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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“She was able to figure out how to put a round in it, put it on fire and she fired approximately 10 rounds at our deputies and a civilian,” police said
More than three dozen rounds were fired by police officers before the suspect was taken into custody
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“It seems these juveniles are not concerned with the ramifications to their actions and they think this is funny,” Police Chief Mike Crispen said
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Officers had tried to stop a car that was driving recklessly downtown
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After crashing into the barricade, the man began firing gunshots in the air before shooting himself as police approached
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Sarah Merriman had exited her cruiser when the suspect’s vehicle reversed, crushing her between the two cars
“During the traffic stop, the suspect drew a weapon and fired multiple shots,” police said
The man told authorities that he thought the “other half of his keys” was in one of the vehicles
“This incident should have never occurred because this offender should have still been incarcerated based on his prior convictions,” the chief said
An attorney for the department argued the driver, who had an enlarged heart, likely would have died that night even if police had never confronted him
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The incident follows of a rash of Kia thefts after a viral TikTok video shows watchers how to steal the cars by using a USB cable
The suspect injured an EMT who fell out of the ambulance and left another EMT locked in the back as he fled from police
“These two chose poorly. Multiple times,” the sheriff’s office wrote on Facebook
Suspects face multiple charges, including robbery of a motor vehicle, fleeing and eluding and illegal firearms possession
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“The impact forced the patrol unit to the right, where it exited the roadway and then impacted a tree, trapping the officer inside the vehicle,” police said
“We want to recapture that time so that we can focus our efforts on being visible in city neighborhoods and addressing violent crime,” Chief Paul Noel said
The deputy was conducting a traffic stop after a suspicious vehicle was reported; his bodycam was dislodged during the scuffle
The impact of the crash caused Deputy Lorenzo Bustos, 29, to be pushed under the cruiser, causing fatal head trauma
The suspect backed up and sped toward the officer, whose foot became pinned in the door upon impact
Brianna Marie Grier, 28, was placed in the back seat, “handcuffed in the front of her body with no seatbelt”
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