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While vehicle crashes attributed to just 26 percent of all law enforcement deaths between the years 1980 and 1982, they comprised 54 percent of officer deaths between 2005 and 2007. Fatalities incident to foot or motorcycle patrol remained largely unchanged, yet deaths in patrol cars spiked.
Read More →The body of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent has been found and identified as Charles Collins, who went missing in mid-July amid highway flooding.
Read More →Trooper Brian Salyer was pursuing a group of riders on Japanese sport bikes when the riders cut him off, causing his cruiser to crash. The bikers clapped and laughed as the trooper lay bleeding and pinned inside his vehicle.
Read More →A Cowden, Ill., police officer was killed Tuesday night while chasing a vehicle in Effingham County, Ill., police said. A passenger in the vehicle, Jessica Stuckemeyer, 22, was treated for injuries and released from Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Cowden Mayor Lorne Barnes said Stuckemeyer was doing a ride-along to gain experience in preparation for entering the police academy.
Read More →Since the late 1990s, half of all LEO deaths are due to vehicle accidents. During that time frame, 24 percent of the vehicle deaths (in 353 crashes) involved the officer being ejected from the vehicle, indicating a seat belt was not in use.
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Nothing so raises the adrenaline charge like a fellow officer's radioed cry for help. That so many cops end up over-driving and crashing long before they get to that call for help is what makes for a briefing-room caveat.
Read More →The investigation revealed Corporal Dana Kevin Cusack was driving a "high rate of speed" at the time of the collision, according to a release from the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office. Cusack didn't have his blue lights on and had not called in a traffic stop to dispatchers.
Read More →The jolt of the wake or series or wakes knocked Ridings unconscious and ejected fellow deputy William Schroeder from the 1994 Invader outboard boat. Schroeder, who was piloting the boat, was rescued by other boaters and returned to the boat.
Read More →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.
Read More →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.
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