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.
Telogis is able to gather vehicle data specific to the officers’ driving environment to keep officers on the road safer and more aware
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
Rockdale County Sheriff Eric Levett says high-speed chases too often end with a bang, and that is a problem
The crime-fighting vehicles get a new look and features for this summer
Agency has acquired nine of the single-passenger cars for the pilot program and currently is trying one out in Central Park
If you’re going to crash into a car while fleeing police, don’t crash into these people
Police believe the suspect came in contact with gasoline during the crash, causing the fire after the ECD connected
Drivers are doing double takes as they come upon quirky road signs sprinkled along a major street
Doubts over the legality — and wisdom — of the attorney’s tactics have been expressed by legal experts and local authorities
Gunman leading police on pursuit smashed into cars, veered into oncoming traffic, stole a vehicle and ran down a crowded street before officers shot him
Officers responded to the scene Christmas Day and found the driver locked inside the car, suffering from smoke inhalation
The bomb-squad officer behind the wheel, a 20-year department veteran, did not initially realize he struck a person very early Monday
Woman had pointed a gun at store security guards and then tried to carjack at least three people at gunpoint before turning her revolver on officers
The car was shot at several times, but only one bullet struck the vehicle
Told a 13-year-old girl to stop whining after a hit-and-run crash that killed her father
Coast Guard member shot two colleagues at a condo complex Thursday, lit a car on fire to hamper police, planted fake bombs and then opened fire on cops
An officer feared he was in danger when he twice used a stun gun on a 78-year-old diabetic driver with low blood sugar who crashed into several cars and refused orders to stop
Officers fired shots at the vehicle in an attempt to stop an armed robbery suspect who escaped from a Tenn. mental-health facility in January
Man fired on firefighters and law enforcement before killing himself
Trooper was killed and another seriously injured Saturday after a vehicle struck both of the officers as they were responding to an overturned semi
Detective Michael Starrett was en route to the scene of a fatal accident when he collided head-on with a pickup truck
17-year-old who was fatally shot Monday while driving a stolen car was accused in a separate incident of eluding an officer and resisting arrest 3 weeks prior
Officer involved in the deadly shooting of a 17-year-old may have been injured trying to get out of the way of a stolen car
Policies vary among agencies, and some departments have banned or discouraged the practice