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There’s probably not a patrol officer alive who hasn’t had the impulse. You don’t want an uncooperative drunk getting back on the road, so your first instinct is to reach in and take the keys from his ignition. Don’t do it.
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Police said a box truck was stopped in traffic on the Maine side of the bridge when Sgt. Jacob Wolterbeek's car crashed into the back of the truck.
Read More →A Bolingbrook, Ill., officer is being investigated by the department after video surfaced this week reportedly showing the officer playing video poker while driving a squad car. Read Full Story Here.
Read More →It is easy to get careless while engaged in something you do a great deal. If you are a uniformed police officer and don’t work in a jail, chances are that traffic and vehicles are the bread and butter of your existence.
Read More →Why are companies like Google offering the Waze app through their online app stores, without any regard for officer safety? It's hard to get a straight answer.
Read More →A 23% rise in firearms-related fatalities factors into that total, with many of these officers having been killed in ambushes. Over the course of the past few days when I first scribbled down an idea prompt for this blog, four more officers have died.
Read More →An officer with the Killeen Police Department may pick up a traffic citation after she was seen by a citizen texting and driving. The citizen posted a video of the incident on Facebook, which drew the attention of the chief of police.
Read More →Here are four mistakes drivers need to avoid when driving around large trucks, regardless of the weather, according to the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
Read More →A Florida woman used a live streaming app on her phone to record herself while drunk driving on Saturday, leading to her arrest.
Read More →While police recruits and officers spend many hours of training learning physical methods of arrest, little (if any) time is spent discussing how an officer's actions may affect a subject's behavior and thought processes. Awareness of officer/subject reaction can be thought of as "tactical psychology." and it is a valuable tool to include in your overall officer safety profile.
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