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Vehicle Incidents and Issues

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 law enforcement, including vehicle crashes involving police and vehicular assaults against officers. From single-car traffic accidents to high-speed pursuits, most law enforcement injuries and fatalities occur in, or immediately outside of, a police officer’s vehicle.
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Pa. officer killed in crash during pursuit

Officer William "Jerry" McCarthy was pursuing a woman driving with an expired license when she slammed his squad - Full Story

News

Video: Cruiser crashes, gets stuck up pole

The officer was making a turn when he lost control of the cruiser and drove up the pole - Full Story

Columns

Carbon Motors: From impossible to probable Travis Yates - Police Driving:
Safety Behind the Wheel

Carbon Motors: From impossible to probable

Formed in a small office in Los Angeles, in 2006 Carbon Motors began morphing from an interesting idea into a tangible reality when they moved to Atlanta and began pursuing investors - Full Story

Columns

P1 Photo of the Week: Snow patrol PoliceOne Members - Photo of the Week

P1 Photo of the Week: Snow patrol

(PoliceOne Image) This week’s photo comes from Deputy Will Brewton of the Butte County Sheriff&#... - Full Story

Videos

Driver does donuts to escape cops

This driver looks like he's played one too many video games as he tries to flee cops.

Tips

Situational awareness in the squad car

Two quick thoughts on maintaining situational awareness in your squad — this stuff is not new,... - Full Story Secure - Law Enforcement Only

Exclusives

Aftermarket vendors retool for new police vehicles

Aftermarket vendors retool for new police vehicles

Although police package vehicles come with beefed-up suspensions, cooling, transmissions, electrical systems, and so forth, most of the other equipment that makes it a functional police car comes from third-party vendors - Full Story

Photos

Video: Nissan GT-R becomes a cop car

Video: Nissan GT-R becomes a cop car

The 2012 vehicle is going to an unknown department in the northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. area. When it became a police car, it had only 13 miles on its odometer. For undercover ops

Exclusives

The evolution of the squad car

The evolution of the squad car

There are so many important factors to consider when thinking about a patrol vehicle for your agency - Full Story



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Vehicle Incidents and Issues Columnists

10-8: Life on the Line 10-8: Life on the Line
with Charles Remsberg
10-43: Be Advised... 10-43: Be Advised...
with Doug Wyllie, PoliceOne Editor in Chief