1 00:00:09,655 --> 00:00:10,586 [narrator] In Florida, 2 00:00:11,206 --> 00:00:12,965 [Deputy DeMarco speaking] 3 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,137 He was losing control of the vehicle. 4 00:00:15,172 --> 00:00:16,896 [siren wailing] 5 00:00:16,931 --> 00:00:18,517 [man on police radio] High priority. 6 00:00:18,551 --> 00:00:20,000 [woman on police radio] No traffic [indistinct]. 7 00:00:22,172 --> 00:00:24,172 [narrator] In Oregon, 8 00:00:24,206 --> 00:00:27,379 officers check the welfare of a suspect's dogs. 9 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:29,275 [dogs barking] 10 00:00:29,310 --> 00:00:30,793 [Officer Lau] I was a little nervous. 11 00:00:30,827 --> 00:00:33,137 The size of the dogs and the fact that they were barking. 12 00:00:33,620 --> 00:00:35,827 [man yelling] 13 00:00:37,482 --> 00:00:38,137 [gunshots] 14 00:00:41,206 --> 00:00:41,896 [gun fires] 15 00:00:43,862 --> 00:00:45,896 [narrator] And in Indiana, 16 00:00:45,931 --> 00:00:48,379 a couple's beef turns violent. 17 00:00:49,793 --> 00:00:51,068 [man speaking] 18 00:00:51,103 --> 00:00:53,551 I went to go put her handcuffs and set her on the curb, 19 00:00:53,586 --> 00:00:54,344 [Officer Jones speaking] 20 00:00:54,379 --> 00:00:55,793 [woman yelling] 21 00:01:04,102 --> 00:01:05,724 [Officer Jones yelling] 22 00:01:17,344 --> 00:01:18,379 [narrator] In Florida, 23 00:01:19,241 --> 00:01:21,517 37 miles south of Gainesville, 24 00:01:23,275 --> 00:01:24,551 is Marion County. 25 00:01:30,206 --> 00:01:33,068 Deputies Calvin Pope and Richard DeMarco 26 00:01:33,103 --> 00:01:34,620 are on patrol together. 27 00:01:38,723 --> 00:01:40,241 [Deputy DeMarco] On the night of the incident, 28 00:01:40,275 --> 00:01:44,655 deputies got together, for proactive detail 29 00:01:44,689 --> 00:01:47,931 where, we went out and sought criminal activity, 30 00:01:47,965 --> 00:01:49,896 instead of waiting for things to happen. 31 00:01:51,517 --> 00:01:53,103 On that particular night, 32 00:01:53,137 --> 00:01:54,206 I happened to be driving. 33 00:01:56,482 --> 00:01:58,172 [Deputy Pope] Deputy DeMarco's driving is, 34 00:01:59,344 --> 00:02:01,758 I don't have to think about how to answer that, um. 35 00:02:03,172 --> 00:02:05,310 Deputy DeMarco's driving is aggressive. 36 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:10,448 [indistinct radio chatter] 37 00:02:11,827 --> 00:02:14,137 [Deputy DeMarco] Another deputy came over the radio, 38 00:02:14,172 --> 00:02:17,000 and alerted us to a stolen vehicle in the area, 39 00:02:17,034 --> 00:02:20,000 and that's when we began looking for that vehicle description. 40 00:02:21,724 --> 00:02:23,689 [indistinct radio chatter] 41 00:02:23,724 --> 00:02:25,137 I just so happened 42 00:02:25,172 --> 00:02:28,344 to see a car matching that description, up in traffic. 43 00:02:28,379 --> 00:02:31,344 [indistinct radio chatter] 44 00:02:31,379 --> 00:02:34,551 [Deputy DeMarco] After radioing to dispatch the license plate, 45 00:02:34,586 --> 00:02:36,965 they confirmed that, that vehicle was stolen. 46 00:02:38,379 --> 00:02:39,586 He knew why I was there. 47 00:02:39,620 --> 00:02:41,724 He knew I was going to try to pull him over. 48 00:02:41,758 --> 00:02:43,241 [Deputy DeMarco on radio] 49 00:02:46,275 --> 00:02:48,137 [Deputy DeMarco] When, he did a U-turn, 50 00:02:48,172 --> 00:02:51,551 I immediately realized, this guy is trying to test us 51 00:02:51,586 --> 00:02:53,586 before we have lights in sirens on. 52 00:02:53,620 --> 00:02:57,206 I figured that this was something that this guy has done before. 53 00:02:57,241 --> 00:02:58,689 [siren blaring] 54 00:02:59,724 --> 00:03:00,931 [Deputy DeMarco on radio] 55 00:03:06,275 --> 00:03:08,241 [Deputy Pope] I knew at that time, that we were about to 56 00:03:08,275 --> 00:03:10,103 be in a car chase. 57 00:03:10,137 --> 00:03:11,413 So, I just started holding on. 58 00:03:12,758 --> 00:03:13,758 [man on radio] 59 00:03:20,241 --> 00:03:21,689 [Deputy DeMarco] During a pursuit, 60 00:03:21,724 --> 00:03:24,413 I'm visualizing what lies ahead, 61 00:03:24,448 --> 00:03:26,862 and I'm making sure that everything we're doing, 62 00:03:26,896 --> 00:03:28,896 is according to policies and procedures. 63 00:03:30,172 --> 00:03:32,344 There is a fine line of 64 00:03:32,379 --> 00:03:36,034 staying close to the suspect and not too close. 65 00:03:36,067 --> 00:03:38,172 In these pursuits, it's very unpredictable. 66 00:03:38,206 --> 00:03:40,517 You don't know what this criminal is gonna do. 67 00:03:40,551 --> 00:03:41,655 [man on radio] 68 00:03:44,344 --> 00:03:46,379 At some points, he got up to 80 miles an hour. 69 00:03:47,896 --> 00:03:50,689 Obviously, you don't wanna put the public in danger. 70 00:03:50,724 --> 00:03:54,275 And so, you're monitoring how dangerous they are being, 71 00:03:54,310 --> 00:03:56,517 and you compare that to the charges 72 00:03:56,551 --> 00:03:58,241 that you have against them. 73 00:03:58,275 --> 00:04:01,137 Is it worth putting people at risk for? 74 00:04:01,758 --> 00:04:03,896 [man on radio] 75 00:04:15,448 --> 00:04:17,724 [Deputy DeMarco] I had to put my foot hard on the brakes, 76 00:04:17,757 --> 00:04:20,930 initiate kind of a slide. 