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.
Regardless of the situation, you must resist being so focused on providing assistance that you put yourself in danger
Setting a compliance baseline at the beginning of a vehicle stop can help improve officer safety
The app’s police-tracking feature notifies drivers of any nearby law enforcement vehicles and patrol activity
The suspect attacked a security guard and fled with her handgun onto a bus, police said
The retired veteran received a letter from the DMV, calling the request “offensive” and “threatening”
The woman is suspected of DUI and had a prior conviction, police said
The deputy rear-ended the Uber driver while trying to pullover a teenage suspect
The man struggled against responding officers who were trying to get him out of the car, police said
Both officers were on motorcycles escorting the vice president’s motorcade and sustained non-life-threatening injuries
The teens allegedly shot at officers during a pursuit that ended in 2 crashes
The Department of Transportation threatened the artist with summonses or worse if he doesn’t remove a blue line painted on a road divider
All vehicles were unoccupied; no officers or passersby were injured
Department officials said 14 vehicles were a total loss due to fire damage amid protests
The suspect was charged with 3 counts of first degree assault
The crash, which injured a second sheriff’s deputy, appears to be an accident, officials said
The group was riding in Texas when a vehicle crossed the center line and plowed into them
The suspect, who was seen at recent protests, was charged with reckless endangerment and criminal mischief
City officials said the windshield that an officer shot through was discarded and the unmarked vehicle was placed back into service
A man who allegedly poured accelerant on an unmarked cop car suffered burns himself in the process
“It’s not controversial that the Ford Police Interceptor helps officers do their job,” wrote CEO Jim Hackett in a letter to employees
A man is charged in the killing of one person and injuring another after he allegedly drove through a Black Lives Matter demonstration
The suspect is still at large, police said
Chief James Craig says the officers thought “they were being fired upon”
The 19-year-old is facing a slew of traffic-related charges, including DUI
Miami-Dade traffic homicide detectives are investigating the incident
Investigators haven’t said what caused suspects to begin firing into the group of hundreds
Uniontown Police Department Officer Jay Hanley was responding to assist two officers on another call when the crash occurred
The driver was captured on video plowing through a crowd of people, then speeding away from the scene
Police say Officer Mark Priebe may not be able to walk again
Four people, including two LAPD officers, were hospitalized following the multi-vehicle crash
The suspects hurled Molotov cocktails at vehicles in two separate instances, police said
Sheriff Andy Clark was responding to assist with a call when he was fatally injured in a traffic crash
Video of the incident posted online showed the cop get launched into the air and hit another vehicle
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