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.
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The pursuit also went through an active construction site before the suspect was apprehended at a mall
Man in his teens or early 20s was shot as authorities say he tried to run from a car after a traffic stop in Boynton Beach
Trooper was dragged for several yards and suffered moderate injuries
The officer was being beaten when he fired a single shot
Man struck a police car Tuesday during a pursuit that stemmed from a domestic violence incident
Isaac Vigil, 32, opened fire as he was exiting the back seat of a patrol car
Incident began when State Patrol received multiple 911 calls about a tan pickup stopped in the center lanes of the bridge
A Chesapeake police officer was inside a squad car last Thursday when he shot an unarmed man standing in front of him in Portsmouth
Officer was patrolling for car prowlers and running license plates before he hit the man
Law prevents departments from assigning an officer a specific amount of citations to issue and also stops them from comparing officers based on tickets
Houston police say a white Chrysler was speeding and ran a red light, hitting a blue Chevrolet
A police officer answering a call about 2:35 a.m. today was struck by another vehicle after its driver apparently ran a red light
November 2012 pursuit ended with 137 gunshots and the deaths of two people
Atlanta police officer John Chafee says the driver is being charged with driving under the influence, reckless driving and marijuana possession
The impoundments Tuesday came about a month after Police Chief William McManus announced that such enforcement could occur if ride-sharing companies didn’t cease operations
33-year-old officer died Wednesday just weeks after he was seriously injured in a car crash
The brunt of the stab was taken by the officer’s body armor
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
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