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.
A summary of a RAND report on license plate readers for law enforcement
How law enforcement agencies can use research findings to get community support and funding for ALPR systems
An increasing number of vehicles have automated driver assistant systems and NHTSA investigates collisions when those systems don’t perform as expected
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
Det. Curt Holland and a civilian were killed in the three-vehicle crash
Video shows the suspect charging at the officer with a flaming torch
The man had fallen off a Jet Ski, police said
The pursuit ended when the boy crashed into a tree, remarkably avoiding injury
The officer suffered minor burns, police said
A suspect who was sitting in the back of the patrol car was shot multiple times, officials said
City leaders called Officer Almedin Ajanovic a “hero” for helping two conductors escape after the train derailed
K-9 Faust found the motorcyclist lying in a ditch a quarter-mile from the scene, officials said
The encounter unfolded after officers stopped a man Wednesday morning and a woman pulled up to demand police let him go
A Las Vegas police report says the 10-month old girl was unintentionally locked in the car for at least an hour
