To reduce the dangers of high-speed vehicle pursuits, law enforcement agencies need to understand the causes of high-speed pursuits, the legal issues involved, the problems behind such pursuits, and the strategies for reducing high-speed pursuits.
June 15, 2017
Video has been released of a Yakima (Wash.) Police vehicle pursuit of a 24-year-old man as he violently rammed into police cars on an interstate onramp. The chase ended with the man's death. Read Story Here.
June 26, 2014
A police chase in West Valley City, Utah, was caught from many different angles, as a man suspected of committing a residential burglary fled from pursuing police vehicles.
June 8, 2014
With the tax base shrinking in many of our jurisdictions and that depleting our budgets, all of us have been told to do more with less. The trick is to know what corners to cut and what corners might cut you back. Here's a look at five things you absolutely positively don't want to do on the job.
June 6, 2012
A New York trooper who was killed in a rollover crash was trying to stop a violator when her SUV hit a guardrail and flipped over. Trooper Amanda Anna, 31, crashed her police cruiser in Oswego County.
May 28, 2012
The California Highway Patrol's high-speed pursuit of a motorcycle ended when the cycle rider rear-ended a car in the Hacienda Heights area of Southern California.
January 27, 2012
A high speed police pursuit in Hacienda Heights, Calif., ends when a motorcycle rear ends a car on the freeway and flips over, sending the two riders sliding down the road. Injuries to the riders were not life-threatening.
January 27, 2012
A Lakewood (Wash.) Police officer crashed his cruiser, while evading a parked vehicle with a passenger pointing a shotgun at him.
March 9, 2011
Michigan State Police Sgt. Jim Flegel of the Precision Driving Unit explains how troopers evaluate patrol vehicles and explains how to correct for skids created by oversteering or understeering.
December 9, 2010
Alejandro Serra, 29, triggered the pursuit Monday by ramming three Massachusetts state patrol cars.
June 29, 2010
Tom Coleman, a 7-year CHP veteran, was killed he crashed into a big rig while chasing a Ford Focus in Redlands. The four people inside the car were arrested after the Focus crashed into another vehicle moments later.
June 11, 2010
The investigation revealed that officers, who were pursuing a carjacking suspect during rush-hour traffic, were not in compliance with the agency's pursuit policy that is one of the most strict in the country.
May 27, 2010
When he crashed, Officer Eydelmen Mani was responding to a car chase involving a stolen vehicle. Late Tuesday, Mani was traveling on the North Freeway when he lost control of his vehicle and slammed into a guardrail.
May 20, 2010
The StarChase pursuit management system uses a grille-mounted launcher and tracker tag that attached to a vehicle and sending location coordinates to dispatchers, so patrol units can pursue suspects at a safe distance.
April 27, 2010
The two men were hiding in trees between a freeway and hardware store and were identified with the thermal imager.
April 8, 2010
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