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There are myriad factors contribute to incidents in which an officer is struck by a vehicle while directing traffic—everything from weather, to the negligence/impairment of the offending vehicle's driver, to the officer's own actions—but a few basic safety strategies can mitigate the risks.
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“After every major storm of the past, I guess going back to Hurricane Andrew, we have made it a point sometime in the six to eight months after the storm to pay a visit to the impacted area, talk to law enforcement, talk to the emergency management directors, and get their honest lessons learned,” says Col. Neil Baxley.
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Upon realizing the trucker does not see the suspended lines the officer runs quickly away just before the truck snags the lines and drags them, and a utility pole, toward the officer and his patrol vehicle.
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The LAPD announced in a statement Wednesday the death of Officer Jose Anzora. He worked for the department since 2011, and spent the majority of his career in the Newton Division.
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An officer with the Columbus (OH) Division of Police working traffic control on a busy interstate was attacked and bitten multiple times by a coyote.
Read More →Around 300 law enforcement personnel have been assigned to direct traffic and protect homes, both at the site of the Skirball fire and in the San Fernando Valley.
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Designed to deliver greater oversight and efficiency for traffic operations, Genetec Traffic Sense brings a unified view of traffic systems, taps into emerging technologies such as video and data analytics, and introduces a higher level of automation to speed up resolution of road incidents.
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A little boy in Tennessee who lives near an elementary school has started "helping" a Newport, TN, officer direct traffic in the afternoons when school lets out.
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Cleveland, OH, Officer David Fahey, 39, was setting out flares at the scene of a fatal vehicle accident on I-90 West just after 6 a.m. Tuesday when he was killed in a hit-and-run crash.
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Trooper Sean M. O'Connell, 38, had responded to the Skagit River Bridge collapse on Friday. He was working a traffic detour detail when a box truck struck his motorcycle near where a bridge had collapsed.
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