77 00:04:20,964 --> 00:04:23,275 [Deputy Pope] I knew you were not gonna be able to stop. 78 00:04:23,310 --> 00:04:26,655 I knew, that we were going to hit the sign. 79 00:04:26,689 --> 00:04:28,482 I was prepared for it. 80 00:04:28,517 --> 00:04:31,000 I was actually talking on the radio at the time, 81 00:04:31,034 --> 00:04:33,827 and you can hear, I was bracing for impact. 82 00:04:39,655 --> 00:04:42,413 [Deputy DeMarco] I would say that the vehicle was under control. 83 00:04:42,448 --> 00:04:43,965 Pope will definitely have a different 84 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:45,310 version of that story. 85 00:04:48,586 --> 00:04:50,482 Dense, heavily populated area. 86 00:04:50,517 --> 00:04:53,724 I was just thinking, "It's getting real now. 87 00:04:53,758 --> 00:04:55,965 It's getting intense." 88 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:57,724 He definitely pushed it to its limits. 89 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:11,862 One thing that we're always gonna try to do, 90 00:05:11,896 --> 00:05:14,137 as quickly as possible is a PIT maneuver. 91 00:05:14,172 --> 00:05:16,310 That is the quickest way to end the pursuit. 92 00:05:18,241 --> 00:05:19,379 [man speaking on radio] 93 00:05:30,793 --> 00:05:33,482 [Deputy DeMarco] I attempted to get in position, 94 00:05:33,517 --> 00:05:36,448 and the suspect slammed on his brakes, 95 00:05:36,482 --> 00:05:39,482 and we both kinda went off the shoulder because, 96 00:05:39,517 --> 00:05:42,241 I'm still trying to get into his back fender 97 00:05:42,275 --> 00:05:45,758 and he's evading me by going off the road. 98 00:05:45,793 --> 00:05:48,482 That kind of let me know that he's aware of the surroundings 99 00:05:48,517 --> 00:05:50,379 and he can tell what I'm trying to do. 100 00:05:51,517 --> 00:05:52,172 [siren blaring] 101 00:05:55,517 --> 00:05:57,103 [crashes] 102 00:05:59,551 --> 00:06:01,655 [narrator] Other deputies are right behind. 103 00:06:08,172 --> 00:06:09,793 [Deputy DeMarco] I thought that was gonna end the chase, 104 00:06:09,827 --> 00:06:12,482 because of the other deputies that had showed up. 105 00:06:12,517 --> 00:06:14,689 I thought we had it kind of blocked in. 106 00:06:14,724 --> 00:06:16,068 [siren wailing] 107 00:06:20,379 --> 00:06:21,034 [crashes] 108 00:06:23,137 --> 00:06:28,275 When you have a suspect driving at a deputy and then, 109 00:06:28,310 --> 00:06:30,206 striking that deputy's car, 110 00:06:30,241 --> 00:06:32,655 it brings it up to an aggravated battery 111 00:06:32,689 --> 00:06:35,172 on law enforcement, which we take very seriously. 112 00:06:37,448 --> 00:06:39,689 When I saw the determination that, 113 00:06:39,724 --> 00:06:43,172 he didn't care about his life or anybody else's, 114 00:06:43,206 --> 00:06:45,689 I knew that this was a different level of 115 00:06:45,724 --> 00:06:47,034 criminal that we were dealing with. 116 00:06:49,275 --> 00:06:51,965 There's something more than a stolen car going on here. 117 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,482 He's got probably serious felony warrants, 118 00:06:54,517 --> 00:06:58,206 or there is going to be a tremendous amount of drugs, 119 00:06:58,241 --> 00:07:00,379 you know, guns in the car, something like that. 120 00:07:01,413 --> 00:07:02,448 This person is desperate. 121 00:07:04,931 --> 00:07:05,586 [deputies on radio] 122 00:07:23,448 --> 00:07:24,896 [Deputy DeMarco] We've gone a fair distance. 123 00:07:25,758 --> 00:07:27,862 He turns down the service road, 124 00:07:27,896 --> 00:07:29,965 with potholes and all and, 125 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:34,068 all I can see is dust and barely a hint of his tail lights, 126 00:07:34,103 --> 00:07:35,689 up ahead. 127 00:07:35,724 --> 00:07:40,655 So, I've gotta be able to drive in a manner that's safe for Pope and I, 128 00:07:40,689 --> 00:07:43,172 but also be able to determine, 129 00:07:43,206 --> 00:07:46,275 which way he goes, at the end of the street. 130 00:07:46,310 --> 00:07:49,758 There is always the risk of what lies around the next corner, 131 00:07:49,793 --> 00:07:51,344 and you've got to keep that in your mind. 132 00:07:52,103 --> 00:07:53,551 At this point, you realize, 133 00:07:55,206 --> 00:07:57,310 this is going to be the worst case scenario. 134 00:08:04,655 --> 00:08:05,310 [deputies talking on radio] 135 00:08:25,482 --> 00:08:27,793 [Deputy DeMarco] Throughout the pursuit, I'm trying to 136 00:08:27,827 --> 00:08:30,034 get a look at the driver. 137 00:08:30,068 --> 00:08:32,586 And I think at a few times, I was able to 138 00:08:32,620 --> 00:08:35,861 get a fair description of what he looked like. 139 00:08:35,895 --> 00:08:37,895 I could not tell his age. 140 00:08:37,931 --> 00:08:38,586 [deputies on radio] 141 00:09:05,206 --> 00:09:07,241 [Deputy DeMarco] When, I heard over the radio, 142 00:09:07,275 --> 00:09:09,172 that spike strips were deployed, 143 00:09:14,034 --> 00:09:17,068 I wanted to make sure to give that suspect enough space. 