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.
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
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”
Police shot machete-wielding man after chasing him in a stolen truck he rammed into a police patrol car, seriously injuring an officer
MRAP acquired from the military has been the subject of controversy for months after the department accepted it
Officer with sirens on waved away as pack of roughly 50 riders can be seen speeding, doing wheelies and standing on their bikes
20-year-old Kayelisa Martin’s son was already dead when she struck a fire hydrant with her mother’s car on Aug. 7
Cell phone video captured a bizarre pursuit Sunday of a horse that broke free of its carriage driver
Dash cam video captured a close call for two New Jersey troopers and a driver after a speeding Jeep sideswiped their cars during a traffic stop
A police officer, who is also a fire chief, was killed in a car crash while responding to a house fire Monday
Cell phone video captured an interaction between a Washington man and the sheriff’s deputy he accused of breaking the law
Man accused of shooting at police stations, patrol cars and officers told detectives he wanted to be killed and was disappointed in their marksmanship
Officer’s body camera was activated during the arrest of a woman suspected of DWI – capturing the moment the woman attempted to frame him
A man being treated by paramedics stole an ambulance and led police on a pursuit that ended in a traffic collision, sending two women to the hospital
When Officer Kevin Nebbia started to arrest the suspect on outstanding warrants, the minivan peeled out, dragging Nebbia
Investigators are trying to determine what set a man on an hour-long shooting spree against police stations, patrol cars and officers in three different towns
Trooper located a car along Interstate 68 on Tuesday to provide life-saving aid to a non-breathing infant
Officials Tuesday downplayed a recent report about falsified patrol records, saying it was an isolated problem that had been overstated and corrected
Another person suffered non-life threatening injuries when a bullet from the officer’s gun ricocheted off the pavement
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