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.
To prepare for these funding opportunities, your department must assess your traffic safety needs now
Only in Stephen King novels does the tractor actually turn on the farmer and try to kill him, but we run toward the shots — it’s what crime fighters do
The National Transportation Safety Administration attributes 10 percent of all fatal accidents to driver distraction, and a squad car cockpit is cluttered with distractions
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
Ohio man shot by police after striking cops with his vehicle gets a 6-year term
The teenager speeds backwards toward a roundabout and narrowly misses oncoming traffic as an unmarked police car and back-up vehicles attempt to stop him
Officer Derick Kuilan took a woman for a ride on his department-issued ATV, crashing the ATV and injuring the woman and two beachgoers
Spalding County Sheriff Dee Stewart, 63, was badly injured in a crash 10 days ago
Drunken drivers, fireworks in the city and distressed swimmers - police will be on the lookout for all of them
Glenn Doneghy, the driver of a vehicle that killed Officer Bryan Durman, convicted of 2nd degree manslaughter
Trooper Adam M. Bowen’s vehicle collided with another car, sending the vehicle into a traffic pole
New city-issued Ford Focus not cutting it for some
The just-arrested woman got into the front seat and drove away
If the criminal element is on the freeway, chances are pretty good that someone from Border Patrol is likely to encounter it
Child had wandered into street; Officer placed on leave
Officer Charles Armor, a 17-year-veteran, is listed in serious condition with internal bleeding and broken bones
Philadelphia Sgt. Stephen Naughton, 55, had just left work at police headquarters
Comments like “I’m afraid of an ambush” and “I may have to exit the car quickly” are by far the biggest reasons used for not wearing seatbelts.
Recent crash marks 23rd time in the past year and a half police vehicle has been hit by drunk driver
Demo cruiser features 5 HD cameras; Capable of sending video to anyone over 4G wireless connection
Police experts weigh in on how to react when a suspect decides to flee the traffic stop
The two motor officers collided during funeral for fellow officer, sending Officer Andrew Garton into oncoming traffic
62-year old deputy only moderately injured despite being dragged some 300 feet across intersection
Trooper First Class Shaft Hunter, 39, was pronounced dead at scene of crash with tractor trailer
MOST POPULAR
- How police built their case against an accused road-rage killer
- Off-duty trooper keeps cool during armed road rage incident, leads to arrest of driver
- Pa. police study warrantless search case
- Maine cop stops driver for speeding, saves his life
- Cops drive man to hospital after 30-minute ambulance wait