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.
Lexipol’s Gordon Graham and a panel of experts share the steps your agency can take to make the roads safer for cops
A summary of a RAND report on license plate readers for law enforcement
An NYPD officer jumped into action and restrained the woman until the plane landed
A home security camera captured the brazen encounter
A probationary officer has been fired and more officers are facing an internal investigation
Officer Christopher Farrar was an 18-year department veteran, his chief said
Police said the suspect, who was also wounded, had been trying to steal the officer’s police gear
The suspect driver was trying to push through cruisers that had blocked him in, police said
A team of officers worked together to break into the smoking car
In 2018 the man had a similar encounter with police where he got out of a car and appeared to brandish a gun at officers
Officer Anastasios Tsakos was a 14-year veteran of the force
“What does this say to all the members of MPD who are passionate about their job?” a memo reads. “That is not fair to any of us”
A series of major incidents -- including a fatal crash and massive gridlock involving hundreds of cars -- has drawn attention to the weekly issue
Medics weren’t sure Trooper Graham King would even make it to the hospital. Now, he’s looking at a full recovery
Investigators are confident that no one was in the driver’s seat before a crash that killed two, police said
Three officers were shot and wounded before the suspect was killed
“Taking the term ‘flying home’ a bit too far,” officers said
Deputy Pat Barnes was responding to a call when he lost control of his vehicle
Highway Patrol officials cited “extreme speed” as a main contributor in the incident
The golf star was driving about 40 over the speed limit when he crashed and seriously injured himself, officials said
“Many scrap yards won’t purchase marked catalytic converters,” St. Paul Police said, amid a spike in thefts
Lt. James Kouski was struck and killed while investigating a DUI crash
The slain officer was identified as William “Billy” Evans, an 18-year veteran
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office cited unspecified privacy concerns for the golf star
Officers Rudy Castillo and Joel Kaminsky used a fire extinguisher to smash the window
Deputy James Driver was struck while responding to a call
The trooper eventually stopped pursuing for safety reasons but the teen was later taken into custody
Trooper Todd Hanneken died Thursday in a single-vehicle crash
“Their actions, without a doubt, saved our police officer from being severely injured or worse”
A National Guard convoy was transporting COVID-19 vaccines in Texas when it was stopped by an armed man, police said
The dramatic clash ended with the suspect striking a police car and being taken into custody
Three police cruisers were also damaged during the 20-minute cross-state pursuit
