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.
December is a deadly month — may a few reminders here help the heroes on the street during the end of the year
Code 3’s vLink puts you in control in or out of the car
The lights and sirens allow the 16 officials to quickly respond to events “to assess imminent threats to the public”
Attorney for officer who was placed on leave for refusing an assignment to work a gay pride parade last weekend said Monday that his client has been defamed
Department is asking the City Council to set aside $397K to double the amount of time helicopter can spend patrolling Oakland
Man armed with a rifle climbed onto the roof of a home after a pursuit Monday and then barricaded himself in a house
In the 15 seconds between complete engine failure and hitting the ground, officers were able to locate a field and make a hard landing
Man was suspected in an armed robbery when he pulled his car into a bustling Walmart parking lot in March 2010
County has escalated its enforcement of the defiant car-service industry, joining forces with the Miami-Dade Police Department to catch scofflaw drivers
Chief followed the driver for about two blocks before pulling the driver over
Superior Court decision granted officers right to search a vehicle during a traffic stop without first going to a district judge to obtain a warrant
Two police officers were taken to a hospital with minor injuries; no firefighters were injured
A deadly crash on Monday left an off-duty cop with questions about the behavior of other witnesses
Man and his 93-year-old mother decided to keep driving to get the woman’s body to a Michigan morgue
The officer was driving with his lights and sirens on when a vehicle made an illegal left turn in front of him and was broadsided
Deputy Jaron Fountain crashed into a ditch while responding to a burglary in progress that was discovered to be false
20-year-old Matthew Michael Lee McMahon activated a red and blue light Monday while driving behind an unmarked sheriff’s car
A massive manhunt for a heavily armed man in a helmet and body armor, suspected of stealing cruiser before abandoning it, ended last night
Michael Fujikawa sued the city, claiming his arrest was payback for refusing to put his hands on the dashboard and mouthing off to an officer
April 4 pursuit reached speeds of up to 115 miles per hour
The state highway patrol is investigating how a life jacket came off a handcuffed Iowa man after he went overboard
Online reports say Trooper Michael Trotta was listed in stable condition Monday morning
On Friday, the department announced that it had acquired two “unmanned aerial vehicles” as gifts from the Seattle Police Department
The officer said he became aware of his position as a firefighter and “was concerned if a DUI charge was pursued, there may be some sort of reprisal”
14-year-old male driving the car had taken the vehicle from his grandfather
Officers came to the hotel Friday evening to investigate a report that the 33-year-old singer had inappropriately touched a woman at the bar
Officer entered the car through the driver’s side door and tried to stop suspect, who then drove off with the officer still in the vehicle
