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 examine issues related to the legal availability of pot in an increasing number of states
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A federal judge has agreed to lift a 1997 injunction that prevented the state from taking the plates out of circulation
The federal civil lawsuit branches out from the “stop-and-rob scheme”
The new law streamlines local and state police responses to hit-and-run crashes that result in serious injury or death
Names of the officer and the driver have not been released
The rapper was was arrested in January 2014 while rushing to his mother’s funeral
The SUV ran into the elderly pedestrian as he attempted to cross the street
An officer determined her location from her live-steamed video, tracked her down and charged her with a DUI
Suspect was being held without bond
A group of suspects targeted the officer as he drove home
The woman crashed into a police cruiser during a bizarre incident captured on witness video
Video of the stop was posted on YouTube and got over 150K views
From being found in uniform without your duty weapon to having a prisoner escape, cops face many red-faced moments on a daily basis
An ambulance, semitrailer and three cars crashed on a freeway with no serious injuries
Authorities said the student was struck by the officer’s SUV as he lay on an unlit road at 4 a.m.
A car drove in front of the rig, causing it to swerve and hit the cruiser
Both officers yelled at the suspect to stop, then fired into the cab as he sped towards them.
The chief defended the motto as a great spirit-booster for his officers, who agreed on it together
If there was ever a murder case perfectly suited for media and public consumption it was the O.J. Simpson murder trial
A 2012 Supreme Court ruling didn’t specifically address the embedding of GPS devices pre-emptively in objects
Police departments around the country are getting creative when it comes to enforcement
Lawmakers predicted insurance fraud will drop because it is harder to falsify insurance papers electronically
The officers found the driver had been shot in the right forehead and right cheek
The estimated $2.3M cost will come from the city’s 2015-16 fleet vehicle budget
The officer was killed responding as backup for another officer
The man had put the car into idle when the dog bumped it into gear
The body-camera footage shows moments of the collision and events that followed
Authorities say they found 22 bricks of powdered heroin in a concealed compartment of a suspect’s trunk
The driver, a U.S. citizen, and two others in the vehicle are believed to be members of the smuggling organization
The lawsuit claims he was falsely arrested and mistreated when police charged him with driving under the influence
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