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Vehicle theft has come a long way from the days of teenagers stealing vehicles simply for the cheap thrill. Those thieves saw no value in the vehicle itself; they valued the few minutes of fun. Today,...
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If an agency member conducting a traffic collision investigation was forced to jump over a guardrail, upon a median wall, or onto a sidewalk to avoid being struck by an oncoming vehicle, would the chi...
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Each year, hundreds of highway responders—law enforcement, fire, rescue, emergency medical services (EMS), tow or recovery, and others—are seriously injured or killed while working in or near movi...
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It might be difficult to believe, but the most challenging obstacle to reducing crime is changing the culture of law enforcement. Removing “That’s the way we always did it,” from the department ...
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While the average person likely thinks of texting or talking on a cellphone when the phrase “distracted driving” is mentioned, there are many different types of distractions that may negatively im...
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Wrong-way drivers on freeways have long created a lethal hazard for the public and law enforcement. The mere act of driving the wrong way on a freeway or one-way street may result in a serious or fata...
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Driving while impaired (DWI) by cannabis is not new. In fact, this crime has been occurring since the invention of the automobile. The legalization of marijuana in some U.S. states, however, means tha...
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Last summer, August 1–4, 2014, the Minnesota State Patrol (MSP) spearheaded a 4-day, 5,600-mile, 15-state effort to completely eliminate traffic deaths on Interstates 90 and 94 during the I-90/94 Ch...
