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.
Police near Pittsburgh say a handcuffed shoplifting suspect climbed into the front of a patrol car and raced off at speeds of up to 100 mph
Officer is hospitalized with serious injuries after being run down Tuesday night by a possible burglary suspect
Officer kept a teenager from being hit by a car as the youth walked along a suburban New York highway
Man suspected of stealing money from a gas station was captured about an hour later after he crashed his car while driving drunk
Officer Craig Chandler has died as a result of injuries sustained in a crash during a pursuit Nov. 23
Matthew Christian Cash was high on PCP when he slammed his vehicle into a cruiser and two other parked vehicles
Gene Thomas Brandon, Jr., who has a history of mental illness, was delusional at the time of the attack
Man sped from the scene after hitting the officer with his car but was later captured after causing a string of crashes
No officers were injured in the rampage
Officer noticed suspect trying to put her vehicle into gear and reached into her window in an attempt to pull the keys out of the ignition
Newly released video footage from officer’s lapel camera shows motorist opening a driver door and firing shots during the weekend traffic stop
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