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, who had killed his mother, stole a police cruiser and carjacked bystanders at gunpoint
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A trooper in a yellow vest is on his way back to his patrol car when the semi comes barreling toward him in the windy and snowy conditions
Officer was pinned between his vehicle and a parked vehicle while directing traffic at an earlier crash in the Harano Tunnel
One video shows a crowd during a street racing incident push back a police car while throwing fireworks at the vehicle
The trooper was hit by a car while he was exiting his cruiser to help with another crash along a road
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The suspect, who was driving a stolen vehicle, flew through a fence, ran red lights, drove on the wrong side of the road and backed into a deputy’s cruiser
Officer and K-9 were on patrol when they were hit by another vehicle
“Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go!” the officer shouts as kids run alongside and ahead him. “Guys, get off the street! Let’s go, off the street!”
The officer, who was helping a stranded motorist, jumped over the retaining wall to avoid being hit, falling 40 to 50 feet to the ground
Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said there was no evidence of “terrorism involvement”
Deputy Brian Haney was a six-year veteran of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Someone stole the hot dog-shaped vehicle’s catalytic converter overnight in a hotel parking lot
Charles Herring was riding his police motorcycle on patrol when a piece of a tree fell and struck him, causing him to swerve and crash
The other wounded officer was discharged from the hospital over the weekend
“He’s on fire,” an officer says as he tries to yank on the door
State police said both sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the incident
The man can be seen on video ignoring several commands before lunging at the officer and reaching for his gun
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
The 40-page lawsuit states that the defendants did not provide a safe environment and prevent foreseeable injury during her 2022 arrest
“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”
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