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.
While PDs spend a lot of effort training officers on safe traffic stop tactics, one solution is to minimize the time officers actually spend engaged in traffic stops
Having an ‘eye in the sky’ can be a key tool for both foot pursuits and short-range vehicle pursuits
Jim and Doug discuss best practices for report writing, and ponder what the future holds
The trooper was to be married Oct. 7
Three people were arrested during a protest after a vigil for a knife-wielding student who was fatally shot by campus police
Your first mission is to ensure you are always aware of your surroundings – even when you are at your own house
The second-highest ranking official is resigning amid an ongoing review into whether troopers were being ordered to meet ticket quotas
The deputy is survived by his wife and four children
Three people sustained minor injuries
The back-to-back car attacks could have been far deadlier had an Islamic terrorist cell’s base not been destroyed by an apparently accidental explosion this week
The response comes after an email written by a FHP supervisor ordering troopers to write two traffic citations per hour emerged
A Vermont man has denied charges he sprayed liquid manure on a marked CBP car after confronting an agent
Victims were left sprawled in the street, spattered with blood or crippled by broken limbs
Viral photos of two cops napping in their cruiser offer reminders of the officer safety issues stemming from the fatal fatigue of shift work
After this officer’s squad car was swept away in flood waters, he drew all his strength from within to survive
Officials are using the hashtag #HeatStrokeKills to spread the message about this preventable tragedy
Too many cops are killed during vehicle pursuits and their deaths should be considered murder, not the outcome of an inherent risk in a dangerous profession
The teen’s injuries were so severe that an LEO was tasked with driving while EMTs kept the victim in stable condition
The fireworks were the type normally shot in the air
The trooper suffered non-life threatening injuries
A longtime officer in Fulton County died as he was helping a woman who had struck a deer
Officer Miosotis Familia was wrapping up her shift when the man fired one round through the passenger-side window and struck her in the head
The bullet fragment pulled from Bianca Roberson’s head during an autopsy matched the caliber of gun they found at the suspect’s house
According to the Los Angeles County Probation Department, transit fare evasion is the number one cause of juvenile citations in LA County
The state’s House and Senate members agree that new drivers should be taught what’s considered appropriate if they are stopped by police on the road
In the past the judge has told a drunken driver to view crash victims’ bodies at a morgue
A man hired to portray the Tin Man in “Wizard of Oz” author L. Frank Baum’s hometown was still in his character’s makeup when his mug shot was taken
The officer was dragged by a driver in a stolen car for more than two blocks
Ford has faced multiple lawsuits alleging their Explorer is making police officers and civilians sick
An analysis of recent ambush wins shows the reasons for victories jump off the pages because they are virtually all alike