Pursuit
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During the pursuit, police spiked the woman’s tires at least seven times, but she kept going
After striking a cruiser, the suspect fled the scene and drugs could be seen flying out the car window through bodycam footage
Video shows the man jumping from a vehicle unprovoked, throwing a bag into the street, and sprinting into a field for no apparent reason
The suspects caused a pile up after they crashed into a Metrobus suddenly and a squad car crashed into the back of their vehicle
The driver had a felony warrant for terroristic threats
Officers initially attempted to pull over the suspect for driving in the wrong direction when he fled
Ninety minutes into the pursuit, officers pinned the stolen U-Haul between a roadway median and several vehicles
The pursuit began when the suspect was identified by police driving a stolen vehicle in the parking lot of a local Walmart
While attempting to elude police, the suspect’s SUV struck another vehicle, flipped and crashed into a creek before catching fire
The pursuit ended with the DUI suspect in custody and the horse getting lots of love from the cops
A drone operator located the man, clad in body armor, in the woods as he approached threatened to shoot law enforcement officers
The pursuit began when the suspect ran a red light, nearly side-swiping an officer’s patrol unit with his car
Greenville Police Department Detective Myiesha Stewart, 30, was killed as she and other officers responded to a call
Attorneys for the victim indicated the city was liable because officers did not terminate the pursuit earlier
After side-swiping several cars, the BMW began losing portions of the car’s body, with the rear bumper being the first to dislodge from the vehicle
“Our deputies did everything they could to quickly rescue this child safely from a madman.”
The shooter put several rounds through a patrol car’s windshield and later disabled a second pursuing vehicle
The suspect, who started assaulting the officers, was eventually apprehended
The council approved the settlement with the family of Guadalupe Francisco-Martinez when a police cruiser ran a red light and slammed into her SUV
Over 532 people were killed in police pursuit crashes in 2020 alone, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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The moped driver was fleeing from the scene of a reported shooting
Officer Frank Dustin died May 20, 1918, while pursuing a man who was allegedly exposing himself at a park
“When you take a 2,500-pound bullet and you ram a deputy who is standing at the apex of a door, this is the end result. Period,” the sheriff said
The suspect, who was driving with flat tires, struck and damaged three cruisers as the pursuit came to a halt
“Hey!” Officer Tierney Tomburo yells as she runs after the suspect; she then screams, “No!” as the suspect turns around and shoots Tomburo in the pelvis
The pursuit wasn’t over until stop sticks were used
An officer was speaking to someone and had their vehicle open when the woman got into the driver’s seat and sped off
“I stopped you because you weren’t wearing your seatbelt,” the deputy says. “I apologize, man,” the suspect responds
The suspect, who was high on meth, later confessed to trying to intentionally hit as many officers as he could
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