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.
Every so often, the next big thing really is big, in part because it also gets back to the basics
Police officers must personally witness erratic driving before stopping a suspected drunk driver
Sgt. Franco Aguilar was responding to a crash scene
The officer says the suspect tried to ram his car
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N.J. State Police looks the other way after fellow trooper drinks and drives
The officer was responding to a call when his squad car collided with a pickup truck
The officer is facing life-threatening injuries
One-third of those killed in high speed chases are bystanders
Officers also can’t talk on their cell phones while driving patrol cars
Officer James “Jimmy” Franklin Carter Jr. was an 11-year veteran of the force
The officer spent over 40 work hours with his cruiser idle
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Deputy Adrian Chavez, 25, had just finished an overnight shift
The officer was pursuing a car without lights or sirens activated
The officer was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash
Cop remains cool after man accidentally backs into a police car
Officer Hector Ayala was a seven-year veteran of the force
Sgt. Gabriel Trevino sent a text from his work phone before a crash that killed a woman
Burbank police tactics in chase to be probed
Fear they might get in trouble: ‘It will take a while to be accepted’
Cpl. Kevin Cusack died on-duty; cause of crash investigated
The suspect was also shooting at cruisers and refused to drop his gun
David Haynes had only been on the force for one year
One of the suspects was killed by a responding officer; the other suspect was apprehended
Leach was allegedly drinking at a topless bar before he crashed his city-owned car
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