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.
As some police agencies examine “no pursuit” policies, others are looking at new GPS tracking technologies
Jim and Doug discuss the difficulty with detecting and enforcing impaired driving as a result of marijuana intoxication
Officers often share their near misses with their close friends, but rarely are these stories, and the lessons learned from them, shared with officers across the country
The trooper had worked for Indiana State Police for four years
Sheriff’s Deputy Matt Jones and Police Chief Danny Krumnow were helping a motorist when another car hydroplaned and slid into them
It is critical that agencies conduct a formal review of all collisions
Earlier this month, a judge handed down life sentences with all but 30 years suspended to another 17-year-old and a 19-year-old
Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Tracy Vickers’ patrol car “unexpectedly” drove into a truck
Police say the men may be connected to as many as 25 burglaries across 3 states
In released audio, the LEO asks his department to send someone else to take his place
The attack comes as police grapple with what Police Chief Todd Axtell called a stretch of unprecedented violence in the city
Police officers were inside a housing building in Queens and returned to their vehicle to find their windshield damaged by a brick
The fire caused ammunition stored inside the cruiser to explode, so students were moved into the middle school’s gymnasium as a precaution
As the trooper was assisting a driver change a tire, a U-Haul truck driver drove off the road and hit his cruiser
Miraculously, only minor injuries resulted
The unusual MCI tested police, who’ve struggled to keep pace with the Permian Basin’s growth and were short-staffed
A Clearwater police officer is facing an ultimatum in her East Lake neighborhood
A parolee stole a police SUV near Dayton, Ohio, and crashed into a minivan filled with children
Officer Amy Caprio died in May 2018 while responding to a suspicious vehicle report
Two LAPD officers were stopped at an intersection about 11:30 p.m. when a man began shooting at them
The officers blame a design flaw in 2014-17 Explorer SUVs modified for police duty
Moments earlier, the officer tried to stop the suspect by using a TASER on him
Stephanie Schreurs rolled her police SUV at a sharp curve
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The approximately three-minute video was posted on Hogan’s Facebook page on Aug. 2
The inmate seized a gun from one of the troopers as they were driving the inmate back to prison from a court hearing
The suspect did not stop after the trooper collided with another vehicle, but was later captured
Easy-to-use electronic hacking tools available over the internet make vehicle theft easier
The deputy was declared dead at a hospital
Patrol vehicles seem to be getting smaller and smaller. Do cops have enough space?
