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.
Few forces are shaping law enforcement like video
We asked our Facebook and LinkedIn audiences what they’d like to see in the coming year
Jim and Doug discuss this troubling trend
Lt. Paul Kotter revealed for the first time the harrowing details of the Aug. 28 traffic stop that nearly killed him
Shots from a sawed-off shotgun went through the cruiser’s windshield, but the troopers were not hurt
Armed man ordered an Ohio highway patrol trooper out of his car before the trooper fatally shot him
State police say they released the video to remind motorists about the dangers of being stopped on a highway
Trooper Casey was released from a hospital on Wednesday
In the air, if a fighter pilot needs to direct attention to a specific tactical navigation system for four or five seconds, he or she can do so safely — a pursuit driver does not have that same luxury
Thirty-one-year-old Trooper Patrick Casey was shot in the shoulder
Both officers were responding to a shooting call near a downtown restaurant that turned out to be a suicide
Officer Ryan P. Copeland was the 274th police officer to be killed on duty in the state’s history
The other officer was not wearing a seatbelt either but he survived
The money will go toward programs held nearly a dozen times a year that have been extremely successful
Included are educational presentations, DUI checkpoints, saturation patrols, motorcycle and distracted driving enforcement
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