Crash Investigation Unit
The Absecon Police Department’s Crash Investigation Unit is comprised of members with specialized training as it relates to motor vehicle crashes. In addition to their regular patrol duties, the unit is tasked with investigating serious and fatal motor vehicle crashes within the City of Absecon. Unit members attend rigorous courses, based in math, to gather relevant data from a crash scene. These courses include but are not limited to: Basic Crash Investigation (Crash I), Advanced Crash Investigation (Crash II), Pedestrian/Bicycle Crash Investigation, Motorcycle Crash Investigation, LASER Operator, Vehicle Dynamics, and Traffic Crash Reconstruction.
This specialized training allows unit members to:
- Complete to-scale diagrams of crash scenes utilizing precise laser measurements
- Analyze a vehicle for crush data
- Accurately measure roadway evidence
- Perform a post-crash vehicle inspection
- Reconstruct a crash scene
- Accurately determine speed of a vehicle at the time of a crash
- Retrieve data from a vehicle utilizing the Event Data Recorder (“black box”)
- Determine if and when motor vehicle and/or criminal charges are appropriate from a crash
The Crash Investigation Unit is also responsible for reviewing Absecon Police Department’s NJTR-1 crash reports and submitting them to several outside agencies for record keeping purposes. The unit receives yearly training in NJTR-1 updates and modifications.
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