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.
The Supreme Court is making it clear that the Fourth amendment allows the use of deadly force to stop drivers in those exceptional cases when their actions pose a very serious threat to public safety
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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
The device, which would work much like a radar gun, could differentiate whether the occupants of a vehicle are texting or talking on their phone
Authorities cannot withhold the videos, even if they say they pertain to criminal or internal-affairs investigations
Johnny B. Felton Jr., 54, of Hinesville, Ga., was sentenced to 2 1/2 years of probation after pleading guilty
The officer who was dragged suffered a broken arm
The officer made a traffic stop around 2 a.m. when he was shot in the face
Livonia police were pursuing a man suspected in a home invasion when the suspect’s vehicle collided with a bystander, killing the driver.
Police said they resorted to force only after the passenger repeatedly refused to leave the car and kept reaching toward the back seat
Officer who pulled over a vehicle because a 5-year-old girl wasn’t secured in a booster seat decided a ticket wouldn’t cut it
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
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