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 a police professional, you should make the decision now on what type of calls or responses you’re willing to place your life at extreme risk
Woman reported to an officer that a car was following her. Moments later, another car pulled up and a man opened fire
Car company Tesla and the Palo Alto Police Department poked fun at parking tickets in a video posted on April Fools’ Day
Since Uber’s inception, a number of drivers for the popular ride-hailing service have been accused of criminal activity
Detective heard on video berating driver was stripped of his gun and badge Wednesday and will be transferred from the police anti-terrorism division
Both the suspect and officer were treated at a hospital after suffering minor injuries in the collision
Ricky Shawatza Hall, 27, was killed Monday when NSA police opened fire on a stolen car that then crashed into a police vehicle
SUV’s owner picked up the two men, dressed as women, in Baltimore and then headed to the Terrace Motel in Elkridge
Later apologized for not pulling over and said he feared he would be fired if he was late for work
FBI spokeswoman said the incident was not believed to be linked to terrorism
Witnesses say a driver turned into the procession Saturday, sending George Brooks into the air before he hit the pavement
Officer returned fire during Sunday’s encounter in Santa Clarita
Official said it appeared suspect was pointing a gun at officers as he was being pursued
Family’s attorney believes gas inside the vehicle was ignited by the ECD, causing the deadly explosion
Christopher Booker, 42, apparently suffered a seizure on Dec. 3, when he struck John Adsit and other officers who were monitoring a protest
Man killed after police said he drove a Maserati toward them admitted last year to driving toward another officer and accelerating, according to court records
Officer Cesar Nelson responded to a domestic disturbance February 16 when the attempted ambush occurred
Spring can become unseated and may become unlatched in a side-impact crash, increasing the risk of injury
Family members calling for investigation into whether plainclothes cops who killed woman had properly ID’d themselves when they approached her car
Investigators have applied for a warrant to test the driver’s blood-alcohol level following the crash early Friday
Officer who was badly injured in an on-duty car crash last year recently received a $70K device to aid in his recovery
Car carrying 3 off-duty NJ cops crashed into a truck Friday, killing 1 cop and another person and leaving 2 officers critically injured
Washington State Troopers arrested a 36-year-old man who they say drove a stolen car into their parking lot at a district office
At one point the motorcyclist was cornered in a dead-end street but drove right past an officer, almost clipping the patrol car’s open door
Officials said the officer, one of two motorcycle officers working the funeral procession, died at a hospital
Two plainclothes officers shot and killed a woman who they said was driving erratically and hitting other motorists Tuesday evening
23-year-old Jose Espinoza ran from police after being caught with a stolen car
26-year-old officer was responding to a call when he over-corrected in an attempt to avoid another vehicle
Blood-alcohol content was 0.18 percent, more than twice the legal limit
The pre-dawn attacks were not the first ones this year