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.
The app’s police-tracking feature notifies drivers of any nearby law enforcement vehicles and patrol activity
As the number of citizens diagnosed with high-functioning autism increases, LE interaction with these individuals is more likely
Legislators took a big step toward improving relations between LE and drivers diagnosed with communication disabilities, such as autism, PTSD and hearing impairments
A group of individuals riding dirt bikes were caught on video circling a lone NYPD officer’s vehicle repeatedly before speeding off
The girl and her passenger tried to run from police after the vehicle was stopped, authorities say
Chief Michael Knapp had a long career serving in law enforcement at national and local levels
The suspect began fighting with deputies, hit one with a vehicle door as he sped away
The officer swerved to avoid a driver traveling the wrong way on the road, hit a tree
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
The 2020 Ford Interceptor Utility hybrid is introducing a new paradigm in police patrol vehicles
If hybrids aren’t currently part of your fleet, you may be overlooking an opportunity for significant savings without sacrificing operational capability
With some creative thinking, strategic writing and matching your needs to the grant agency’s purpose, you could be awarded funding to upgrade your department’s fleet
The sheer utility of SUVs has proven capable of supporting a variety of police operational functions
It’s not just the mobile data terminals inside police vehicles that are vulnerable to cyberattacks
His department posted a dashcam video of the collision on Twitter, urged people to drive carefully around LE
The array of technology in today’s police vehicles adds markedly to their utility and safety for the officers who operate them
The two officers had to pull the woman through the window as the car’s engine burned
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
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