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.
Auto-related officer deaths are up 67 percent this year: how you drive is a choice
A HUD projects vital information from a source onto a clear surface so the operator does not have to move his or her eyes away from a focal point
The manhunt for two suspects in a fatal carjacking is on hold as detectives question two men believed to have information
Officer who was injured in an off-duty traffic accident earlier in the week died Saturday
More than $100,000 in rewards is being offered for the suspects’ capture
After driving around two sets of stop sticks, a deputy performed a PIT maneuver and was quickly met with gunshots from the suspect
Officer Jeffrey Westerfield was killed as he sat in his patrol car July 6
Each individual bike will be made to fit riders’ requirements
Officer Tito Rodriguez died Sunday in a traffic accident on his way to work
As the officer started to place the suspect under arrest, he began fighting the cop and reentered his vehicle – dragging the officer for a few feet as he sped off
Officers got calls Wednesday about a man walking in and out of traffic carrying the sword and occasionally swiping at cars
Stolen car collided with a fire truck, injuring a firefighter and two others, Tuesday night
Syracuse city police officer was looking at the computer inside his patrol car when he ran a red light and collided with an unmarked police vehicle
Trooper tried to stop the suspect, but the driver kept going, eventually leading to the dramatic scene
In the first half of the year, 67 officers died in the line of duty in the U.S.
Patrolman Matt Beck had just pulled over the suspected drunk driver when the man bolted into traffic
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
