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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A reporter being hit by a vehicle during a live news report highlighted the danger of working near roadway incidents – a danger that proved fatal for two LEOs this past week
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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The incident occurred as police were helping clear an unrelated wreck and a driver, trying to get around the crash, hit the officer and kept going
“No matter how bad a situation is, there’s going to be some good that comes out of it,” said Sergeant Mark Addy
“CHP investigators worked throughout the night interviewing witnesses and gathering evidence from the scene,” police said
The officer has been charged with negligent homicide and negligent injuring after colliding with the victims’ car during a police pursuit
Deputies were transporting the inmate on the 5 freeway when he broke free from the patrol car
One officer pulled alongside the suspect and began a conversation, while three other police cruisers blocked the man in from all sides
The officer was standing outside of the vehicle that was involved in the crash when he noticed a truck coming toward him
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Corey Douglas McElroy, 31, was a Marine Corps veteran and father of two young children
In many cases, the suspects steal an active rideshare driver’s car and phone, then use the rideshare app to pick up unsuspecting riders, who are then robbed
After the driver of a stolen car jumped from the moving vehicle, the car struck the cyclist and wedged him underneath
Officers had recovered a “high capacity handgun” during the suspect’s initial arrest, but he was in possession of a second hidden gun on his body
The woman was pushing the 3-year-old in a stroller when a driver backed out of a parking spot and ran them over
As she tried to get her gun holstered, the officer heard one gunshot and was struck in the leg by the gunfire
Paul Daniel Newell was one of several officers escorting three large trucks carrying holiday wreaths to a veteran cemetery when he was involved in a crash
Brodnax Police Chief Joe Carey, 66, had pulled off to the side of the road to recover the remains of an animal when he was struck returning to his vehicle
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The officer, whose home was destroyed by a fire as a child just before the holidays, empathized with the woman’s life-changing event
Deputy Daniel Kin had worked with the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office for just over a year
The driver, who was located a short distance away after hitting the deputy, appeared to be intoxicated, police said
A hotel owner was on a smoke break when he rushed to help the officer, using his radio to call for help
Officer Robert Golden remains in intensive care, but regained consciousness after being run over by a suspected drunk driver
“It was his DNA to put himself in that position ... in doing so, others went home and Deputy Miller became someone’s hero,” Sheriff Bucky Rowland said
The suspect stole the cruiser by maneuvering his hands from behind his back and forcing his way through the partition
The man had set the patrol SUV ablaze between his visits to a local bar, but ‘felt bad’ and returned to the scene of the crime to confess
After the suspect lost control of his vehicle and came to a stop, an officer’s cruiser slammed into the man’s car head-on
The suspect, who was driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs while fleeing from police, is serving a 25-year prison sentence
Fellow agents found the man unresponsive, began lifesaving efforts and called for an ambulance
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