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Emotional Hijacking Almost Causes High-Speed Blue-on-Blue Collision

I was a rookie a few weeks into field training when a call came out on the radio – one of our deputies was in a vehicle pursuit of a male subject, possibly armed. My FTO and I were one of the closest units; however, we were separated from our colleague by a set of railroad tracks and a long road with a few cross streets, meaning we had to overshoot his location and then double back to get to him, making it all the more stressful.

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The Attitude of the 62-Year-Old Lady Who Hit My Car!

I was backing up an officer on a traffic stop. He had completed the stop and released the violator, but we were still roadside with our rear flashers activated discussing another matter. We were outside of the kill zone, several feet to the right of the cars when a van drove by.

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Almost Introduced Myself to a Moving Van

I was working a crash at a particularly busy intersection with high speed traffic. I had been working a graveyard shift, and on my way to finish my shift an injury accident occurred. I was closest to the crash, so I responded. The accident was routine, e.g. fire personnel blocking half the intersection and traffic trying to turn any which way they pleased.

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Heavy Metal Could Save Your Life

During the early morning hours, three officers responded to a roadway incident in the number one lane of a large, poorly-lighted highway. In order to guide traffic around the scene, flares were placed along the roadway – but flares only work if motorists are paying attention!

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Don’t Fixate on Addressing a Traffic Violation

I’m a motor officer with over 10 years of experience in motors. One day at the end of my shift, I was riding home after sundown, and I noticed a vehicle traveling without its headlights activated. The vehicle was ahead of me and one lane to my left.

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Juvenile Nearly Strikes Officer on Roadway

I conducted a late night traffic stop with a fully marked cruiser (front/rear blues illuminated) and a green high-visibility jacket.

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Car Drag Near Miss

I observed a suspicious vehicle driving slowly through several alleys. I followed the vehicle briefly and obtained PC for a traffic stop. I approached and spoke with a single white male driver. He gave me his DL and insurance. He seemed extremely nervous.

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Passing Car Crashes into Officer’s Door on Traffic Stop

I was conducting a night time traffic stop on the right shoulder of a major divided highway in my jurisdiction. As I prepared to exit my patrol vehicle after finishing the citation, I checked my mirror quickly to make sure there were no cars approaching in the lane next to me (the right lane).

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Pickup Truck Crashes into Police at Accident Scene

At approximately 0330, two officers were on the scene of a single-vehicle accident on the right side of a highway interchange. While the officers and a Good Samaritan were assisting the involved motorists, one of the officers standing in front of a patrol vehicle noticed a pickup truck heading towards them.

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Trooper Hit Head On during White-Out Conditions

A state trooper was responding with emergency lights activated to a motor vehicle collision on a major interstate highway. Road conditions were poor with ice and heavy snow (white-out conditions).

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