It’s not every day you think about being near or even involved in a police chase when you get behind the wheel of your car, but it’s a possibility, a very scary, dangerous possibility. Check Out: The 2018 Chevy Camaro To help prevent drivers and pedestrians who are inadvertently involved or find themselves in the…
A Wilmer Police had to be thanking his lucky stars after a close call with a speedster on Wednesday morning. As the police cruiser approached a Texas freeway, a car lost control — going airborne — and nearly smashed into the police car. Check out the officer’s dash cam footage below. Dash cam video obtained…
Photo: Ford Motor Company The Chicago Police Department is keeping it in the Windy City when it comes to its latest batch of vehicles. This month, Chicago PD ordered 200 service-ready 2020 Ford Police Interceptor Utility Hybrid vehicles. These vehicles will go on duty soon, rolling right out of Chicago Assembly where Ford committed $1…
18-year-old Otha Montgomery Headgear is apparently some serious business in Willoughby, Ohio. According to police, a man named Otha Montgomery, who ran a red light and evaded police pursuit, was arrested when he returned for his hat. More Style: Nissan Murano Earns Spot on Ward’s 2015 ’10 Best Interiors’ List Here’s the story: according to…
Changes Coming to 2015 Chevy Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle (pictured: 2014 model) Image: © General Motors Well, this won’t take long: GM Authority is reporting a total of two changes to the 2015 Chevy Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle. The most notable of the pair of alterations is the addition of a rear vision camera. The…
Rhamses Silva, easist drug arrest ever Ladies and Gentlemen, here we have it: the world’s easiest drug arrest. Undercover police arrested a Miami man who was offering “medicinal high grade top shelf” marijuana for sale on Craigslist (the extra qualifications help ensure authenticity). We like to imagine two police officers sitting around a computer and…
Drunk driving is a serious crime. Not only could the driver hurt themselves in a crash, but they could also injure or kill other people on their path to self-destruction. For decades, law enforcement officials have been trying to devise ways to discourage drunk driving, from offering free cabs on major holiday weekends, to high…
If you watched the Super Bowl in February or have turned on the TV any time since, you’ve probably seen Toyota’s self-deprecating ad for the new Prius titled “The Longest Chase.” It features four bank robbers who, after someone snatches their getaway car, hop inside a new 2016 Toyota Prius to get away from the…
Similar to the high-tech dash cams that Coban Technologies tested this past autumn with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), a new company has issued their own contribution to make cops’ jobs a bit easier. It’s called the Ekin Patrol G2, and its multi-faceted functions promise to bring sensor technology one step closer to the…
We’ve said it a million times here at The News Wheel, but we’ll say it again: please do not leave your dogs in hot cars. Even if it’s only 70 degrees outside, the inside of your car will heat up like a greenhouse and it can quickly send your dog into a dangerous situation. In…
2020 Ford Police Interceptor Utility The EcoBoost-powered, all-wheel-drive 2020 Ford Police Interceptor Utility will be the fastest police vehicle in America when it arrives on the market next summer. According to tests conducted by the Michigan State Police, the 3.0-liter EcoBoost V6-equipped Police Interceptor Utility with all-wheel drive posted the fastest 0-60 mph time, fastest…
Adam Levine and James Corden tackled both the road and the track during the latest episode of Carpool Karaoke. The three-time Grammy Award-winning artist belted out his hit songs, both old and new, from the passenger’s seat of James Corden’s car. As they drove down the streets of Los Angeles, a police officer drove up next to…
One of the nicest things a police officer ever does (if your local department doesn’t have a policy against it) is to unlock a car for you if you somehow lock yourself out of it. “I got your back, jack” So, when police received a call from 21-year-old Dylan Lee Hopkins asking for help getting…
Ford earlier this year announced the Special Service Vehicle iterations of both its 2018 Ford Explorer and F-150. Now, Ford has revealed that it will also be offering the new and improved F-150 in the form of the first pursuit-rated pickup truck ever built: the 2018 Ford F-150 Police Responder. In the immortal words of…
Inevitabilities: birth, taxes, the creeping dread that the world may actually be a terrible place full of terrible people, and the Ford LEO vehicles tearing it up in Michigan State Police testing. This time out, the new 2019 Ford Police Responder Hybrid Sedan and 2018 Ford F-150 Police Responder are the stars of the show,…
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