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This Supra's having a great time drifting around a wide, empty circle… until the cops show up. The best part is the Supra keeps going until the Russian police officers in the little Lada realize how to make him stop. More »
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Just when you were worried a police officer with SCMODS was going to notice your 36 unpaid parking tickets, this officer from Windsor, Canada demonstrates what cops really do on their toughbooks. (H/T to Matt!) More »
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Only about 4% of drivers decide to commit evasive actions when they see a police car turn up near them, and 13% slow down, according to a poll by KBB.com. More »
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The 2011 Dodge Charger Pursuit police edition spent Saturday getting the once over from law enforcement. Jalopnik caught these first shots of a bare '11 Charger during high-speed tests by the Michigan State Police. More »
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Three teens in the Maryland suburbs of Washington were trapped by a police officer after carjacking a Ford Escape. So the driver decided to try running over the officer's Crown Victoria in reverse. Physics sides with justice on this one. More »
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An anonymous tipster snapped this Virginia Beach police cruiser blocking both handicapped spaces at an IHOP while the officer chatted up the staff for over an hour. He didn't even eat. This is why people think some cops are asshats. More »
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A Subaru Outback smashed into a Portland cop car carrying an officer and the crew of Cops. All three in the cop car were sent to the hospital with minor injuries. A special-edition's probably in the works. Gallery below. More »
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Hollywood's favorite mustachioed heart throb is no stranger to attention, which is why Russian authorities are banking on cardboard cut-outs of Brad Pitt in police gear to slow motorists in Moscow. More »
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Google may be the big boss hog around these internets, but not so much in the UK. A Neatorama reader captured the Street View camera car getting the royal treatment from some of England's finest. More »
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Here is where Shakespeare's timeless question gets stretched to it's limit; Does a rose by any other name smell just as sweet? Or adapted: Does KITT, recreated in part by Aussie coppers, bust just as many bad guys? The cool swooshy light show will be roofside instead of in the nose, but it does a lot of the stuff that got our collective 12 year old engines revved. How about starting with the solid base of a Holden Commodore VE, add realtime cameras that stream video back to base, voice recognition, automatic plate recognition, and get this - the ability to fire a GPS enabled tracking dart into a cars' backside. Now doubt hoons everywhere will respond with rotating number plates, hardened trunk lids impervious to darts, and lasers. Also, turbo boost. What? You mean life doesn't imitate art? [couriermail.com.au] More »
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Sometimes, the jokes are just too easy. Yesterday, police officers in Madison Wisconsin were involved in a high speed chase with one Warren G. Whitelightning, drunk in a stolen Krispy Kreme truck (see, there are like nine jokes right there). Mr. Whitelightning (hehehehe) had previously had his license revoked after a fourth DUI and, in a larger offense, was spewing doughnuts all over the road during the chase. ON TOP of all of that, Warren G. initially stole the truck in a daring escape from the scene of a previous crime, where he pocketed eight red-hot pickled sausages from a convenience store. He's facing up to nine and a half years in the slammer, but authorities should let him out now to provide us with more awesome stories to read about.[The Capital Times] More »
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This isn't a head shaker as much as it is a head hanger. With extra doses of shame. Around about 30 miles north of Bakersfield, CA there sits a little town called Visalia. Population, tiny. And Arleen Avila and her 2002 ML Mercedes were in the drive-thru lane at In-N-Out trying to get a burger. But, she fell asleep. Someone tipped off the 5-0 and after she got her Double-Double an officer ordered her out of the vehicle. See though, here's the thing. Arleen suffers from Parkinson's (just like Mohammad Ali) and as a result can't, you know, walk. So the cop decided to yank her out of the car, handcuff and book her for for a DUI. Only she doesn't drink. True, her speech was slurred — because she has Parkinson's. And she was on medication — for Parkinson's. So, let's recap. If Vilsalia changed its name to "Methalbham" no one would notice. A sober, disabled woman falls asleep getting a burger and is then roughly arrested and charged with a DUI. They also didn't give her access to wheel chair once they haul her in. And she's got lots of contusions on her arms and legs. This is just one more of the many reasons why I always vote against pay hikes for cops. – Jonny Lieberman More »
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