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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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
Vehicle requirements would include alcohol impairment detection or driver-monitoring systems to stop vehicles if impairment by alcohol is detected
Zeke Spence was completing his last exercise on a stationary bike when a woman drove her vehicle into the building, hitting him
The incident began when officers were called to a road rage incident involving a woman tailgating a vehicle and pulling a gun
The suspect who hurled the object had 15 previous arrests and eight outstanding warrants
Alexis Hein-Nutz was a week shy from celebrating her 25th birthday; the suspect had a falsified green card and SS card
Deputies were working a traffic stop when the impaired driver plowed into the back of their vehicle
Over 532 people were killed in police pursuit crashes in 2020 alone, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The moped driver was fleeing from the scene of a reported shooting
A photo shared on Facebook shows the vehicle sent therapy equipment and cubical walls flying when it crashed through a glass facade
“When you take a 2,500-pound bullet and you ram a deputy who is standing at the apex of a door, this is the end result. Period,” the sheriff said
“A major shout out to this young man for his courage,” the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said on social media
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