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.
This story is for any officer who has ever questioned if it’s worth being tied up for two hours with a DUI arrest
Walking the beat is a fundamental element to community policing
The officer was not injured by gunfire that struck the patrol car three times
A sheriff’s office helicopter was in flight when the pilot received an alert from his house, which showed a teen trying to break into his car
The gunman ultimately killed himself after a series of shootings and carjackings that ended with a high-speed police pursuit
Capt. Stan Elrod was a 27-year veteran of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Video shows a black Ford Taurus rolling up to a line of bicycles that protesters were using to block the road
The suspect slipped through the open window of a police cage, kicked an officer and stole a parked police car
A deputy and an off-duty police officer worked together to pull the girl from the wreck
Bryan Brown, a tribal police officer, died in the line of duty August 27 a few months before he was set to retire
“The deputy was able to avoid the initial attempt by the suspect to strike his vehicle but was unable to avoid another action that resulted in the collision,” the sheriff’s office said
The driver was using Tesla’s autopilot feature when the car slammed into a deputy’s patrol vehicle
This comes after a July 27 incident in which four police cars were set on fire around the city
The town manager ordered the flags removed from all Danvers Fire Department apparatus
Trooper Tyler Baker is credited with saving the 84-year-old man’s life
The 22-year-old college senior died while riding with a trooper who was attempting to stop a driver suspected of DUI
Investigators say Clara Paulino became trapped on a sweltering afternoon when the doors closed and a self-locking mechanism kicked in
The boaters are clinging to their overturned boat in the Gulf of Mexico when Cpl. Mitch Bollenbacher rides up
Authorities believe Brendan Unitt was thrown from his boat during strong wind gusts
Renton Police said the vehicle was locked and running “as is common practice for officers in the event of a priority incident”
The integration of the two technologies will get first responders detailed information about the crash before they arrive on scene
The new vehicles would be outfitted to more safely transport subjects with signs or symptoms of COVID-19
The officer had only seconds to spare before the train collided with the man’s wheelchair
Officer Juan Guallpa was driving his personal vehicle when he saw a car driving erratically with a person “hanging on to the hood pleading for the driver to stop”
Stoneham police officer Joe Ponzo says he was vacationing at the right place at the right time
First responders rescued a 2-year-old child who remains on life support; a 15-year-old died
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has launched an investigation of the incident
Officer Yarbrough died in the crash; a second officer sustained serious injuries
Sgt. Joseph Lazo died of injuries Thursday he sustained in the July 18 crash that killed 3 others
The driver, who’s car had become stuck on the tracks, was pulled out of the way just in time
The shop said it was canceling its contract “in the context of the current evaluation of community policing in Austin”