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.
How a Texas department enhanced officer traffic safety and accountability after two of its officers were struck and killed by passing vehicles
As law enforcement officers continue to be killed on our nation’s roadways, we must continue to message about the importance of “Move Over” laws
Trusted and Explainable Police Artificial Intelligence (TruePAL) technology aims to improve situational awareness for officers while driving and on the roadside
This most recent offense marks the fourth time in 2022 that Stephen Joel Horton was arrested — and ninth time since 2017
Drivers can consent for auto manufacturers to provide officers with their vehicle’s tracking details
The system consists of a motion sensor at the end of a highway exit ramp triggering flashing red lights to alert drivers
Bodycam shows the upside-down car’s windows were underwater as the officer and driver worked on opposite sides to get people out
In exchange for the pleas, prosecutors agreed to drop arson charges that would have carried a seven-year mandatory minimum prison term
Officers initially attempted to pull over the suspect for driving in the wrong direction when he fled
Ninety minutes into the pursuit, officers pinned the stolen U-Haul between a roadway median and several vehicles
As officers attempted to secure a stolen dirt bike, patrol cars were kicked, windshields broken, and objects thrown at the LEOs
Officer Steve Nothem was sitting in his patrol car on the scene of a DUI investigation when his vehicle was struck by a passing driver
New legislation comes after the NYPD reported catalytic converter thefts have almost quadrupled in 2022
One individual jumped on the hood of the patrol car, while another began slamming a speed limit sign into the side of the vehicle repeatedly
As an officer approached to investigate a stolen vehicle report, the occupants quickly drove off, running over the officer in the process
While attempting to elude police, the suspect’s SUV struck another vehicle, flipped and crashed into a creek before catching fire
Once a driver is detected traveling illegally, the system sends signals to a 24/7 safety operations center and state police are dispatched
The pursuit began when the suspect ran a red light, nearly side-swiping an officer’s patrol unit with his car
As officers were attempting to speak with the woman, she jumped in the unlocked vehicle and placed the car in drive, while officers struggled to pry the door open
The individual was reportedly driving on the wrong side of the road, causing the head-on collision
Video shows the officer walking alongside the highway when his patrol vehicle, with a K-9 inside, is pushed toward him by a distracted driver
Deputy Matthew Kirrman, 27, died when his patrol car left the road, striking a nearby fence
Deputy Sidnee Carter, 22, had just completed field training
Video shows the police car careening into the sidewalk after swerving to avoid another vehicle while on an emergency response
Attorneys for the victim indicated the city was liable because officers did not terminate the pursuit earlier
Jeremy Trapp told a paid NYPD confidential informant in 2020 that he wanted to burn NYPD precincts and cut the brake lines of police vehicles, and later that month he made good on one of those desires
The technology detects, analyzes and securely stores vehicle identification data
After side-swiping several cars, the BMW began losing portions of the car’s body, with the rear bumper being the first to dislodge from the vehicle
The car was first spotted by a police aircraft when authorities noticed the Hellcat going 160 mph alongside another vehicle in a populated area
Officials said the flames broke out around 2:30 a.m. and the vehicles were fully engulfed when fire crews arrived
The woman, who was handcuffed in the backseat, was seriously injured when the train struck the patrol vehicle parked on railroad tracks
“The cars were outrageous, speeding up and down the streets, the noise was unbelievable.”
The suspect, who started assaulting the officers, was eventually apprehended
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