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.
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
In a report released Friday, the Denver medical examiner’s office said Jessica Hernandez also had marijuana and a small amount of alcohol in her system
A carjacker picked the wrong vehicle Saturday in Florida
Inquiry underway into whether officers’ use of force was justified in the pursuit of a suspect who is accused of crashing into a cop and badly injuring him
Officer John Shipman was on his way home from an off-duty security job when he noticed a man walking on the side of the road in 19-degree weather
Detectives are questioning Andrew J. Neal in connection with the shooting of Officer Jordan Davis
Officer stopped to assist a driver who had gone off the road into the median February 14 when the crash occurred
Erich Nowsch, 19, was arrested on suspicion of murder Thursday after SWAT teams surrounded his home
SWAT teams were at a home about a block from where victim Tammy Meyers lived
“Nothing on that video suggests that we were violating anyone’s rights. That’s what makes it even more perplexing to me”
Man poured water on a freezing road to try to fool officers into thinking the cause of his drunken car crash was black ice
The suspect fled on foot after crashing his vehicle as a result of drunk driving
44-year-old Samori Kwame Walden was leaving as police arrived and then drove south on the interstate before shooting himself and crashing his car
The carjacker held the owner at gunpoint from the passenger’s seat, then ordered the driver out in an attempt to drive off, but failed
Technology, training, and awareness are at their peak and we must take advantage to improve our profession
Jessica Liesmann and her boyfriend yanked the suspect out of his car and body-slammed him on the pavement after he hit Liesmann’s vehicle
