Tag: Pursuing Suspects: Page 9

Vehicles

Grille-Mounted GPS-Tag Launcher Gives Officers Alternative to Pursuits

Each year, about 360 people are killed during police pursuits. About a third of those are bystanders, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

April 26, 2010

Vehicle Ops

Pasadena Police Use Copter's Infrared Device To Catch Hiding Burglars

The two men were hiding in trees between a freeway and hardware store and were identified with the thermal imager.

April 7, 2010

Patrol

Pursuit Through Narrow North Philly Streets

The driver of a sedan tries to elude Philadelphia officers through the narrow streets of the north side of the city. A citizen driver who was in the wrong place at the wrong time helps end the pursuit.

April 2, 2010

Patrol

Foot Pursuits: A Runaway Policy?

What exactly was this "new bar" for performance? How was one to be evaluated against it? And was this really a new policy to follow?

March 18, 2010

Patrol

S.C. Officer's Body Armor Helped Him Survive Shooting

A Cheraw (S.C.) police officer's ballistic vest likely saved his life, after he was struck by two bullets from the gun of a suspect who he had pursued after stopping his vehicle.

February 22, 2010

Patrol

Stolen Tank Rampage In San Diego

Shawn Nelson was a U.S. Army veteran and unemployed plumber who stole an M60 Patton tank from a U.S. National Guard Armory in San Diego, Calif., and went on a rampage on May 17, 1995, destroying cars, fire hydrants, and an RV before being shot dead by police.

February 22, 2010

Patrol

Los Angeles County Sheriff To Deputies: Be More Cautious During Pursuits

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca has told his deputies to exercise more caution when pursuing armed suspects and call for backup.

February 17, 2010

Training

Oregon Recruit Shoots Fleeing Suspect

The Salem (Ore.) Police Department placed a recruit on administrative leave two weeks after he began patrol duties, after he shot a fleeing suspect in the leg, OregonLive.com reports.

February 17, 2010

Patrol

Two Suspects In Arizona Officer's Shooting Captured After Gun Battle

A Gilbert police lieutenant was mortally wounded when a suspect with an outstanding warrant shot him from inside a work truck he pulled over for an obscured license plate.

January 28, 2010

Patrol

Florida Officer Named NLEOMF Officer of the Month

Officer Matthew Medeiros of the Boynton Beach (Fla.) Police Department provided crucial aid to a sergeant during a gunfight with a parolee.

January 26, 2010

Patrol

N.Y. Officer Brutality Case Opens With Vivid Testimony

A Brooklyn man who has accused three officers of assaulting him in a subway station gave his testimony in court today of the incident.

January 24, 2010

Patrol

California Officer Kicks Gang Member During Arrest

After a long vehicle pursuit on May 13, 2009, El Monte (Calif.) officers George Fierro and James Singleterry arrest Richard Rodriguez, a member of the El Monte Flores gang. During the arrest, Fierro kicks Rodriguez in the head. The officers have been cleared of any wrongdoing.

December 31, 2009