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.
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
David Dwayne Crawford’s cruiser landed upside down in a creek
Amid the mix of police radios, laptop computers, and license plate readers, we also have cell phones to distract us
David T. Zolendziewski suffered injuries after his cruiser skidded on some ice
Policy doesn’t permit drinking 4 hours before duty
Capt. Timothy Bergeron died from injuries while escorting a Mardi Gras parade float
A pick-up truck ran a red light, hitting the officer’s car
The officer was pinned between his patrol car and a tree
Car went off highway and rolled a number of times
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