144 00:09:17,103 --> 00:09:20,482 That way, I don't make the same mistake he was about to make. 145 00:09:20,517 --> 00:09:22,172 And run over the same strips 146 00:09:22,206 --> 00:09:24,827 that were designed to stop him. 147 00:09:24,862 --> 00:09:27,965 The spike strips will deflate the tire at a slow rate. 148 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,724 That way, it's controlled and not an immediate flat tire. 149 00:09:34,517 --> 00:09:35,172 [deputies on radio] 150 00:10:00,586 --> 00:10:03,068 [Deputy Pope] We started getting debris, 151 00:10:03,103 --> 00:10:05,206 coming off the vehicle, which was the tire, 152 00:10:05,241 --> 00:10:06,896 starting to come up apart. 153 00:10:06,931 --> 00:10:09,275 I wasn't sure at that time if it was our vehicle, 154 00:10:09,310 --> 00:10:11,344 that had been hit or if it was the suspect vehicle. 155 00:10:11,965 --> 00:10:12,620 [deputies on radio] 156 00:10:40,965 --> 00:10:42,517 [Deputy Pope] The tires on the left side of the vehicle 157 00:10:42,551 --> 00:10:43,724 started to break apart, 158 00:10:44,448 --> 00:10:46,620 and he was still traveling, 159 00:10:46,655 --> 00:10:48,965 at speeds of 80 miles an hour. 160 00:10:50,827 --> 00:10:53,172 [Deputy DeMarco] He was losing control of the vehicle, 161 00:10:53,206 --> 00:10:56,724 and I started to get closer to attempt the PIT, 162 00:10:56,758 --> 00:11:00,689 but, he wasn't even able to stay straight and started swerving. 163 00:11:00,724 --> 00:11:02,827 And, I backed way off of it, 164 00:11:02,862 --> 00:11:04,655 because I knew he was about to wreck, 165 00:11:04,689 --> 00:11:06,068 and I didn't want to get caught up in it. 166 00:11:07,896 --> 00:11:09,586 At this point, I got really scared. 167 00:11:09,620 --> 00:11:12,206 I thought that, that suspect vehicle is gonna 168 00:11:12,241 --> 00:11:13,965 cross into oncoming traffic 169 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:15,655 and that things were gonna get bad. 170 00:11:16,931 --> 00:11:18,241 [siren wailing] 171 00:11:18,896 --> 00:11:19,551 [radio chatter] 172 00:11:39,137 --> 00:11:39,896 [bleep] 173 00:11:39,931 --> 00:11:40,586 [Deputy DeMarco speaking] 174 00:12:00,241 --> 00:12:02,103 [Deputy Pope] As the chase comes to a stop, 175 00:12:02,137 --> 00:12:05,620 this can be the end of everything or can be the beginning. 176 00:12:06,862 --> 00:12:08,620 We didn't have any idea who was in the car, 177 00:12:08,655 --> 00:12:10,103 how many people were in the car, 178 00:12:10,137 --> 00:12:12,103 and if they had any weapons with them. 179 00:12:13,413 --> 00:12:14,517 Who knows what they'll do. 180 00:12:21,206 --> 00:12:21,862 [Deputy DeMarco speaking] 181 00:12:39,620 --> 00:12:42,620 [Deputy Pope] So, as he got out of the car and walked around, 182 00:12:42,655 --> 00:12:45,137 I could see that it was a teenager essentially. 183 00:12:47,310 --> 00:12:48,482 I was a little surprised. 184 00:12:48,517 --> 00:12:50,206 I think I was expecting an adult, 185 00:12:50,241 --> 00:12:53,000 probably with a lengthy criminal history. 186 00:12:55,793 --> 00:12:56,448 [Deputy DeMarco speaking] 187 00:13:05,931 --> 00:13:07,034 [Deputy Pope] The first thing you wanna do, 188 00:13:07,068 --> 00:13:09,137 is make sure that there's no one else in the car, 189 00:13:09,172 --> 00:13:10,965 either injured or that's gonna be a threat 190 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:11,931 to the other deputies. 191 00:13:17,448 --> 00:13:20,896 When I found a gun in the car, at that point I realized, 192 00:13:20,931 --> 00:13:22,724 that this could've gotten very serious. 193 00:13:23,965 --> 00:13:26,862 The most common types of car burglars are 194 00:13:26,896 --> 00:13:29,517 either teenagers or drug addicts. 195 00:13:29,551 --> 00:13:32,896 and, teenagers go around in the middle of the night checking door handles, 196 00:13:32,931 --> 00:13:35,137 I figured that's probably how he got it. 197 00:13:35,172 --> 00:13:37,689 In a situation like that, it's a huge relief that, 198 00:13:37,724 --> 00:13:40,275 they decided not to use the firearm against us, 199 00:13:40,310 --> 00:13:42,551 'cause obviously, we're gonna defend ourselves. 200 00:13:42,586 --> 00:13:44,448 And you don't want that with anybody but, 201 00:13:44,482 --> 00:13:45,655 definitely not with a teenager. 202 00:13:49,758 --> 00:13:53,586 [Deputy DeMarco] I think, when the defendant finally was stopped, 203 00:13:53,620 --> 00:13:55,379 he realized that he was caught 204 00:13:55,413 --> 00:13:58,379 and there was nothing he could do at that point to get away. 205 00:13:58,413 --> 00:14:01,241 And his best course of action would be to give up. 206 00:14:01,275 --> 00:14:02,586 And it was. 207 00:14:02,620 --> 00:14:03,931 If he made a decision 208 00:14:03,965 --> 00:14:06,344 to use that firearm, that was in the car, 209 00:14:06,379 --> 00:14:08,000 it would end his life, 210 00:14:08,034 --> 00:14:10,034 So, he made the best decision possible. 211 00:14:11,310 --> 00:14:12,344 [narrator] Police discovered 212 00:14:12,379 --> 00:14:15,137 the suspect is just 16 years old. 213 00:14:19,068 --> 00:14:19,724 [Deputy DeMarco speaking] 214 00:14:22,620 --> 00:14:24,206 [Deputy Pope speaking] 215 00:14:30,068 --> 00:14:32,551 [Deputy Pope] It did shake me up, a little bit. 216 00:14:32,586 --> 00:14:35,413 It's a very different thing to be the passenger in a car chase. 