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.
Our profession has done a terrible job regarding car interior safety, and we need to remedy it
Ever notice how a picket fence along the road appears to be racing by at a blur immediately to your three or nine o’clock, but that same fence directly ahead of you barely appears to be moving at all? This is an illustration of how the eyes and brain use motion to assist us in judging speed and distance, including issues of “looming”
Dash cam video has been released capturing the shooting of a burglary suspect as he rammed into an officer’s patrol car in an escape attempt
Police have arrested a man suspected of shooting an Aurora officer during a Friday traffic stop
Sheriff’s deputy was killed Wednesday morning when a tractor-trailer overturned onto the deputy’s car
Ill. sheriff’s office investigating complaint that an officer pulled over a school bus while on its route — outside his jurisdiction — to deliver lunch to his son
Teen driving in the wrong lanes at speeds of more than 100 mph traveled about 35 miles before troopers used spike strips to stop her car
Before you go “Code 3” and activate your emergency lights and toggle that siren on, here are six things to consider
Dash cam video has been released capturing the violent escape attempt and shooting of a suspect wanted for manufacturing meth
After the drama of Alabama’s win over LSU Saturday, the Crimson Tide’s team doctors were called to action on the way home
A suspect who opened fire on an officer before fleeing in a squad car was taken to the ground by Good Samaritans
NJ man is headed to state prison for causing a fiery alcohol-related crash that killed an off-duty police officer
Dash cam video captured a potentially deadly accident involving a state trooper and a police officer
As Bruce Lee said, we need to “learn it until you forget it,” so that under the conditions we need it the most, you will perform it to your advantage without even thinking about it
Video captured police pursing a minivan through a golf course during a pursuit that stretched from Corona to Perris in Southern California
Some of the ticketed drivers claim the sting was unfair
While officers were investigating the crash, a vehicle barreled through the accident scene and fatally hit a dog
Los Angeles police fatally shot a man wanted on an assault charge Saturday night after a pursuit that involved multiple exchanges of gunfire
A teen volunteer firefighter and another man are being credited with saving the life of a police officer trapped inside a burning cruiser
LAPD has launched an investigation into the department’s participation in an Oct. 27 fundraiser as well as other events
A Texas deputy constable injured after being struck by a DWI driver in January has died from an infection that may be a direct result of the accident
An officer was shot as several uniformed and plainclothes officers tried to box the suspect’s car in Wednesday
Man eventually tried to steal a car that wouldn’t start while a police dog’s teeth were clamped to his arm
A 19-year-veteran deputy died Wednesday in a car crash after his vehicle went off the road
A fatal Alaska State Troopers helicopter crash was caused by the pilot’s decision to fly into bad weather and the agency’s inadequate safety management
A St. Paul police squad car and Green Line light-rail train collided Monday afternoon, knocking the officer unconscious
A sheriff’s deputy was killed in a crash Tuesday while en route to aid another officer involved in a pursuit
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