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.
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
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