217 00:14:36,655 --> 00:14:38,137 Just witnessing it from the passenger seat 218 00:14:38,172 --> 00:14:41,379 as opposed to being the one in control of the vehicle. 219 00:14:43,034 --> 00:14:44,862 [Deputy DeMarco] I was surprised that the suspect 220 00:14:44,896 --> 00:14:46,413 was as young as he was. 221 00:14:46,448 --> 00:14:50,586 I had the impression that he had years of driving experience, 222 00:14:50,620 --> 00:14:53,517 and when I realized he's 16, I realized 223 00:14:53,551 --> 00:14:54,758 there's no way he could have had... 224 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,241 I think he played a lot ofGrand Theft Auto. 225 00:14:58,275 --> 00:14:59,931 There's no other way around it. 226 00:14:59,965 --> 00:15:01,379 And that's how he got his skills. 227 00:15:05,965 --> 00:15:08,655 [narrator] Derrian Brown is charged with grand theft 228 00:15:08,689 --> 00:15:11,275 of a motor vehicle and firearm, 229 00:15:11,310 --> 00:15:14,275 fleeing, burglary offences, 230 00:15:14,310 --> 00:15:17,413 and aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer. 231 00:15:19,103 --> 00:15:22,724 As a juvenile, his convictions are not disclosed. 232 00:15:26,137 --> 00:15:29,103 [Deputy DeMarco] This pursuit turned out to be an absolute success. 233 00:15:29,896 --> 00:15:31,413 There was nobody injured, 234 00:15:32,758 --> 00:15:35,379 and we got someone that was 235 00:15:35,413 --> 00:15:37,862 committing a spree of crimes, off the street. 236 00:15:40,448 --> 00:15:42,862 I was especially glad I was the driver, 237 00:15:42,896 --> 00:15:44,379 because I would definitely have got sick, 238 00:15:44,413 --> 00:15:46,000 sitting in the passenger seat that night. 239 00:15:48,482 --> 00:15:51,034 If we do another proactive operation, 240 00:15:51,068 --> 00:15:52,620 I'm definitely driving next time. 241 00:15:54,862 --> 00:15:58,655 [narrator] In Oregon, 12 miles south of Portland, 242 00:15:58,689 --> 00:16:00,344 is the city of Gladstone. 243 00:16:06,793 --> 00:16:10,206 November 22, I was working a swing shift, 244 00:16:10,241 --> 00:16:13,344 which is primarily 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. 245 00:16:13,379 --> 00:16:14,827 [woman talking on radio] 246 00:16:14,862 --> 00:16:18,586 [Office Lau] I do prefer to work that shift, just because it's busy. 247 00:16:18,620 --> 00:16:20,379 I was driving around on patrol. 248 00:16:21,379 --> 00:16:24,448 I had noticed a black SUV, 249 00:16:24,482 --> 00:16:25,827 run the stop sign. 250 00:16:25,862 --> 00:16:26,965 [siren wailing] 251 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,724 So, I made a U-turn, I got behind the vehicle, 252 00:16:29,758 --> 00:16:31,655 and I conducted a traffic stop on it. 253 00:16:36,586 --> 00:16:37,241 [Officer Lau speaking] 254 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,965 I went up to the passenger side to speak with the driver. 255 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:49,068 The driver was a Hispanic female in her 30s. 256 00:16:50,344 --> 00:16:53,448 She told me that she was headed to the gym, 257 00:16:53,482 --> 00:16:55,931 which made sense, she was in athleticwear at the time. 258 00:16:57,758 --> 00:16:59,448 I went back to my patrol car, 259 00:16:59,482 --> 00:17:01,896 and I ran her driver's license. 260 00:17:01,931 --> 00:17:03,620 [woman speaking on radio] 261 00:17:05,034 --> 00:17:06,310 [Officer Lau speaking] 262 00:17:12,034 --> 00:17:13,723 [woman speaking on radio] 263 00:17:13,758 --> 00:17:15,586 [Office Lau] The warrant that Ms. Garcia had, 264 00:17:15,619 --> 00:17:18,482 was an extraditable warrant for theft. 265 00:17:18,517 --> 00:17:20,931 Somewhat serious charge just due to the fact that 266 00:17:20,964 --> 00:17:24,034 Texas was willing to transport Ms. Garcia 267 00:17:24,068 --> 00:17:25,896 from Oregon all the way back to Texas... 268 00:17:29,034 --> 00:17:31,517 which meant that it was a mandatory arrest. 269 00:17:40,827 --> 00:17:43,689 [Officer Lau] Anytime an officer is out with a wanted person, 270 00:17:43,724 --> 00:17:46,655 they automatically dispatch another officer. 271 00:17:48,344 --> 00:17:51,000 I knew that my cover officer was going to be Sergeant Hill. 272 00:17:53,379 --> 00:17:55,137 Sergeant Hill arrived on scene. 273 00:17:58,448 --> 00:18:00,000 [Officer Lau speaking] 274 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:01,724 [Ms. Garcia speaking] 275 00:18:01,758 --> 00:18:02,758 [Officer Lau speaking] 276 00:18:09,689 --> 00:18:10,413 [Ms. Garcia speaking] 277 00:18:12,827 --> 00:18:14,758 [Officer Lau speaking] 278 00:18:36,517 --> 00:18:39,379 Sergeant Hill and I decided to transport Ms. Garcia 279 00:18:39,413 --> 00:18:41,068 back to our police department, 280 00:18:41,103 --> 00:18:43,241 so we could further figure out a plan on, 281 00:18:43,275 --> 00:18:46,862 how to, not only transport Ms. Garcia to jail safely, 282 00:18:46,896 --> 00:18:49,517 but also to look into the welfare of her dogs. 283 00:18:51,793 --> 00:18:54,896 Sergeant Hill worked on the animal impound report, 284 00:18:54,931 --> 00:18:57,655 asking Ms. Garcia questions about her dogs. 285 00:18:58,862 --> 00:19:00,758 She was compliant and cooperative. 