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Proponents of the legislation acknowledge there will still be a role for police officers on Berkeley streets, like if an unarmed official conducting a...
https://www.policemag.com/563615/ca-city-wants-to-take-officers-off-of-traffic-enforcement-dutyThe traffic agents were writing summonses about 9 a.m., when the suspect exited his black Chevy pickup and attacked the agents, police said.
https://www.policemag.com/537519/new-york-man-attacks-traffic-agents-with-pipe-police-sayA Florida man was arrested late last week after allegedly challenging an officer with the Clearwater Police Department to a late-night drag race.
https://www.policemag.com/531939/florida-man-arrested-for-challenging-police-officer-to-drag-raceMembers of the now-disbanded Troop E were expected to issue at least eight citations during their shifts under a specialized overtime program, which dozens...
https://www.policemag.com/507791/federal-prosecutors-accuse-ma-state-police-unit-of-ticket-quotaThe Oxford (MS) Police Department has launched what it calls the "We Care Program" in which officers who stop a vehicle for a broken tail- or head-light...
https://www.policemag.com/503884/mississippi-agency-to-give-vouchers-not-citations-for-minor-traffic-violationsPolice across the country are stepping up traffic enforcement during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, focusing especially closely on distracted and...
https://www.policemag.com/486573/departments-vow-traffic-enforcement-crackdown-during-holiday-weekendSgt. Christopher Gehring was struck shortly before noon by a 2016 Chevy Silverado driven by a 55-year-old man identified as James Bruno, the department said...
https://www.policemag.com/362715/new-jersey-officer-struck-injured-while-working-traffic-assignmentThe Operations Division recently outfitted mannequins armed with radar guns and positioned them next to empty police vehicles in order to encourage drivers...
https://www.policemag.com/363043/arizona-police-use-mannequins-with-radar-guns-to-discourage-speedingTwo Roswell (GA) police officers are now the targets of an internal investigation into allegations that they used a "coin flip app" to decide whether to...
https://www.policemag.com/362287/2-georgia-officers-investigated-for-using-coin-flip-to-decide-arrestSuffolk Police Chief Stuart Cameron said the actions taken by highway patrol officer Joseph Goss and three other officers may have saved lives and prevented...
https://www.policemag.com/362315/new-york-officer-hailed-as-hero-for-stopping-crane-truck-on-expressway"After a lengthy struggle, the officer was able to rip the keys out of the ignition while bringing the car to a rolling stop," the Boston Police Department...
https://www.policemag.com/362369/boston-officer-dives-into-vehicle-wrestles-with-driver-at-traffic-stopDover (DE) police are “mystified” about how a prefabricated home ended up resting on a roadway in that city.
https://www.policemag.com/362417/delaware-police-discover-home-abandoned-on-long-point-roadThe percentage of traffic deaths in which at least one driver tested positive for drugs has nearly doubled over a decade, raising alarms as five states are...
https://www.policemag.com/358298/spate-of-drugged-driving-deaths-alarms-u-s-regulatorsMariam Crow and Kathleen Stitzlein, graduate students in biomedical engineering, hope to eventually market their roadside testing device, the Cannibuster,...
https://www.policemag.com/355563/ohio-graduate-students-develop-device-to-measure-weed-intoxicationA series of crashes involving trains and passenger vehicles -- including deadly collisions in New York and California last month -- have prompted police to...
https://www.policemag.com/354724/police-ramp-up-rail-crossing-citations-after-crashesAn Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper was expected to recover after being shot in the face after an early-morning traffic stop in Phoenix on...
https://www.policemag.com/353618/arizona-trooper-shot-in-the-face-suspects-at-largeThe Supreme Court opened its new term Monday pondering whether a police officer's misunderstanding of the law can justify a traffic stop that led to the...
https://www.policemag.com/353632/scotus-hears-case-on-officers-mistaken-traffic-stop-that-led-to-cocaine-bustThe International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) offers its congratulations to the winners of the 2014 National Law Enforcement Challenge (NLEC)....
https://www.policemag.com/353675/iacp-congratulates-winners-of-2014-national-law-enforcement-challengeThe FBI said Monday it had launched an investigation into an incident that left a 17-year-old hospitalized after he was subdued by an Independence police...
https://www.policemag.com/353734/fbi-investigating-missouri-officers-use-of-stun-gun-on-teenOrlando police stopped Fritz Joseph, of Miami, and Delroy Blake, of Casselberry Wednesday, in a white Audi as the two rolled through a red light and made a...
https://www.policemag.com/354048/grenade-launcher-seized-at-florida-traffic-stopA Vancouver, Wash., police officer was critically injured in a shooting during a traffic stop Monday, sending all available officers on a two-hour manhunt...
https://www.policemag.com/353130/washington-officer-shot-multiple-times-suspect-in-custodyA 19-year-old man pulled over by Clayton, Calif., police for driving a car with expired registration was found with a pipe bomb in his pants pocket,...
https://www.policemag.com/353148/california-police-find-pipe-bomb-in-mans-pants-at-t-stopLoGiudice is accused of beating a suspect during an arrest following an April traffic stop in Westbury. The encounter was captured on video from a nearby...
https://www.policemag.com/353258/new-york-officer-pleads-not-guilty-to-beating-man-at-traffic-stopAs Benson exited his vehicle, police say Goins pointed a gun out of the driver's side window and shot Benson in the arm. Benson was able to take cover and...
https://www.policemag.com/353459/florida-officer-shot-during-traffic-stopThe U.S. Transportation Department kicked off the first-ever national distracted driving awareness month, and will fund nationwide advertising and law...
