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.
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The suspect fled on foot from officers as they were trying to handcuff him following the discovery of narcotics in his car
Officer Julian Becerra, who is married with two children, is in stable but critical condition
The two officers were each shot in the torso, but returned fire, hitting the man in one of his ankles
Law enforcement agencies were involved in a vehicle pursuit of a suspect who had committed multiple felony crimes
Deputy Brad Stogdon was driving home after shift when he noticed a vehicle driving erratically on a highway
Metro officials said they had recently beefed up security measures, including increased police patrols and video surveillance
Officer Derek Stebbins and a good Samaritan helped pull a man from the vehicle seconds before it went up in flames
The officer broke a window and removed the man from a scorched sedan after he crashed into the center median and his car went up in flames
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“They went out in the eye of the worst part of the storm to save people, putting their own safety aside,” said Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia
Officers quickly worked to remove the man from the cruiser’s broken front window as a train’s horn is heard in the distance and rapidly approaching
The driver also told police that he was “being followed by several cars” and that “he became paranoid of these vehicles and was attempting to avoid them”
The theft came as videos with #KiaBoys have been encouraging teens to steal certain kinds of cars off the streets using USB cords
Bodycam footage shows police locating the vehicle and providing the lethargic girl with a cold compress and water to help cool her down
The suspect was able to get inside and take control of the cruiser with access to weapons, including a rifle
Two state troopers in the agency’s motorcycle unit have died since 2015
After the teen and her 11-year-old passenger were arrested, troopers found a gun and a small amount of marijuana in the vehicle
Video shows the driver plowing down stop signs and swerving into traffic with at least eight cruisers pursuing him
The officer pulled the man over after he ran a stop sign and failed to signal a turn
After suffering a broken back from being pinned himself, the man managed to crawl out of his truck and pull a trapped trooper from his cruiser
The officer and his partner were on patrol in uniform when they pulled over to talk to two men; one of them whipped out a gun and started firing
Steven J. Lim, a 26-year veteran of LASD, leaves behind his wife and five children
The department conducted its first in-house wet lab as the DWI unit has seen a marked increase in drunken driving cases over the last two years
Officers were investigating a carjacking in the area when the man stole the police SUV and a pursuit ensued
The 30-year-old woman was stopped for driving in the rain without headlights on before she fled
“We saw you coming and I was scared,” the girl says after a trooper asks if she’s hurt
“His conduct during this encounter with a citizen of the community is unacceptable,” Waterbury Police Chief Fernando Spagnolo said
The passenger argued that her “constitutional rights” were being violated by the pursuit
Officers scanned social media for any clues on the motorcyclist and found a video on TikTok that “appeared to be recorded by the suspect during the pursuit”
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