286 00:19:02,310 --> 00:19:05,551 Sergeant Hill decided that we would transport her, 287 00:19:05,586 --> 00:19:08,172 back to her residence to assist in placing her dogs, 288 00:19:08,206 --> 00:19:09,655 in an impound. 289 00:19:15,206 --> 00:19:16,379 [Officer Lau speaking] 290 00:19:19,517 --> 00:19:21,137 [Ms. Garcia speaking] 291 00:19:25,137 --> 00:19:26,000 [Officer Lau speaking] 292 00:19:35,068 --> 00:19:38,793 The area in which Ms. Garcia was living in, Happy Valley, 293 00:19:38,827 --> 00:19:42,586 is a relatively quiet and affluent area of Oregon. 294 00:19:43,862 --> 00:19:44,689 [Ms. Garcia speaking] 295 00:19:44,724 --> 00:19:45,448 [Officer Lau speaking] 296 00:19:45,482 --> 00:19:46,551 [Ms. Garcia speaking] 297 00:19:47,206 --> 00:19:48,000 [Officer Lau speaking] 298 00:19:49,413 --> 00:19:51,758 She had told us that her dogs were gonna be 299 00:19:51,793 --> 00:19:54,620 outside of their kennels and inside the residence. 300 00:19:54,655 --> 00:19:55,758 [Officer Lau speaking] 301 00:20:04,413 --> 00:20:05,068 [dog barking] 302 00:20:05,896 --> 00:20:07,000 [Officer Lau speaking] 303 00:20:10,517 --> 00:20:11,931 [dogs continue barking] 304 00:20:16,793 --> 00:20:17,965 [Officer Lau speaking] 305 00:20:19,068 --> 00:20:21,241 Once I opened the garage door and I noticed 306 00:20:21,275 --> 00:20:23,896 the size of the dogs and the fact that they were barking, 307 00:20:23,931 --> 00:20:26,068 and almost attempting to nip at us, 308 00:20:26,103 --> 00:20:27,034 I was a little nervous. 309 00:20:32,965 --> 00:20:33,724 [dog barking] 310 00:20:34,448 --> 00:20:35,413 [dog barking] 311 00:20:36,379 --> 00:20:37,862 [dog barking] 312 00:20:37,896 --> 00:20:40,068 [Lau] Sergeant Hill was able to get a leash on one of the dogs. 313 00:20:40,103 --> 00:20:40,758 No. 314 00:20:42,586 --> 00:20:44,310 [Lau] He handed the dog to me 315 00:20:44,344 --> 00:20:48,000 and informed me that I would take the dog to the garage, while 316 00:20:48,034 --> 00:20:51,655 he and Miss Garcia were going to attempt to leash the second dog. 317 00:20:51,689 --> 00:20:53,379 [dog whimpering] 318 00:20:54,344 --> 00:20:55,034 [Lau] Hello. 319 00:20:57,310 --> 00:20:59,758 [dog barking] 320 00:20:59,793 --> 00:21:03,206 [Lau] Once Miss Garcia and Sergeant Hill went upstairs to leash the second dog, 321 00:21:03,241 --> 00:21:05,793 I knew that she was still handcuffed behind her back. 322 00:21:07,034 --> 00:21:08,827 However, it did go quiet. 323 00:21:12,620 --> 00:21:14,206 [Hill screaming] 324 00:21:16,517 --> 00:21:17,724 [gunshots and yelling] 325 00:21:22,379 --> 00:21:24,034 [multiple gunshots] 326 00:21:25,448 --> 00:21:26,413 [gunshots] 327 00:21:47,448 --> 00:21:49,206 [gunshots and yelling] 328 00:22:13,413 --> 00:22:14,896 [multiple gunshots] 329 00:22:19,241 --> 00:22:20,000 [gunshot] 330 00:22:22,827 --> 00:22:23,724 [gunshot] 331 00:22:27,965 --> 00:22:29,275 [multiple gunshots] 332 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,206 I was expecting Sergeant Hill and Miss Garcia to come back with a dog. 333 00:22:53,758 --> 00:22:55,137 [Hill yelling] 334 00:22:59,896 --> 00:23:01,310 [multiple gunshots] 335 00:23:02,724 --> 00:23:03,931 [gunshots] 336 00:23:05,034 --> 00:23:08,206 [Lau] I heard gunshots and screaming upstairs. 337 00:23:11,965 --> 00:23:15,344 At that point, I notice Sergeant Hill coming down the stairs at a quick pace. 338 00:23:17,517 --> 00:23:19,068 Bleeding, shot in the leg. 339 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,379 He told me that she had a gun. 340 00:23:24,827 --> 00:23:26,827 I was extremely worried about Sergeant Hill. 341 00:23:28,241 --> 00:23:30,620 When someone is hit in the leg, there's a chance 342 00:23:30,655 --> 00:23:32,896 that they'd get hit in a major blood vessel. 343 00:23:32,931 --> 00:23:36,586 And then at that time, they only have maybe a couple minutes 344 00:23:36,620 --> 00:23:38,517 before they bleed out and die. 345 00:23:41,586 --> 00:23:43,827 At that time, I believed Miss Garcia was coming down 346 00:23:43,862 --> 00:23:46,655 to execute Sergeant Hill and to kill me. 347 00:23:50,482 --> 00:23:52,000 [gunshot] 348 00:24:00,724 --> 00:24:02,896 I fired upon her with my handgun. 349 00:24:03,241 --> 00:24:03,896 [gunshot] 350 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,103 I heard her scream in pain. 351 00:24:08,137 --> 00:24:12,344 And I told her to drop the weapon and she actually yelled back at me, "No." 352 00:24:12,379 --> 00:24:15,827 I couldn't tell if I was either scared or just in disbelief. 353 00:24:24,206 --> 00:24:27,413 A code zero is an all hands on deck request 354 00:24:27,448 --> 00:24:30,172 for anyone available in the entire area. 355 00:24:36,172 --> 00:24:37,758 [gun fires] 356 00:24:45,724 --> 00:24:49,275 I was trying to find any type of cover in the garage 357 00:24:49,310 --> 00:24:52,103 but the only thing that was in there was a Stairmaster made of plastic. 