https://www.policemag.com/353544/u-s-launches-distracted-driving-crackdownA Fort Gibson, Okla., police officer was stabbed Tuesday night during a traffic by a woman walking by with a pair of scissors. Read Full Story Here.
https://www.policemag.com/363801/oklahoma-officer-attacked-with-scissors-at-traffic-stopThe UCLA Police Department has cleared two officers accused by an African American judge of using excessive force after stopping him for not wearing a seat...
https://www.policemag.com/352763/ucla-police-clear-officers-of-excessive-forceThe Oklahoma Department of Public Safety announced recently that Stringtown's police department no longer would be allowed to enforce traffic laws on state...
https://www.policemag.com/352798/okla-speed-trap-town-loses-traffic-enforcement-rightsThe officer, a 15-year veteran of the UA force, opened fire after James Genda pulled out what appeared to be a .45-caliber pistol. It turned out the weapon...
https://www.policemag.com/352812/ohio-ois-of-man-with-bb-gun-ruled-justifiedBy 1 p.m. Christmas Day, more than 30 scratch-off game tickets were handed out to speeders and other traffic violators in a bid to spread holiday cheer...
https://www.policemag.com/352913/fla-officers-gave-christmas-speeders-lottery-scratchersOfficer Charles Chavez, 51, was arrested last week on suspicion of writing a bogus traffic ticket to an opponent in a civil suit that stemmed from an auto...
https://www.policemag.com/352994/san-jose-officer-arrested-for-revenge-by-ticketThe New York State Police are now using 32 tall, unmarked SUVs to spot drivers who are texting while behind the wheel.
https://www.policemag.com/353010/n-y-state-police-using-suvs-to-spot-texting-driversTaos County (N.M.) District Attorney Donald Gallegos has decided not to pursue charges against a New Mexico State Patrol officer who opened fire on a van...
https://www.policemag.com/353020/n-m-state-trooper-who-shot-at-van-during-pursuit-will-not-be-chargedAlbuquerque police said Jason Kerns, 37, fled the scene of a crash on southbound Interstate 25 north of the Big I in a Hummer sport-utility vehicle around...
https://www.policemag.com/353062/albuquerque-swat-standoff-triggered-by-former-marine-marksmanNew York troopers have begun using raised, black SUVs to allow troopers to peer down into other cars to crack down on the use of cell phones by motorists.
https://www.policemag.com/351625/n-y-troopers-get-raised-suvs-for-cell-phone-enforcementAn internal Atlanta Police Department email made public by WSB informed officers that traffic ticket money would pay for future pay raises.
https://www.policemag.com/351772/atlanta-police-citation-revenue-will-fund-pay-raisesWhen she approached the vehicle, the driver grabbed her vest and drove off, authorities said. As the vehicle sped away, the officer was thrown from it and...
https://www.policemag.com/352009/chicago-officer-dragged-thrown-from-vehicleThe Des Plaines (Ill.) Police Department handed out suspensions today to 13 officers who the department said were found to have violated department rules...
https://www.policemag.com/351146/13-ill-cops-suspended-in-ot-schemeA Plano (Texas) Police officer tucked a $100 bill into a citation, after a motorist with expired tags told him he chose to feed his family rather than pay...
https://www.policemag.com/350833/texas-cop-gives-100-to-needy-motoristThe Milledgeville (Ga.) Police Department has implemented a pay-per-ticket electronic citations system with license plate recognition technology provided by...
https://www.policemag.com/350900/ga-agency-adopts-gtechnas-ecitations-and-lpr-solutionA Fitchburg, Wis., police officer was injured Monday morning when he was dragged 450 feet, or nearly one city block, by a teenage driver who pinned the...
https://www.policemag.com/350256/wisconsin-officer-injured-after-being-dragged-by-teen-driverAs we get ready to say goodbye to summer, it will either make you smile or curse your luck to find out that a California police department has started a...
https://www.policemag.com/374145/police-links-paddleboarding-patrolArkansas law enforcement agencies in Benton, Bryant, and Saline County have adopted Saltus Technologies' digiTicket e-citation system to eliminate lost...
https://www.policemag.com/350468/three-ark-agencies-pick-digiticket-citation-systemA Las Vegas police officer was in his patrol car in the central valley late Sunday afternoon when a Nissan Maxima that appeared to be steering itself ran...
https://www.policemag.com/350524/nev-officer-finds-driver-dead-after-pursuitA Westfield (Mass.) Police officer died early Thursday after he was struck by a dump truck while directing traffic at a construction site. Officer Jose...
https://www.policemag.com/349595/mass-cop-killed-by-dump-truckTraffiCalm's 9-inch matrix display Radar Driver FeedBack (DFB) sign is a lightweight traffic speed sign with highly visible LEDs. Set to be the most...
https://www.policemag.com/349662/trafficalm-systems-introduces-driver-feedback-signThe Alvarado (Texas) Police Department has successfully deployed the digiTicket digital citation solution from Saltus Technologies, according to the company.
https://www.policemag.com/349706/texas-agency-deploys-digiticket-ecitation-systemA Palm Beach (Fla.) Police Department officer who wrote 115 tickets in one month earlier this year has been fired for excessive traffic enforcement. Officer...
https://www.policemag.com/349832/fla-cop-fired-for-writing-too-many-ticketsThe department, which polices a suburb of Baton Rouge, chose digiTicket because of its "superior user experience, ease of use, and Saltus' reputation for...
https://www.policemag.com/349849/louisiana-agency-deploys-digiticket-ecitation-systemWest Palm Beach (Fla.) Police officers used a bunny suit to enforce the state-sponsored "Click It Or Ticket" campaign during a one-day sting earlier this week.
https://www.policemag.com/349165/fla-agency-uses-bunny-suit-for-seatbelt-enforcement