Pursuit
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“This is why we stop these folks,” Sgt. Amar Gandhi. “These are dangerous folks, and who knows what they were going to do”
The officer who was shot at by the suspect pursued him for several minutes despite being wounded by broken glass; the suspect was later found and arrested
An officer in a police SUV eventually performed a low-speed maneuver, causing Lopez to lose control of the bicycle and fall
The off-duty Pasco Police Department officers witnessed the crash and pursued the suspect while in Spokane for a leadership conference
Seattle PD used a terminator device to flatten the tires of the suspect’s stolen vehicle; the suspect fled on foot was later found hiding in a dumpster by a K-9 unit
Florida Highway Patrol and Miami-Dade Police Department officers had to jump into the lake to rescue and arrest the woman after she refused to be lifted up by a rope
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One Columbus Police Department officer was shot, prompting other officers to return fire
The suspects continued to flee after the car was struck by Columbus Police cruisers multiple times
The Santaquin Police Department officer killed in the incident has been identified as Sgt. Bill Hooser, a “top notch officer” who died “doing what he loved”
Bystander video captures the moment the suspect exchanged gunfire with Paris Police Department officers before climbing into a patrol car and driving away
Six stolen vehicles were reportedly stopped over a period of two weeks in April thanks to the device
Paramedics were still in the ambulance when it was stolen and had to bail out of the vehicle as the suspect fled
Michigan State Police helicopter video shows the suspect doing wheelies and doughnuts around Dearborn PD cruisers before leading multiple departments on a pursuit
The victim and an officer who was standing nearby ran after the thief; the victim fell, but the officer continued to pursue the perpetrator on foot, video shows
Millions watched on live television as LAPD officers pursued Simpson for nearly two hours after a warrant was issued for his arrest in 1994
The Oct. 29 incident occurred after the man randomly assaulted a church-goer; he fled from San Francisco police until a wheel “literally fell off” of the car he was driving
San Bernardino sheriff’s deputies were attempting to protect other officers when they shot and killed a teen girl who had been kidnapped by her father, a heavily-armed murder suspect
The officer was positioned at the end of a freeway on-ramp as a suspect vehicle and several cruisers approached at high speed; the suspect swerved onto the freeway before reaching the end of the ramp and a cruiser hit the officer
The man climbed to the roof of a restaurant and threw bricks at buildings below before removing his shirt and climbing onto the cable
The suspect drove through yards and collided with other vehicles before Fayette County Sheriff’s Office deputies apprehended him
The biker’s social media account also included multiple other videos of illegal activities, which are now considered evidence
An AMR supervisor rolled down his window to ask if a man standing in the road was OK; the man “began throwing himself at the window, gaining access to the ambulance”
The video begins with officers responding to a domestic violence call
A disgruntled employee stole the piece of equipment and used it to flee; after seeing the dangers of pursuing it in cruisers, an officer took over the chase in an identical piece of equipment
The suspect fled in the stolen vehicle, then on foot, before being taken in by a K-9 team
The department cited the use of ALPRs and a crackdown on sideshow activities as reasons for the spike
Mich State Police officials cited updated technology that will allow officers to make an arrest without pursuing the suspect as a reason for the change
The driver climbed out of the car and swam farther offshore before being pulled from the water by a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office boat crew; two dogs were rescued from the back seat
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