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.
Whether our profession made the conscious decision to change or we’ve bent to the pressures of society, the culture of law enforcement is ever-changing — let’s make it for the better
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Ryon Cumberbatch, 29, faces a charge of second-degree vehicular homicide
A Florida city has paid a $25K settlement to a woman ordered to shake out her bra during a traffic stop
Officer Christopher Goodell was operating radar when a truck went onto the shoulder of the road and struck his parked car
Ten years ago, local lawmakers looked at a high-profile DUI case, listened to law enforcement and said, “Enough is enough”
Police are unsure what caused the confrontation, but the Internal Affairs lieutenant offered identification before exiting the vehicle
Officers were injured and a squad car was damaged when a fight broke out and bottles were thrown among a large crowd that had gathered for a concert
One person was seriously injured and had to be airlifted to the hospital
Coroner says a transport vehicle that dropped a corpse onto a busy roadway was to have been taken out of service later this month and replaced
Gunman shot Officer Melvin Santiago in the head shortly after he and his partner arrived at a 24-hour Walgreens
A man arrested after he was caught inside a Ford F-150 pickup that didn’t belong to him offered an explanation for his actions
Prosecutors who spent months investigating the shooting of Miriam Carey said that officers from the Secret Service and the Capitol Police did not use excessive force
Police say they parked the unmarked vehicle on Tuesday as part of an investigation then arrested the man when he showed up in a tow truck
Lexington police are considering changes to the city’s cruiser policy that would allow officers to use city-owned vehicles for personal use for a $50 monthly fee
Widow said she wanted to keep her husband’s truck but could no longer afford her lease
The incident began after the officer witnessed 37-year-old Livingston Manners run a stop sign June 27
CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow vowed to complete a comprehensive investigation in weeks instead of the usual months
As an officer waited at a red light, a car careened through the intersection — slamming into two vehicles before striking the cruiser
Agitated Angus cow rampaged through town, tossing a police officer into the air and jumping on a patrol car
Police have arrested two people for operating a drone that came within 800 feet of a police helicopter
Anthony McGuire, 39, of Salem was arrested Saturday after the motorcyclist and two employees from the car lot sensed something was off
A fuss over an officer’s vanity plate has blown up into a constitutional debate that could lead to the Indiana General Assembly deciding whether to rewrite the law or stop selling personalized license plates altogether
K-9 Anka was frightened by the sound of fireworks in the area and escaped from her kennel by ripping off a part of the fencing
A woman died and two Pennsylvania State Police troopers were injured in the early-morning crash Saturday
A good Samaritan who came to the aid of a woman being assaulted by twin brothers was brutally beaten by the suspects before being run over by a driver
