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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.

Jim and Doug offer their thoughts on some of the comments from our listeners
As you honor those who have paid with their lives, challenge yourself by examining your actions and where you are vulnerable
Officers who work motor patrol have to document traffic collisions far more frequently than officers working directed patrol or other police duties, but at any time you may be called to this task
The vehicle was designed as a lightweight option for law enforcement to keep up with sports cars of the time in pursuits
The photo posted by the sheriff’s department warns Facebook fans what can happen after a ‘few beers’
Officer Patricia Marty was treated for smoke inhalation
The trooper told the other driver he was on anesthesia
The officers are ‘greatly disturbed’ by lack of support from chief and other public officials
Officer William Solomon was struck by a tractor-trailer while directing traffic
Police say the woman offered a stranger $3 for a ride back to her crashed vehicle
The man came to the aid of the officer after a serious collision
Trooper Jaimie Jursevics leaves behind her husband and young child
The three males who were shot were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries
The self-driving cars were involved in 11 minor accidents over the past six years
Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett pleaded guilty to last month’s DUI charges and apologized for his behavior
More than a dozen New Yorkers have been killed or injured by cars, buses and trucks in the last two weeks
The department is conducting its own analysis after a New York Times article criticized policing in the city
Voice software is the next frontier
Police say the pursuit led to the car crashing through a gate at a golf course
The ruling bolsters previous decisions that give police the benefit of the doubt when they encounter dangerous situations
The department released dramatic body cam footage of an officer opening fire on a car driving straight into him
A state law meant to prevent racial profiling requires authorities to document the race of every driver
The goal of police training is to prepare officers for myriad situations
The politician has since apologized for his behavior during the traffic stop
Police say the man had the child over for dinner, and the boy’s parents didn’t know the neighbor was drunk
Officer Stacy Case was responding to a call when she died
The boy was shot when he was in the front seat of a vehicle officers fired into during a pursuit with the boy’s father
It was decided messages on state-issued license plates amount to government speech