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.
There’s an old saying, what you don’t know won’t hurt you. This saying doesn’t apply here
The appellate court reviews a case involving a vehicle containment technique and determines the tactic constitutes a seizure
In this eBook, we review how to use in-car video footage for training and how video technologies improve situational awareness
The program will ramp up patrols in an effort to clamp down on aggressive driving and criminal activity
The institute asks first responders to report incidents and plans to analyze the data
Two officers were monitoring traffic when a tire detached from a passing truck
No arrests had been made in connection with the crash, although at least one person was detained at the scene, police said
All three occupants died on impact, police said
Police say the driver was “watching a movie” when his Tesla crashed into a cop car
Cellphone video shows the stolen cruiser ramming into another cop car
The new vehicle seats up to 12 officers and is equipped to treat traumatic injuries inside the cabin, officials said
The report card, which is not a ticket, aims to prevent break-ins by alerting owners to vulnerable behaviors
This story has one plot twist after another
Captain Collin Birnie had served the Flint Police Department for 26 years
A Texas man is charged with vehicular homicide by recklessness in the death of Sgt. Chris Jenkins
One person died and four others were wounded after a man opened fire on a Greyhound bus, police said
Officer Breanna Toney was rescued from her patrol car after a pickup truck crashed into her
A woman has been charged with vehicular homicide and manslaughter in the death of Officer John O’Keefe
Deputy Lorin Readmond was on her way to assist a fellow deputy when she collided with a truck
Deputy Noah Rainey and his passenger, Jail Deputy Dane Northcutt, died at the scene
Answering FAQ about electric vehicle deployment in law enforcement
“When you really look at the fuel mileage it just doesn’t make much sense to buy anything else,” said Sgt. Jayson Zander
“It was very surreal,” said Sgt. Cavasteny, after realizing the train wasn’t stopping. “I thought, ‘man, is this really happening?’”
The vehicle ultimately crashed, security video shows
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
Factors to consider upon arrival at a vehicle fire, plus what to know about attempting an occupant rescue
Bodycam video shows the woman’s leg is trapped in the wheel well
Sgt. Ramon Gutierrez, 45, was escorting another vehicle when he was struck
Special Agent Anthony Salas, 37, was assisting U.S. Border Patrol when he was involved in a crash
Johnny Patterson, 59, was also the assistant police chief of a neighboring town
Elk Grove police officer Tyler Lenehan was killed by a wrong-way driver on his way to work
Three men were taken into custody after what police called a “possible hostage situation”
Officer Corille Jones, 32, was driving along when another car struck him, police said
