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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.

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
For these veteran cops who have pretty much seen and heard it all, the charity ride is an experience like no other
27-year-old Nathan-Michael W. Smith was responding to what was initially believed to be a call of a fellow trooper in distress
The collision killed an off-duty officer and a second man. A third officer was critically injured
Seven-year veteran Officer Kevin Toatley was hit head-on by an SUV traveling in the wrong direction
Suspect was arrested Friday evening after a SWAT team swarmed him at a Wal-Mart
The four shootings that police say he committed hit a tour bus, SUV and two cars
A Detroit officer’s motorcycle skidded Thursday on slick tar and loose gravel while escorting Biden
The deputy was in an unmarked vehicle
The three 18-year-olds used slingshots to shoot rocks at pedestrians and vehicles
An officer was stabbed in the back of the head after an altercation with a suspect
The Texas Rangers’ investigation findings would be turned over to a district attorney, then submitted to a grand jury
A village named Liberty must stand trial for arresting a man who wrote curse words on a speeding ticket
Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder is remembered for his selfless service to others
After recent ambush-style killings, authorities are taking threats against officers very seriously
The sounds of city vehicles on Los Angeles streets are about to get a bit quieter
Motorcycle officer was in an accident Friday while escorting Biden’s motorcade to LaGuardia Airport
Authorities announced that a man questioned is not the prime suspect in a string of freeway shootings
Police returned fire and shot the suspect before arresting him
Man said he forgot about the tickets until a conversation with a college friend reminded him
An officer surprised a speeding motorist when instead of giving a ticket, he offered a prayer
A speeding driver was angered the officer pulled her over and began to verbally assault the officer
Suspect drove 500 feet with the deputy hanging onto the driver’s side door before crashing into a fence and fleeing
One of the county’s top law enforcement officials said he didn’t see it as part of a ‘war on cops’
An Amarillo officer required surgery after a two-vehicle accident
A man pulled over for not wearing a seatbelt threatened the officers’ lives
Officers had already arrested suspects when woman confessed to hiding a gun
A police department in a Texas Bible Belt community has placed large “In God We Trust” decals on its patrol vehicles, drawing criticism from a watchdog group