358 00:24:54,206 --> 00:24:57,758 So I didn't feel like that was a feasible piece of cover. 359 00:24:57,793 --> 00:25:00,827 I had called out to Sergeant Hill to see if he was okay. 360 00:25:00,862 --> 00:25:03,103 I knew if I didn't get in there quickly, 361 00:25:03,137 --> 00:25:04,103 he might bleed to death. 362 00:25:07,517 --> 00:25:09,379 [multiple gunshots] 363 00:25:10,827 --> 00:25:12,068 [gunshot] 364 00:25:13,310 --> 00:25:14,000 [gunshot] 365 00:25:16,758 --> 00:25:17,724 [gunshot] 366 00:25:20,103 --> 00:25:21,068 [gunshot] 367 00:25:21,758 --> 00:25:23,793 [sirens blaring] 368 00:25:31,620 --> 00:25:33,482 Sergeant Hill was going to bleed to death 369 00:25:33,517 --> 00:25:36,551 just because it'd been several minutes since he was shot. 370 00:25:36,586 --> 00:25:39,758 I remember thinking in my head I couldn't live with myself 371 00:25:40,379 --> 00:25:41,344 if I didn't do anything. 372 00:25:45,551 --> 00:25:46,620 So I went in. 373 00:25:53,448 --> 00:25:54,206 [officer] You all right? 374 00:25:59,896 --> 00:26:03,586 [Lau] I directed the deputies, you know, to go to the right. 375 00:26:03,620 --> 00:26:08,103 They were able to hold her at gunpoint while I put the torniquet on Sergeant Hill. 376 00:26:09,965 --> 00:26:12,793 I noticed there was a pool of blood below his legs. 377 00:26:17,241 --> 00:26:19,551 The other deputies had the suspect at gunpoint. 378 00:26:19,586 --> 00:26:20,689 Dogs just fine. 379 00:26:24,206 --> 00:26:28,620 I knew that I was hurt and I didn't know how bad. 380 00:26:29,620 --> 00:26:33,379 I was concerned at the amount of blood loss. 381 00:26:33,413 --> 00:26:36,241 I went to the local trauma hospital 382 00:26:36,275 --> 00:26:38,620 where I underwent emergency surgery. 383 00:26:42,034 --> 00:26:45,896 Fortunately I'm here today to talk about it. 384 00:26:50,103 --> 00:26:53,793 She seemed friendly all along. It was about her dogs. 385 00:26:53,827 --> 00:26:59,103 And she was trying to be helpful in securing the dogs. 386 00:26:59,137 --> 00:27:04,206 Because the dogs were acting so aggressively, I let go of Miss Garcia 387 00:27:04,241 --> 00:27:08,551 because it seemed like the dogs were trying to be protective of their owner. 388 00:27:08,586 --> 00:27:10,655 -[Garcia] Come on, Dusty. -[Hill] Oh. 389 00:27:10,689 --> 00:27:13,655 I was able to get the leash around one dog. 390 00:27:13,689 --> 00:27:16,931 And then I handed that leash to officer Lau. 391 00:27:16,965 --> 00:27:18,413 [dog barking] 392 00:27:18,448 --> 00:27:19,137 All right. Got it. 393 00:27:21,137 --> 00:27:27,034 We went upstairs, where she was going to grab this other leash that she said she had. 394 00:27:27,068 --> 00:27:30,310 And she said that she was gonna be able to secure the dog. 395 00:27:31,034 --> 00:27:33,241 [dog barking] 396 00:27:33,275 --> 00:27:36,482 The dog is barking, growling as I try to use my own leash 397 00:27:36,517 --> 00:27:38,310 to get it around this dog's neck. 398 00:27:38,344 --> 00:27:42,586 It's not letting me get close enough to get the leash on. 399 00:27:42,620 --> 00:27:44,655 [dog barking] 400 00:27:44,689 --> 00:27:49,379 As I looked back to her, she had a black handgun in her hands 401 00:27:49,413 --> 00:27:50,586 that were behind her back 402 00:27:50,620 --> 00:27:54,344 and made some comment that she's not going back to jail. 403 00:27:54,379 --> 00:27:57,034 And then she started shooting. 404 00:27:58,137 --> 00:28:00,724 [gunshots and yelling] 405 00:28:00,758 --> 00:28:01,517 [bleep] 406 00:28:01,551 --> 00:28:03,965 [yelling] 407 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:10,965 I was struck once in the right forearm and then once in the back of the right knee. 408 00:28:12,448 --> 00:28:14,344 It hurt, it burned. 409 00:28:14,379 --> 00:28:16,793 [indistinct shouting] 410 00:28:18,793 --> 00:28:24,620 So this is a torniquet and this is designed to stop bloodflow to an extremity. 411 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:27,344 It helped save my life. 412 00:28:30,241 --> 00:28:33,448 When I saw a couple of faces come through that door, 413 00:28:33,482 --> 00:28:36,172 and they were people that I knew and I'd worked with before, 414 00:28:36,862 --> 00:28:41,000 it was a huge relief for me. 415 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:52,206 During the surgery, they told me that there was a bullet that had been lodged 416 00:28:52,241 --> 00:28:54,034 in the back of my right knee. 417 00:28:54,068 --> 00:28:59,655 There was a nerve that was impacted that runs down the entire length of the leg. 418 00:28:59,689 --> 00:29:01,827 And that was gonna take the longest to heal. 419 00:29:05,689 --> 00:29:09,586 [narrator] The shooter, Ivette Garcia, is shot multiple times. 420 00:29:10,413 --> 00:29:12,310 She survives. 421 00:29:12,344 --> 00:29:15,931 I remember seeing the Clackamas County District Attorney release a statement 422 00:29:17,103 --> 00:29:20,620 regarding Miss Garcia's warrant 423 00:29:20,655 --> 00:29:26,551 in which she had embezzled over a million dollars from a company in Texas. 