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.
In the air, if a fighter pilot needs to direct attention to a specific tactical navigation system for four or five seconds, he or she can do so safely — a pursuit driver does not have that same luxury
Voice software is the next frontier
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
A fisherman spotted the car March 7, the day after it hit a cement barrier on a bridge and careened into the river in Spanish Fork
Prosecutors said shortly before the carjacking, the Tsarnaev brothers shot MIT Officer Sean Collier in a failed attempt to steal his gun
Died of a blood clot related to a crash that occurred on-duty last month
One suspected gunan died at the scene, another person was hospitalized in critical condition and two firefighters sustained minor injuries
Officer en route to training was killed in a crash early Wednesday
Suspect was handcuffed and put in the front seat of a CHP SUV when the incident occurred
Some of the pot bales that suspects tossed out of an SUV during a high-speed pursuit got picked up by passing vehicles
As four Utah police officers approached an overturned car discovered below a bridge in an icy river, they heard a woman’s voice asking softly for help
Cruiser left the roadway and struck a wooden fence
The officer had to be cut out of his vehicle, but he wasn’t hurt
Bomb-sniffing dogs turned up nothing after the incident Thursday afternoon
A two-officer patrol car stopped a vehicle when shots were fired in their direction
Heist was carefully planned and raises questions about who was involved other than the three armed robbers
Inspired by how well residents have handled a tough winter, police have been giving out gift cards for people using crosswalks and driving properly
Shortly after dusk along a lonely stretch of Interstate 95, armed robbers hijacked an armored truck, tied up the two guards and disappeared into the night
The collision occurred on a notoriously dangerous stretch of the road
Anchorage officer suffered broken leg after being struck by another officer’s vehicle Saturday while investigating a report of shoplifting
46-year-old Paul Duncan was assigned to the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau
Officer was dragged for more than 30 feet Saturday, then thrown into a parked car when the vehicle’s driver swerved in a bid to escape
