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.
It’s not just the mobile data terminals inside police vehicles that are vulnerable to cyberattacks
The array of technology in today’s police vehicles adds markedly to their utility and safety for the officers who operate them
It is critical that agencies conduct a formal review of all collisions
The helicopter pilot, who was responding to a call, had to make an emergency landing
Michigan State Police is warning motorists about icy roads after a car skidded straight into a patrol vehicle
Due to the weather and frigid temperatures, crews do not believe Tulalip Tribal Police Officer Charlie Cortez survived
Dashcam video shows a car accelerating at a deputy who had ordered the driver to stop
Tulalip Tribal Police Officer Charlie Cortez disappeared into frigid water Tuesday night
NYPD officials said they “are aware” of the video and an investigation is ongoing
Three people sustained minor injuries
A man drove off with the semi-armored Humvee after taking it from an Army Reserve Center earlier this month, police said
The car was locked and the driver was slumped over when police arrived
Surveillance footage released earlier this week shows how the incident unfolded
Police later said they believe the incident was not terror-related
A chaotic scene ended with police killing a man who fired at them, stole a police car and fatally struck his own family member
The crash is under investigation
Dramatic bodycam video shows five officers working together to free a 17-year-old from burning wreckage
The officers were investigating another crash when they were struck by a vehicle
The televised pursuit ended when the man crashed the custom-built truck into a light pole, police said
The officer was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after a crash in Charlotte, North Carolina, officials said
The officer was hospitalized with minor injuries, but the condition of the K-9 is unclear, officials said
The suspect’s car slammed into another vehicle, shearing off the back end of the innocent driver’s car
Cpl. Daniel R. Abramovitz was on duty when the driver of the bus failed to yield, investigators said
A fatal moped crash during a police pursuit sparked protests and clashes with police
Investigators first thought the car was being driven along a highway, but then realized it was on board a tractor trailer with other stolen cars
A pursuit ensued when a suspect drove off with an elderly woman and her infant grandson still in the car, police said
Corporal Adam McMillan suffered head trauma after his patrol car collided with a city bus
A man jacked the unoccupied patrol car while the officer was responding to a call nearby, police said
Chief Greg Graham was the only person in the single-engine private plane
A chaotic police pursuit ended in a slew of charges for one man
The car was already engulfed in flames when Cpl. Pheng Ly pulled the woman out by her arms
Officials say some details of the event, which involved a physical altercation and a crash, remain unclear
Seven people, including two police officers, jumped into the water in a rescue that was captured on security video
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