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.
Training to use an armored vehicle to breach a building is critical for successful deployment during tactical response
These programs help to reduce traffic congestion as a result of collisions, while increasing officer safety on the roadways
Creating and using ALPR is no longer in the category of innovative policing – it is an essential tool for effective law enforcement
The officers were attempting to serve warrants for the suspect’s arrest and a search of the property when the suspect fled in his truck
A man suspected of raping a 14-year-old he lured to a motel was fleeing from police on a California freeway when he drank cyanide as he drove and killed himself
The singer is reportedly a childhood friend of the officer
A sheriff’s deputy was killed Saturday morning after blown tire caused a semi tractor-trailer to crash into his patrol car
Two drivers face DUI charges in the deadly crashes
The chief said there are two active investigations following Officer Darren Weathers’ death
Officials said several people were hospitalized after a shooting outside the NSA campus, but none of the injuries were caused by gunfire
Authorities said the suspect barricaded himself in a police vehicle and fired a shot before surrendering to police
The 25-year-old officer was alone in his vehicle when it collided with a second vehicle
Sgt. Don Coppola Jr. said the officer’s injuries appear severe but not life threatening
Phoenix police are reviewing security procedures following recent thefts of two guns and other equipment from police cars
The deputy was caught between the open driver’s side door and the car
Jarate Dewayne Condit was killed in a fiery crash while on his way to training
“It’s called an acceleration lane, people. When you get into the interstate, you got to accelerate,” Trooper Ben Gardener said
Authorities said the deputy is in critical but stable condition after suffering multiple fractures that will require one or more surgeries
Police say the man walked into the Dallas Central Patrol parking lot at the city’s marshal’s office detention center and started hitting the cars
Students in an auto repair program have returned a rebuilt Cleveland cruiser destroyed during the celebration of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ NBA championship
The union said the attack shows how the department’s policy prohibiting officers from firing at moving vehicles puts its “officers’ lives in danger”
The officer repeatedly warned a man, who was swinging a knife at the LEO, to “stop moving” before the suspect was fatally shot
Police said Trooper Danielle Miller died as a result of injuries she sustained in the accident Saturday night
The officer was cleared after fatally shooting a man who tried to drive away in a police cruiser while handcuffed
A grand jury determined that the OIS of Joseph Santos, who was caught up in the search for someone who stole a patrol car, was justified
A Harvey police officer shot a man who subsequently hit the officer with a police vehicle he commandeered
A Boone County Sheriff’s deputy’s quick actions prevented him and other deputies from being struck by an oncoming car
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Police officers in Spain were surprised to find four tons of stolen oranges after a pursuit
The officer killed on Father’s Day left behind a young daughter
The deputy was in pursuit of a speeding driver when the suspect lost control of the car and crashed into flames
Police Commissioner Richard Ross said Monday that he had “some concerns” about a fatal OIS of a man who allegedly struck a pedestrian
