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.
The officer’s identity has not yet been released
The crash happened as they were training to conduct a fast escort
The spike strip fell out of a police officer’s car in February
The officers tried to use a TASER on the animal
50 school officers are driving cars that may be unsafe
Ford’s Police Interceptor more durable than Crown Vic, Ford says
Officer Richard Phillips injured when cruiser collided with truck
Chicago police officers will also get more less lethal training
Officer Thomas P. Jensen was injured in a Feb. 27 crash
While gadgets are seen as distractions, first responders are required to use them
Accelerator was stuck when police helped a Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop
Two officers reached into the vehicle to stop the suspect from driving away
Mobile camera systems fight vehicle theft and identify unregistered cars
The officer is in intensive care and remains in critical condition
Officer Mark Saylor was killed along with his wife, daughter and brother-in-law
Police who don’t wear seat belts insist there’s a reason
Officer Chris Dixon has pleaded not guilty to leaving the scene of an accident
Lieutenant John Lambert suffered multiple injuries
Deputy Ken Collier’s vehicle plunged down a freeway embankment
Proof lacking he was headed to burglary
Officer Brian Kashyk had to make a split-second decision
Sr. Cpl. Victor Lozada-Tirado died in a crash while escorting Clinton
The former pastor and veteran officer was responding to burglary
At least two died as several passangers were ejected from a tour bus
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
Alan Haymaker had been on the force for 21 years
The sheriff’s deputy killed a suspect during a high-speed chase
