Tag: Vehicle Attacks

Patrol

Video: New Orleans Police Fatally Shoot New Year’s Terror Suspect

The wounded officers have been identified as Officer Jacobie Jordan and Officer Joseph Rodrigue. Both men were shot in the thigh. Officer Rodrigue also suffered a fractured shoulder.

January 13, 2025

Command

Former LAPD/NYPD Chief Bratton to Consult on New Orleans Security Plan

William J. Bratton specializes in risk assessment and response with the New York-based firm Teneo. Bratton's contract is being paid for by the nonprofit New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation.

January 9, 2025

Command

Security Beefed Up for Cotton Bowl in Wake of New Orleans Attack

Deputy Chief Leo Daniels runs the Arlington Police Department's Event Management Unit. After the attack, Arlington Police got in touch with city leaders, departments in other parts of the metroplex along with state and federal agencies, he said.

January 6, 2025

Patrol

Attorney Representing New Orleans Officers Calls Clients Heroes for Shooting Bourbon Street Terrorist

Eric Hessler, who works as an attorney for the Police Association of New Orleans, commended the actions of law enforcement during the incident.

January 3, 2025

Investigations

2 Officers Stable After Being Shot in New Orleans Truck Attack

More than 1,000 law enforcement officers have been "pouring over countless amounts of data, of videos, of surveillances, interviews, tracking down every possible lead," Gov. Jeff Landry said.

January 2, 2025

Patrol

San Francisco Officers Fatally Shoot Man Who Drove Honda into Chinese Consulate

"When officers arrived here on scene, they found the vehicle had come to rest inside the lobby of the Chinese Consulate. Officers entered, made contact with the suspect and an officer-involved shooting occurred," a San Francisco police spokesperson said.

October 10, 2023

Point of Law

Point of Law: Mentally Ill Suspect Attacking with Vehicle

Louisiana sheriff’s deputies used deadly force when an apparently mentally ill man attacked a lieutenant with his car. The district court ruled for the officers and the plaintiffs appealed.

December 8, 2021

Patrol

Suspect in Parade Murders was Out on Bail for Running Over Woman with Same SUV

Darrell Brooks Jr., the man suspected of being the driver, has been charged three times in less than two years with recklessly endangering the safety of others, most recently in an incident in which he is accused of running a woman over with his vehicle in Milwaukee.

November 22, 2021

Patrol

Young Woman Charged with Vehicular Assault After Striking Officer with Car

A 21-year-old woman has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon after she reportedly struck an officer with her vehicle early Thursday morning in San Diego.

July 10, 2020

Patrol

Missouri Officer Struck by Vehicle, Suspect Shot and Now in Custody

Officer Mark Priebe—a 21-year veteran of the Springfield Police Department—was struck by a car in the parking lot outside police headquarters Tuesday morning.

June 9, 2020

Patrol

Man Charged in Murder of Ohio Officer

The man reportedly responsible for the death of Officer Kaia Grant of the Springdale Police Department in late March has been charged with aggravated murder.

April 10, 2020

Patrol

Video: Man Sets Patrol Vehicle On Fire Outside California Police Station

A California man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after surveillance video showed him douse a parked patrol vehicle in an undetermined flammable liquid and set the car ablaze early Thursday morning.

December 6, 2019