Jeff Settle, 29, had been working with the DOC since 1993
Officer David Stoke’s vehicle was pulled off the side of the road Thursday night
The officer was escorting a funeral procession by motorcycle when he hit the hearse
Officer Troy Estree responded to a suspicious activity call and was dragged 50 feet
30-year department veteran Mark Preston turned in his badge and gun
Sergeant: The girl screamed ‘Take me to jail, take me to jail’ over and over
United States Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy recently stated that vehicular flight from a law enforcement officer invites, even demands, pursuit
David Jennings Dawson had been with his department for only two months
A UK police officer was sent flying after a stolen BMW rammed his cruiser
The officer drew his gun and ordered the suspect out of the car
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to end the program
The Tucson Police Department has uploaded videos of collision to educate the public
As a man biked in NYC, the door of a police cruiser hit him
Police issued a $445 ticket for a violation of the state’s obscene bumper sticker law
Derik Kuilan and another officer had been drinking on duty
A tech company demos a BlackBerry PlayBook’s features inside police vehicles
Mapping drivers’ whereabouts with cruiser-mounted scanners draws scrutiny
Town and Country Cpl. Chris Moore pulled the driver out from under the steering column
The men allegedly got into the van to take photos of themselves pretending to be arrested
The city purchased 50 Chevy Volts to split between Police, Fire, and Sanitation Departments
Police officer Thomas Berry died Tuesday afternoon
Moreno Valley police officers pulled King over after witnessing multiple vehicle code violations
Marciea Adkins worked as a 911 police operator for the Chicago PD
Officer Ryan Stringer, 26, collided while responding to robbery call Sunday morning
Officer Bryan Mitchell Hebert was retrieving road spikes from his trunk when he was killed
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