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.
The “bread and butter” use for the technology is crime scene and accident scene reconstruction
An off-duty sergeant was struck and killed by a vehicle Saturday while he helped direct traffic following an accident
An officer who left his home after a verbal argument with his wife and was missing for nearly a week was found dead Sunday
College student who died after being run over by a police cruiser on Cape Cod was high on alcohol and drugs
It’s not clear what Garrett Gagne’s condition was before an officer hit his body en route to a burglary call
James Brooks, 19, was wanted in Sunday’s shooting and was captured by federal agents in Las Vegas
Police helicopter crashed on a residential street Wednesday and two officers were taken to a hospital for treatment of moderate injuries
The suspect accelerated and dragged the trooper about 100 feet on the roadway before the trooper let go
A police officer succumbed Tuesday to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident Monday evening
Nov. 22 gunbattles between an armed parolee and an officer and two sheriff’s deputies left the parolee dead and the officer and a bystander wounded
An NYC MTA officer died Monday from injuries he suffered after being struck by a vehicle on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge last year
Officials say the child, 10, was struck along a busy road in Franklin Township around 7 p.m. Sunday
Christopher Taylor, 18, was booked on suspicion of shooting at an occupied 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
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
Police detained the suspect, whose mental condition will be evaluated
Officers were responding to a radio call and driving slowly in a neighborhood when they saw the muzzle flash of a rifle pointed in their direction
Cliffside Park Police Officer Stephen Petruzzello, 22, was struck by an SUV and died after surgery days later
State court determined that a policy that makes it easier for unlicensed drivers to keep their cars instead of having them impounded after stops is lawful
Officer was hit by a car during a student protest in Denver on Dec. 3
Police said they suspect Isabel McDaniel was driving under the influence of a combination of unspecified drugs and alcohol
Officer was killed Sunday morning in a single-car accident on his way home from work
Officer was driving Friday when he was shot from a car parallel with his
A fugitive trying to evade an arrest warrant shot a Tampa-area police officer and then ran him over early Sunday, killing the officer
Big-city PDs and union leaders nationwide are warning the rank and file to wear body armor after a deadly ambush against police
Man wanted in Oklahoma killed himself during a pursuit, causing his truck to hit a car and seriously injure a couple
Man rammed his SUV into a police car, injuring two officers during a disturbance investigation Tuesday
Divided court on Thursday again upheld use of traffic camera enforcement by the state’s municipalities, reversing a lower court after a year of legal setbacks
Officer remains in serious condition Wednesday after a collision with a trash truck Tuesday morning
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