424 00:29:26,586 --> 00:29:30,000 [narrator] Garcia is convicted of attempted aggravated murder, 425 00:29:30,034 --> 00:29:31,931 assault in the first degree, 426 00:29:31,965 --> 00:29:34,551 and attempted assault in the first degree. 427 00:29:34,586 --> 00:29:37,310 She is sentenced to ten years in prison. 428 00:29:37,344 --> 00:29:42,241 She will be extradited to Texas where she will face prosecution for theft. 429 00:29:43,724 --> 00:29:47,586 [Lau] After the incident occurred, I received a medal of valor 430 00:29:47,620 --> 00:29:49,655 from the Gladstone Police Department. 431 00:29:53,137 --> 00:29:56,655 [Hill] After 20 years serving in Law Enforcement, 432 00:29:56,689 --> 00:29:59,827 I felt I had to retire. 433 00:29:59,862 --> 00:30:02,965 And definitely been a tough adjustment. 434 00:30:05,103 --> 00:30:08,206 I forgive Miss Garcia. 435 00:30:08,241 --> 00:30:12,379 And I'm thankful to be here to be able to be around for my wife and kids 436 00:30:12,413 --> 00:30:15,000 and all of my family and friends. 437 00:30:20,827 --> 00:30:22,724 [narrator] On Indiana's southern border 438 00:30:25,172 --> 00:30:27,000 is the city of Evansville. 439 00:30:30,172 --> 00:30:35,241 For officer Nathan Jones, law enforcement is a family tradition. 440 00:30:35,275 --> 00:30:37,931 [Jones] My father is on the Evansville Police Department. 441 00:30:37,965 --> 00:30:41,689 And he always motivated me to want to be a police officer. 442 00:30:43,068 --> 00:30:47,172 What some general public may feel is a bad day at the office, 443 00:30:47,206 --> 00:30:48,862 is what we're trained and built for. 444 00:30:52,827 --> 00:30:56,310 I was going to what would be considered a check welfare call. 445 00:30:56,344 --> 00:31:01,379 And as I'm stopped at a stop light, I notice a individual crossing the street 446 00:31:01,413 --> 00:31:03,862 from my left hand side. 447 00:31:03,896 --> 00:31:07,034 It was odd, because he was walking into oncoming traffic. 448 00:31:07,068 --> 00:31:09,000 And it looked like he had a question. 449 00:31:09,758 --> 00:31:11,758 He seemed a bit agitated. 450 00:31:11,793 --> 00:31:15,448 And he said that he had just gotten into it with his girlfriend. 451 00:31:15,482 --> 00:31:18,172 I just happened to look in my rearview mirror at the time, 452 00:31:18,206 --> 00:31:21,896 and I noticed a car was coming off a side street at a high rate of speed 453 00:31:21,931 --> 00:31:24,000 and about took out another car. 454 00:31:24,034 --> 00:31:25,689 And then was driving towards us. 455 00:31:27,034 --> 00:31:30,793 The guy that I was talking to actually said, "That's her." 456 00:31:30,827 --> 00:31:33,448 And so that immediately raised my level of concern. 457 00:32:20,793 --> 00:32:24,275 I wanted her to stay in the car so I could separate the two as much as possible. 458 00:32:24,310 --> 00:32:26,000 I was by myself. 459 00:32:26,034 --> 00:32:28,482 We were up on the curb but she was still in traffic, 460 00:32:28,517 --> 00:32:31,000 which was a safety concern in and of itself. 461 00:32:31,034 --> 00:32:33,517 She's much safer in her car than standing outside of it. 462 00:32:38,689 --> 00:32:40,931 My assumption was that she thought he was saying 463 00:32:40,965 --> 00:32:44,482 something that she did, which he was not. 464 00:32:44,517 --> 00:32:47,827 I think that caused a little bit of angst on her part. She gets back in her car, 465 00:32:47,862 --> 00:32:50,793 and I turn around to continue my conversation with him. 466 00:32:50,827 --> 00:32:55,034 Which does not last very long before she gets out, starts hollering and screaming again. 467 00:33:02,068 --> 00:33:05,103 Police officers really rely on their backup. 468 00:33:05,137 --> 00:33:07,310 None of my backup had gotten there at this point. 469 00:33:10,413 --> 00:33:14,551 She continued to be the aggressor in this situation. 470 00:33:14,586 --> 00:33:17,172 When somebody is so heightened to the point that they can't 471 00:33:17,206 --> 00:33:19,379 understand or hear anything that you're saying, 472 00:33:22,620 --> 00:33:25,241 as a police officer, sometimes in those situations, 473 00:33:25,275 --> 00:33:28,758 you just have to meet them where they're at with their level. 474 00:33:35,620 --> 00:33:38,931 I thought the safest bet was to pull her out of the car at that point in time. 475 00:33:38,965 --> 00:33:42,034 Put her in handcuffs so she's not a danger to me, him, or 476 00:33:42,068 --> 00:33:45,551 anybody else at that point in time and sit her on the curb in traffic. 477 00:33:45,586 --> 00:33:50,413 They're talking so loud, they're screaming, they're unconsolable to a degree that 478 00:33:50,448 --> 00:33:52,000 I was concerned with her safety. 479 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:11,896 She tried to shut the door on me and I had to pull the door open. 480 00:34:11,931 --> 00:34:15,034 Which put myself in a bad position. 481 00:34:15,068 --> 00:34:18,379 And especially since the car was running, which, at the time, 482 00:34:18,413 --> 00:34:19,688 I was not paying attention to. 483 00:34:21,344 --> 00:34:26,447 I specifically remember watching her foot go from the brake to the gas. 484 00:34:26,482 --> 00:34:32,103 And she had punched the gas so hard that I didn't have much of a time to react. 