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.
A police Explorer was in the cruiser filming when the eluding suspect crashed head-on with the cruiser
Trooper Christopher G. Skinner was hit by the suspect while conducting a traffic stop Thursday
The scooter 67-year-old Gilbert LaRocque relies on to get around had run out of power and he could not walk home
Agent Alexander Giannini died and a second agent was injured in a rollover accident Wednesday
Two Stockton police officers were seriously injured in a traffic collision while responding to assist in the arrest of a shooting suspect
Illinois State Police say witnesses reported seeing the deer jump from an overpass onto the vehicle below
Suspect got away when he ran in and out of his own house and officers briefly detained another man inside who had been sleeping
Man tried to back out of traffic stop — crashing into a patrol car and leading deputies on a pursuit before smashing into another patrol car
Officer was killed while escorting President Barack Obama’s motorcade when his motorcycle was struck by a pickup truck
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
SC deputy could not stop in time after vehicle overturned
The officer was standing on the passenger side of his patrol car, leaning into it to check something on his computer, when he and the car were hit
After 17 years on the force, Officer Huan Nguyen had learned not to get emotionally involved in his work. But then one got through
The bizarre incident occurred on May 13
Cell phone video captured a naked man as he assaulted a woman in the middle of a busy intersection
Department believes officers acted “professionally and within policy” in arresting a man whose lawyer is claiming excessive force
Authorities blame many of the carjackings, ironically, on improvements in vehicle security
Man tried to flee in a police car after freeing his hand from handcuffs during his arrest
An on-duty Franklin County sheriff’s deputy was killed in a wreck late Wednesday
Doug Carey, 70, was hit by a vehicle that ran a red light
An officer was seriously injured after being struck by a minivan while conducting a traffic stop Thursday
Authorities say a man stole a New York City bakery truck and began delivering loaves of bread to random businesses
