Why were those sirens wailing? Patch recaps some of Essex County’s recent public safety, police, fire and EMS stories.

Kion Carter-Adams tried to outwit officers from Cobham on the A2 all the way to south-east London by weaving in and out of heavy morning traffic, undertaking other vehicles, jumping red lights and ...

The driver of a sport-utility vehicle hit a squad car that had its lights and sirens running on Irving Park Road.

Two Chicago police officers and a driver were hospitalized Thursday evening after a crash on the city’s Northwest Side.

Marion Holmes' family wants the police officer to be charged, saying dash-cam video shows he was driving recklessly.

I’m sitting in the front of a police car, blue lights flashing, sirens blaring, and hurtling along the A3 toward reports of a ...

One of the boys told us he saw smoke and people taking pictures of a fire, but his report barely registered and I dropped them off at a gas station to pick up the car.

Tahoe locals are losing patience. Many avoid the traffic as much as they can, preferring to ski midweek if schedules allow, ...

A West Michigan man was in New Orleans when a man plowed a truck into a crowd in the early hours of New Year’s Day, killing ...

A high-tech, low-intelligence thief tried to escape in a self-driving Waymo car after robbing a Los Angeles grocery store ...

To add insult to injury, the department sent her just $500 for totaling her car - she says she never saw a penny.

A Clifton police officer en route to a crime was hospitalized following a collision between a police cruiser and a civilian ...