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 Supreme Court is making it clear that the Fourth amendment allows the use of deadly force to stop drivers in those exceptional cases when their actions pose a very serious threat to public safety
Think warriors don’t place a premium on safety? Tell that to a fighter pilot
A full-time officer and part-time sheriff’s deputy was killed in a crash early Tuesday while responding to an accident
1,000-pound cow jumped a 6-foot fence and bolted through the streets before police shot and killed it following a lengthy pursuit
Police arrested a 31-year-old Kansas City, Kan. man Sunday morning suspected of shooting a Pleasant Valley, Mo. officer in the face late Saturday
Baltimore police officer was in stable condition Monday morning after being shot during a traffic stop
Officer was killed Sunday in a two-vehicle accident while pursuing a third vehicle
Supreme Court says police are justified in making a traffic stop even if it turns out the officers are mistaken in thinking the driver broke the law
Three Chicago police officers were seriously hurt when their marked squad car was hit by another car Wednesday
Lowell police pulled several motorists over and surprised them with Christmas gifts in a video gone viral
Despite its attention-grabbing name, developer says “Driving While Black” app will provide common sense advice to motorists of all races on how to safely interact with police during traffic stops
Dash cam video has been released capturing a Texas officer getting shot in a drive-by while conducting an unrelated traffic stop
Deputy contends he was the victim of retaliation following his 2006 arrest of Gibson
Hitting a patrol car isn’t the best way to end a traffic stop, but it worked out for one 87-year-old Nevada woman rushing to see her ailing son
21-year-old man was ordered to serve 25 years in prison for shooting at police after he ran from a state trooper in 2013
Concerns over distracted driving have prompted Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials to propose dramatically curbing use of in-car computers
Special agent suffered a head injury and a broken leg when he was hit by a suspect’s car
A deputy died Sunday after striking a tree while in pursuit of a suspect
Video posted to YouTube captured a brazen pack of bikers in Los Angeles taunting and evading police as officers pursue them in cruisers and a helicopter
Car being pursued by officers crashed into a building, which then collapsed on the vehicle, killing two suspects
Less than an hour after she was released on Thanksgiving, Shaday Gamble was back behind bars
Homeless man claimed he was heading to strip club in the stolen vehicle
Officer was critically injured and underwent about five hours of surgery on Wednesday
Driver suffered a medical emergency on Wednesday and hit officers on bicycles, injuring one critically
Authorities say two teenagers attempting to carjack a vehicle in Houston were foiled by a stick shift
Researchers at Washington State University are working on a breath test to determine if a driver is under the influence of marijuana
Gunfire was reported but no one was wounded
Officer in grave condition after the patrol car he was in slammed into a telephone pole Sunday
Vehicle collided with a patrol car driven by Deputy James Hart