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.
DOT says that 40 percent of all vehicle collisions occur in intersections — here are 12 tips, thoughts, and techniques to consider as you drive through the crossroads
Reporting from your squad can help you avoid dangerous situations on duty
Demonstrators in the crisis prevented garbage trucks from unloading at the local dump for days
Is being detained at the Department of Juvenile Justice for stealing two cars in one week
Four firefighters were injured when the his patrol car crashed into the stationary truck
The city’s police chief says there is “no written protocol telling officers what to do after they’ve been run down by a car”
There are conflicting accounts of how the football player died driving away from the scene of a fight outside a bar
The officer knocked on the window, the car accelerated and the cop wound up on the hood of the vehicle
The officer was following an ambulance to an emergency call
Driver was arrested and charged with intoxicated manslaughter
Last month, a woman was hit in the head by a piece of flying metal during the shooting of the movie in northwest Indiana
The woman has twice been sentenced to jail for drunken driving convictions, the last time in 1998
Officer Merrill Bruguier is survived by his wife and his son
Morning commuters ran into the street and grabbed at the flying money
The injured cop was dragged across two lanes of traffic by a driver of a stolen van
City officers are now prohibited from chasing fleeing suspects for minor traffic infractions
Officer Will Phillips is survived by his wife and two young sons
Driver of the fleeing car lost control and slid into an oncoming cruiser
The insurance industry says texting while driving laws have had no immediate effect
Some say Heselden was testing a new cross-country version of the Segway, while others say he was riding the Segway as he checked his estate
Constant interruptions are okay if you’re the one causing them — not so much if you’re on the receiving end
Officer James Fowler is survived by his wife and two children
He had already seen the woman in the exit of a nearby store, where she had been sitting in her car focused on the phone
The Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle (PPV) delivers performance, comfort, and safety
Killed two sisters while driving at triple-digit speeds
Corporal David Slaton is survivied by his wife and son
Deputy Mark Longway is survived by his wife and two children
More people are wearing seatbelts, refraining from drunken driving and are driving cars with better safety features
The vehicle struck a mother and daughter who were trapped underneath and dragged 50 feet
