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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 11, 2011

Man Charged with Vehicular Murder of Texas Officer

John Wesley Nero, 30 of Beaumont, Texas, who’s accused of intentionally ramming a patrol car with his fleeing sport utility vehicle, killing a police officer, has been charged with capital murder.

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Inside the Badge by Paul ClintonJuly 11, 2011

Code 3: The Hazards of Friendly Police Units

Hazards from other responding units include a neurological response known as "auditory exclusion" that may limit the officer's ability to hear another unit's sirens.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 10, 2011

Responding Calif. Officer Killed In Collision with Second Unit

An Alhambra (Calif.) Police officer was killed early Sunday when he collided with another police cruiser while responding to a report of an armed robbery.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 7, 2011

Good Samaritan Pulls Detroit Sergeant from Burning Cruiser

A civilian Good Samaritan pulled a Detroit Police sergeant out of his burning cruiser this morning, after the officer lost control of the vehicle on Detroit's west side.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 4, 2011

Miami Beach Cop Injures 3 During ATV Joyride

A Miami Beach Police officer who was supposed to be patrolling the beach struck two people while apparently joyriding the departmental ATV. The officer is suspected of having been intoxicated at the time and riding the vehicle on the beach with a female companion he may have picked up at an Ocean Boulevard bar.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 27, 2011

Louisiana Officer Lost Control of Cruiser After Hitting Bicycle

Officer Russell A. George was traveling south on U.S. 165 around 2:50 a.m. Sunday. After striking a bicycle that was on the pavement in an inside lane, Officer George lost control of his vehicle, which began spinning and then veered off the right side of the highway.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 27, 2011

Video: Texas Deputy Killed In Head-On with Pickup

One Brazoria County (Texas) Sheriff's deputy was killed and a second was critically injured in a late-Sunday crash with a pickup truck that struck their cruiser head on.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 27, 2011

Virginia Trooper's Cruiser Struck In Intersection

Adam Bowen, 28, died instantly in the Friday accident. Trooper Bowen was heading west on Route 3 in his patrol car around 6:45 p.m. when he entered the intersection with Madison Drive and collided with an eastbound Hyundai Elantra.

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Articlesby Dean ScovilleJune 14, 2011

Officer Seat-Belt Safety

Cops are cursed by a tragic mix of impatience, skewed priorities, and self-preservation instincts that sometimes fail to rise to those of a drunken frat boy. As a result, traffic collisions have for decades been one of the top two causes of officer fatalities.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 13, 2011

N.Y. Deputy Killed In Collision Near Pa. Border

Chemung County Sheriff's Deputy Jeffrey Alexander, 26, and a 77-year-old driver were killed in a head-on collision shortly before noon on Sunday.

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