twig
09-18-2008, 04:21 PM
So, I don't think I've put this story on the forum yet so here ya go:
A while back I was responding to a call for kids drilling gas tanks (they drill a whole in the tank under the car, put a container under it). Well, the kids were long gone by the time I got there. Another couple of officers had come to help me, and one had already left. On his way out, he ran a license plate of a car driving by (which was odd because it was 3:00 am and the driver looked young). Well the car comes back stolen, but it was driving properly, so he called us over the ra*** and we get in our cars and quickly get in behind him.
There were three cruisers involved, Officer #1, Officer #2 and myself and my partner in my car with me driving.
At a three way stop, the car stopped and #1 pulled on the right side of it, #2 pulled on the left side of it and I pulled right behind it, and we all put our lights on at the same time. The car rolled forward slowly, as if he was thinking, then squeeled off down the street. We took off after it with #1 and #2 leading, and me in the back (which was fine as it was my first pursuit). We were in a residential area with lots of windy streets, so the pursuit never actually went over 85 km/h, but taking corners at like 70 km/h, so it felt pretty fast.
The kid was lucky because he blew through stop signs, traffic lights without even touching the brakes. He ended up going down a back road, and #1 went to get in front of him to slow him down (we aren't allowed to PIT up here). As #1 got up beside him, the car drifted to the right onto the gravel shoulder, and since the driver was only 14, didn't know what to do, so he ended up going straight into the ditch, out of the ditch, into a field about 100 meters wide with one hydro pole in the middle of it....and hit the hydro pole.
Looked like a scene right out of Disorderly Conduct or Cops. I slam on my brakes and go running to the passenger and drag him out of the car by his hoody. I tell you, he was so messed up from the airbag (no seat belt) that he was a rag doll.
Soooo much fun. I can't wait until my next one.
A while back I was responding to a call for kids drilling gas tanks (they drill a whole in the tank under the car, put a container under it). Well, the kids were long gone by the time I got there. Another couple of officers had come to help me, and one had already left. On his way out, he ran a license plate of a car driving by (which was odd because it was 3:00 am and the driver looked young). Well the car comes back stolen, but it was driving properly, so he called us over the ra*** and we get in our cars and quickly get in behind him.
There were three cruisers involved, Officer #1, Officer #2 and myself and my partner in my car with me driving.
At a three way stop, the car stopped and #1 pulled on the right side of it, #2 pulled on the left side of it and I pulled right behind it, and we all put our lights on at the same time. The car rolled forward slowly, as if he was thinking, then squeeled off down the street. We took off after it with #1 and #2 leading, and me in the back (which was fine as it was my first pursuit). We were in a residential area with lots of windy streets, so the pursuit never actually went over 85 km/h, but taking corners at like 70 km/h, so it felt pretty fast.
The kid was lucky because he blew through stop signs, traffic lights without even touching the brakes. He ended up going down a back road, and #1 went to get in front of him to slow him down (we aren't allowed to PIT up here). As #1 got up beside him, the car drifted to the right onto the gravel shoulder, and since the driver was only 14, didn't know what to do, so he ended up going straight into the ditch, out of the ditch, into a field about 100 meters wide with one hydro pole in the middle of it....and hit the hydro pole.
Looked like a scene right out of Disorderly Conduct or Cops. I slam on my brakes and go running to the passenger and drag him out of the car by his hoody. I tell you, he was so messed up from the airbag (no seat belt) that he was a rag doll.
Soooo much fun. I can't wait until my next one.