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.
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
A Texas sheriff’s deputy died Friday after losing control of his patrol vehicle
Vehicle being chased by police slammed into a Kansas City building Thursday, causing the structure to partially collapse
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
