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.
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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
Woman informed deputies she thought she was parking in front of another bar
Man is in critical condition after jumping into an unmarked patrol car and grabbing an officer’s gun
Driver who police say struck and killed three teenage trick-or-treaters on Halloween before fleeing with his own children had recently pleaded guilty to a separate hit-and run
The girls were in a crosswalk near. an elementary school in Santa Ana when the SUV with two men inside hit them about 6:45 p.m
Officers had just bought the candy and planned to give it away to trick-or-treaters at the police station
Authorities have arrested the motorcycle rider suspected of filming and waving off an officer who was trying to stop him and other riders doing stunts
37-year-old Officer David Payne was stopped at a red light early Friday when a vehicle struck his motorcycle from behind
Police say a woman wearing a zombie costume and makeup was charged with drunken driving twice within three hours
Telogis is able to gather vehicle data specific to the officers’ driving environment to keep officers on the road safer and more aware
32-year-old Jesse Valdez III was driving in his patrol car when an SUV crossed into oncoming traffic at an intersection and slammed into him
34-year-old Officer Bryant Holmes was struck by a vehicle while driving his motorcycle and was pronounced dead at the scene
Deputy died after being struck by a vehicle while conducting a traffic stop Tuesday
Three officers are being commended for rescuing an unconscious woman from a burning car after it slammed into a tree
A Rio Rancho police officer died in a single-vehicle crash while en route to a call of an assault
At least a dozen people were injured when a stolen truck crashed into a bar while being pursued by police
Police identified suspect as Jeremy Bustos, 43, and said he was rushed to a hospital along with an Avondale police officer who was injured in the collision
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