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.
Technology, training, and awareness are at their peak and we must take advantage to improve our profession
Here are 10 things to keep in mind to mitigate the risk of ambush in your patrol vehicle
Utah’s Salt Lake County, an area that encompasses highly congested urban stretches, rural mountain terrain and everything in between, can now provide rescue and medical assistance in any of those areas
Sgt. Greg Moore was a 16-year veteran of the Coeur d’Alene department
40-year-old Lt. Eric Eslary and his K-9, Blek, were on patrol and traveling in an SUV when a van crashed into them
Floyd Simpson, 51, became the city’s first black police chief when he was hired in March 2012
Gil Datan died in rugged terrain on timber lands after county officials believe he rolled his ATV
Mesquite police Officers Ryan Nielson and Autumn Soto are being praised for the rescue of 25-year-old Hector Valles
Officer suffered two broken arms, a broken leg, and trauma in his head and neck from the attack
Supreme Court said police may not extend a traffic stop to seek evidence of crimes unrelated to the offense that prompted initial stop
Video captured two officers saving a suspected DUI driver mere moments before her vehicle burst into flames
The suspect managed to get his handcuffs in front of him and drive away
Ofc. Michael Rapiejko told an investigator he considered shooting the suspect but that doing so would put other officers and bystanders at risk
Coen ruled Thursday that there was enough evidence for Knight, 49, to stand trial on charges that he killed Terry Carter and attempted to kill Cle “Bone” Sloan
The SUV was struck on its passenger’s side, causing it to roll onto its hood and slide before coming to rest near an alleyway
Ambulances were dispatched when an SUV carrying two law enforcement dogs caught fire
The driver drove on the sidewalk, hit several parked cars and rammed the unmarked police car
29-year-old Frantzy Armand stole a cruiser and opened fire on cops
City Council is scheduled on Wednesday to decide whether to approve a settlement of $5M to suspect’s family
Officer used his cruiser to ram an armed suspect who was firing his weapon into the air
69-year-old John Arthur Benedict was driving a white Crown Victoria with strobe lights and police markings when he flashed his lights at two deputies
Suspect was shot and wounded after opening fire on an officer with a rifle and leading police on a pursuit
New charges came after a man reported his car missing Friday morning
Officer died and two other people were injured Sunday when the officer collided with a vehicle while transporting a juvenile to a detention center
Witnesses who were riding a cable car saw the black sedan go airborne, and the windshield was badly damaged
Suspect led police on multiple pursuits, stealing vehicles whenever police used stopped sticks on whatever car he was in
An officer died and two suspects were arrested after a high-speed pursuit Tuesday
Police say two people have been arrested and the search is on for a third after gunfire from a vehicle damaged a patrol car
Four officers were pursuing an offender who struck two squad cars in an effort to elude police
Officer was on his way to a call when his vehicle and a commercial tractor-trailer collided
California Highway Patrol Officer Sergio Flores responded to the scene after a television news videographer noticed the car stopped on the highway
Driver suffered only minor injuries because a depression in the roof of the car created a space that enveloped her
