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.
We have a long history of making changes in order to make our officers safer — but those changes didn’t occur overnight and they didn’t come without struggles
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
Waldo is one of only two U.S. towns officially labeled “traffic traps” by AAA
Department responded by taking its business elsewhere
Officer immediately called 911 and rushed over to the driver who was screaming for help
Vehicle slammed into the office and the driver fired at least four shots at the building
The officer was carried about 50 yards before he was thrown from the vehicle as the man fled the scene
Officer and Marine Corps veteran had worked for the LAPD for 18 months
Officer stopped a vehicle with multiple occupants when at least one person opened fire
44-year-old man was not in a crosswalk, and there were no street lights on the stretch of road where he was hit
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