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 Liberty County Sheriff’s Office were alerted to the incident after the boy hit an ATM before driving onto a highway
Officer Seara Burton’s injuries were “unrecoverable” after being shot in the head last month
“Our hearts are broken over the sudden and tragic loss of Officer Brannan. He was a young officer just starting his career,” the department said
The crowd, who damaged six squad cars, attacked cops with bricks, road signs, trees, rocks and fireworks
The deputy abandoned the vehicle after the crash, prompting a search
Dashcam video shows a sedan zooming along the wrong side of the road with a patrol car in pursuit
The officer was pursuing a stolen vehicle at the time while driving without emergency lights or sirens
Officer Ivan Lopez was driving home when a pickup truck sped through a stop sign and hit his police vehicle
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Special Agent Jose Perez was hit by another driver while he was responding to a building alarm on August 3
Capt. William Hargraves struck a light pole after a collision with another vehicle and died from his injuries at the scene
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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
Officer Seara Burton, who was shot in the head, was supposed to marry her fiancée last week
Officers had tried to stop a car that was driving recklessly downtown
Police say the driver of the vehicle was later arrested in the slaying of a woman nearby
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
“You’re not going to lose your arm,” officers say to the man who was shot in the shoulder
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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