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.
Police dash cams have assisted agencies across the country in developing community trust and enhancing officer safety
Police recruits and veteran cops failed to notice a gun on a vehicle’s dashboard during a simulated traffic stop. Could inattentional blindness be to blame?
A reasonable and intelligent strategy for defeating terror attacks cannot focus on the tool used by the attacker, but must focus on the attacker himself
Make sure you’re current on your state’s driving while intoxicated and implied consent laws
Jess Harrell was holding what appeared to be a gun as he attempted to get out of the trunk
Trooper Cody Donahue was out of his vehicle when he was hit by a commercial truck pulling a trailer
Boston police have arrested the driver they say injured four officers with his car
32-year-old Deputy Eric Oliver has a 6-year-old daughter
Imposing ticket quotas on your officers to measure performance is an easy way to supervise, but it’s not the most effective
Jim and Doug discuss what people can do to ensure that whatever the circumstance, everyone goes home safe after the encounter
Protests erupted following the fatal police shooting of a black man
A Florida man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for deliberately running down a New York state trooper
In their ongoing effort to slow speeding drivers, police are getting more detailed data, allowing timely enforcement in areas where speeding poses the most danger
A suburban Salt Lake City officer was deploying tire spikes when he was struck and killed by a stolen vehicle
The NLEOMF says that ambush attacks on police officers have increased by 167 percent this year — here are some thoughts on how to win these deadly encounters
A video allegedly shows Scott Greene clashing with officers at a high school football game
A motorcycle officer died Tuesday in a multi-vehicle crash
The officer’s death led to a law which requires a license suspension or the installation of ignition interlocks for anyone with a BAC measuring more than .08
The man then drove into a neighborhood and dashed in a backyard, where officers took him into custody
The department is testing out the car’s viability in patrol duty scenarios
Trooper Timothy Pratt, 55, was struck after he stopped his car to check out a tractor-trailer parked in the median
The widow of a state trooper killed by a driver accused of smoking marijuana before the crash is making an emotional plea
Here are five things you should know about the suspect at the center of an ongoing crime spree
Officer Hilary Lundberg was assisting a motorist with a flat tire when another driver struck her squad car, sending it across the highway
Sergeant Lou Maldonado of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department spoke about how his agency changed the way its cops drive — from seatbelt use to speeds
If you’re reading this and you’re a fellow officer, let me remind you: The Silent Majority is there for us
It’s a simple equation
I had been a cop for five or six years and always thought I had everything a cop would need, but suddenly here was a “last request” I could not fulfill
People are always asking me what they need to say or do to get out of a ticket