485 00:34:32,137 --> 00:34:34,896 And I remember just starting to run backwards. 486 00:34:34,931 --> 00:34:37,620 The tire sucks my foot underneath the car, 487 00:34:37,655 --> 00:34:41,034 which caused the rest of me to go underneath the car. 488 00:34:41,068 --> 00:34:43,655 I knew that I was in a terrible situation and I was 489 00:34:43,688 --> 00:34:45,000 just hoping to make it out of it. 490 00:35:05,448 --> 00:35:08,172 I lost consciousness for a minute, I believe. 491 00:35:08,206 --> 00:35:12,827 And when i came back to the realization of what was going on, 492 00:35:12,862 --> 00:35:14,896 I was face down on the ground. 493 00:35:14,931 --> 00:35:17,275 I wasn't quite sure how I got there, at that point. 494 00:35:19,793 --> 00:35:22,931 The only thing I was concerned about was getting her into custody. 495 00:35:34,586 --> 00:35:37,517 [woman crying] 496 00:36:23,172 --> 00:36:27,793 After I was able to put her into custody, and was able to call for backup and wait, 497 00:36:27,827 --> 00:36:32,586 I realized that something was wrong when my right arm and my right floor forearm 498 00:36:32,620 --> 00:36:35,172 felt like it was swelling to the point that it was gonna explode. 499 00:37:24,275 --> 00:37:28,310 It was quite a relief for backup to show up and be able to take over custody with her. 500 00:37:28,344 --> 00:37:31,655 I think mostly because the pain was really starting to set in. 501 00:37:31,689 --> 00:37:35,517 And I was probably becoming a bit angry that I had just been run over 502 00:37:35,551 --> 00:37:40,172 and my arm was starting to hurt to a degree that was incomprehensible. 503 00:37:40,206 --> 00:37:42,586 So I needed to get away, kinda collect myself. 504 00:38:46,931 --> 00:38:48,482 [narrator] More officers arrive. 505 00:38:57,724 --> 00:39:00,448 [Jones] The driver side tire ended up rolling over my right leg 506 00:39:00,482 --> 00:39:01,931 all the way up to my hip. 507 00:39:01,965 --> 00:39:03,448 And then over my back. 508 00:39:03,482 --> 00:39:06,758 And I did a backflip underneath the car. 509 00:39:06,793 --> 00:39:09,965 Not really sure how, but I ended up face down on the ground 510 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:11,965 after going underneath the car face up. 511 00:39:13,206 --> 00:39:15,482 My wrist was the last thing to get run over. 512 00:39:25,655 --> 00:39:30,379 [narrator] As officer Jones is driven to the hospital, other officers take over. 513 00:39:39,620 --> 00:39:42,448 [Jones] When I found out that there was a child in the car, 514 00:39:42,482 --> 00:39:46,241 that probably made me the angriest about the entirety of the situation. 515 00:39:47,758 --> 00:39:51,862 Being a father, you can relate to those situations. 516 00:39:51,896 --> 00:39:55,896 Her choices that day immediately affected that child. 517 00:39:55,931 --> 00:39:58,517 If it got to the point where she would've made me act, 518 00:39:58,551 --> 00:40:01,758 using deadly force in some capacity with a child in the car, 519 00:40:01,793 --> 00:40:03,068 that would not have been good at all. 520 00:40:10,275 --> 00:40:11,034 I know. 521 00:40:32,896 --> 00:40:33,965 Oh, like? 522 00:40:54,551 --> 00:40:56,896 [Jones] I got to the hospital 523 00:40:56,931 --> 00:41:01,931 and had multiple scans, had x-rays, MRIs, head scans, 524 00:41:01,965 --> 00:41:03,482 every scan you can think of, really. 525 00:41:04,620 --> 00:41:06,310 After a couple hours, 526 00:41:06,344 --> 00:41:09,172 I remember them coming in the room and saying, yep, your arm is broken. 527 00:41:09,206 --> 00:41:11,379 Which I kinda already knew at that point in time. 528 00:41:12,482 --> 00:41:14,862 My body didn't heal correctly. 529 00:41:14,896 --> 00:41:19,965 I'm not quite sure what my police's career is gonna be at this point still. 530 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,758 I'm over a year and a half out from the accident. 531 00:41:22,793 --> 00:41:25,586 I just had my fourth surgery about a month ago. 532 00:41:25,620 --> 00:41:28,793 And I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to be a cop again. 533 00:41:29,344 --> 00:41:30,275 That's the hope. 534 00:41:33,482 --> 00:41:37,448 [narrator] Maeling Smith pleads guilty to resisting law enforcement, 535 00:41:37,482 --> 00:41:42,000 causing serious bodily injury, and criminal recklessness. 536 00:41:42,034 --> 00:41:44,379 Her sentence is suspended on condition that 537 00:41:44,413 --> 00:41:47,551 she is evaluated for anger management. 538 00:41:47,586 --> 00:41:53,275 She is also ordered to pay Officer Jones $1,344. 539 00:41:54,827 --> 00:41:57,103 [Jones] Everybody has bad days. 540 00:41:57,137 --> 00:42:00,103 I think she made the wrong decisions. 541 00:42:02,137 --> 00:42:04,448 Being a police officer, you're gonna deal with people that 542 00:42:04,482 --> 00:42:07,344 make a lot of bad decisions around you. 543 00:42:07,379 --> 00:42:10,931 And the last thing you can do is hold a grudge against those things. 544 00:42:10,965 --> 00:42:13,862 You have to accept it and move on, which I have.