Police vehicles will get fire extinguishers: "(By Meghan Cooke, macooke@charlotteobserver.com) On the afternoon of Dec. 30, William McNear was at his nephew's barbershop in east Charlotte when he saw police cruisers zoom by. Then, he heard a crash.
He rushed to help and found a police car and a pickup had collided head-on. Inside the mangled cruiser was Officer Keith Trietley, who was unresponsive."