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.
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
Here are five things you should know about the suspect at the center of an ongoing crime spree
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
Officials obtained a DNA sample from the donor to identify any limb that’s recovered
A family member had let the dogs out about 4 a.m. and saw two people in the SUV
Five years of police data backup racial disparity claims, a New York Times analysis found
Dashcam shows the controversial shooting of teen in a drug sting and clears officer of wrongdoing
Leveraging massive economies of scale for back-end storage and software updating, new in-car video hardware is far more affordable than police agencies are presently accustomed to
A vehicular homicide defendant asked to toss out blood-alcohol sample because it was taken out of legal timeframe
The windows on certain cars automatically roll down in high temperatures
Police say suspect had a blood-alcohol content of 0.20 percent
The officer shot the armed man after he refused to drop his gun
Officials believe it’s the first time that driverless technology this advanced has been tested on an actual highway
The owner had the snake draped around his neck and hidden under his jacket
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.