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.
Applying the law of large numbers to recent officer fatalities may reveal a disturbing trend — at the very least it makes us stop and think
Amid the mix of police radios, laptop computers, and license plate readers, we also have cell phones to distract us
Every so often, the next big thing really is big, in part because it also gets back to the basics
The 55-year-old man won several thousand dollars and was heading home with a woman when a car cut him off
Trooper Kenny Hall is survived by his wife and four children
His patrol truck collided with an oncoming vehicle, causing him to suffer fatal injuries
Said it was impossible to see the woman sleeping under the blanket as she slept in the park
The man was picked up by police while driving an empty New York Trailways bus through the borough Queens
The department has not yet determined whether it was an NYPD officer or some other uniformed individual
Things changed in Montana after the high-profile death of a highway patrolman at the hands of an intoxicated driver
Fricke served as Hawk Point’s part-time chief and as a full time deputy with the Warren County Sheriff’s Office
One in five, or 20% of the 6,999 people surveyed, said they had driven in the past year
20 percent of people 16 and older said they have driven within two hours of drinking alcohol
The Utah Highway Patrol trooper is currently recovering
From Oct. 1, 2009, to July 31, 2010, five tunnels were identified in the area
The cop’s dash-cam video shows the car flying through the air, slamming into an overpass and turning into a shower of parts
Officer Collins served with the Office of Field Operations for eight years and is survived by his wife and two sons
Two officers were treated and released, and one was held for observation; the suspect,Garfield Romale King III, was fatally shot
Half of America requires all riders to be secured, but in other half, ‘there are still gaps for adults’
The officer’s blood test wasn’t done properly after the accident, which killed a motorcyclist
A different motorist reported seeing a tire falling off a van weaving on a road late Monday night
Officer Leonard Reed is survived by his wife and two children
Some very bright people in the technology field are having a positive effect on officer safety behind the wheel
There are some excellent police trainers working tirelessly on new programs that combat the enemy hidden within interesections
He could get up to seven years in prison if convicted of damaging state property
The man abandoned the cruiser about a half-mile away and jumped a wall before being arrested
Trooper Brian Salyer was treated for traumatic head injuries and a laceration to an artery in his neck before being released from hospital
Officer Jeremy Hubbard is survived by his wife and two sons
The suspected smuggler was the driver during a 2006 rollover crash in Arizona that killed 10 illegal immigrants, including a pregnant woman
The second crash, with a passing squad car, came 20 minutes after the first
Senior Cpl. Michael Manis was in good condition and stayed overnight at Parkland Memorial Hospital for observation
Diego Olivas was allegedly fleeing from a deputy who spotted him racing another driver early Thursday morning
A Rhode Island thug who killed a cop and a store clerk is being held on just $5,000 bail
