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.
At issue is whether the actions of the police shooting at the vehicle as it attempted to escape constituted excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment
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Missouri State Trooper Cody Dunfee still doesn’t know why his instincts were to lunge at the suspect’s car as it took off
Fleeing SUV hit and dragged the woman
Dash cam video has been released capturing a dangerous pursuit of two burglary suspects
Man was angry about a pot possession arrest when he drove a tractor over six cruisers and a van owned by the Orleans County Sheriffs’ Department in 2012
Foot pursuit continued even after the suspect was hit with a baton and ended with him slamming an SUV into a restaurant
Prosecutors aim to file new charges against a woman in a chaotic 2013 traffic stop during which an officer fired shots at her van full of kids
28-year-old Officer Jordan Corder was thrown from his motorcycle after striking another driver
Man who crashed his car trying to evade police sped off in and wrecked a police car — then returned to the site in a third vehicle to shoot at deputies
After a pizza delivery driver was injured in a crash in Portland, Oregon, two police officers completed the delivery for him
36-year-old Officer Nicholas Guerrero suffered a “very serious head injury” after he and another officer stopped a car on an arrest warrant
Dash cam video captured an officer’s race against time to save a driver choking on the highway
An officer was killed and eight other officers were injured after a police van crashed Sunday
Sgt. Mike Batchik and Captain Dave Brown responded to the scene of two vehicles on fire in a grocery store parking lot Monday
Police arrested 29-year-old Charles Smith on outstanding warrants Thursday and placed him, handcuffed, in the back of a cruiser
The vehicle collided with another car and then slammed into the eatery Friday
Police across the country are increasingly monitoring car license plates, compiling giant databases of citizens and their daily comings and goings
Divers found the body of a missing Central Texas sheriff’s deputy Friday, a day after her patrol car was found swamped by floodwaters
Searchers are trying to find a deputy who has been missing since she reported her patrol vehicle was swamped
A woman is dead and a police officer has been seriously injured after she slammed into his patrol car Wednesday morning
13-year-old stole his parents’ car, ran over an officer’s leg and rammed three patrol cars before being struck with a TASER and arrested
Officer drove his cruiser to the front of traffic to protect other drivers. It was then that the suspect closed in, and he prepared for impact
Authorities say an officer in Washington state who had been shot in the leg by a suspect got back into his patrol car and pursued the fleeing man
Whether you’re a motor cop or you ride for fun off-duty, you need to stay extra vigilant on two wheels
A Border Patrol agent involved in a Friday morning car wreck while on duty died from his injuries
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Department responded by taking its business elsewhere
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