1 00:00:17,851 --> 00:00:19,091 In Ohio... 2 00:00:25,359 --> 00:00:26,729 A desperate call... 3 00:00:31,698 --> 00:00:34,568 Every second she’s in the water she’s in more danger. 4 00:00:38,071 --> 00:00:39,341 This car’s going to sink. 5 00:00:46,513 --> 00:00:48,153 Then, in Florida... 6 00:00:50,884 --> 00:00:52,124 A wanted criminal... 7 00:00:53,921 --> 00:00:55,021 The chase is on. 8 00:00:55,055 --> 00:00:56,085 ...a rookie cop... 9 00:00:57,925 --> 00:01:00,335 Am I going to freeze and not know what to do? 10 00:01:03,597 --> 00:01:06,167 And an ending no one sees coming. 11 00:01:06,199 --> 00:01:09,639 We don’t ever expect it to go as badly as this one. 12 00:01:27,487 --> 00:01:28,457 In Ohio... 13 00:01:30,123 --> 00:01:32,563 sixty miles south of Lake Erie, 14 00:01:32,593 --> 00:01:34,193 is the city of Alliance. 15 00:02:39,092 --> 00:02:41,632 Both officer Tussey and I were dispatched to it. 16 00:02:41,662 --> 00:02:44,402 Um, he went one way I went another way. 17 00:02:44,431 --> 00:02:47,331 So, if there’s traffic at least one of us can get there. 18 00:02:48,168 --> 00:02:50,168 So, he came in from the east side, 19 00:02:50,203 --> 00:02:52,413 and I came in from the west side. 20 00:02:52,439 --> 00:02:54,709 And emergency calls are different, 21 00:02:54,741 --> 00:02:57,811 ’cause you do have a heighten sense when it’s an emergency call. 22 00:02:59,146 --> 00:03:01,946 I wouldn’t say I was close, by any means. 23 00:03:01,982 --> 00:03:04,222 So, timing was definitely of the essence. 24 00:03:04,751 --> 00:03:05,851 That river’s deep. 25 00:04:40,647 --> 00:04:41,677 I’m so sorry. 26 00:05:05,305 --> 00:05:06,565 I’m moving to the back of the car. 27 00:05:41,975 --> 00:05:43,745 I work two jobs. 28 00:05:44,778 --> 00:05:47,948 I work at a nursing home in the morning, 29 00:05:47,981 --> 00:05:51,281 and then I go home, spend time with my children. 30 00:05:52,385 --> 00:05:55,515 And then I go to my second job, at a bar. 31 00:05:55,555 --> 00:05:59,285 And then I go home, go to sleep, and start the day all over again. 32 00:06:00,727 --> 00:06:05,667 Feel like I have to have more than one job to survive. 33 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:08,570 I have two daughters, 34 00:06:08,602 --> 00:06:11,442 one is four and one is two years old. 35 00:06:11,471 --> 00:06:15,011 They have brought out the best parts of me. 36 00:06:16,509 --> 00:06:21,409 That night I was working... 12 plus hours. 37 00:06:21,448 --> 00:06:25,048 And I, uh, hadn’t gotten much sleep the night before. 38 00:06:25,085 --> 00:06:28,095 Because, I was also working the night before. 39 00:06:30,190 --> 00:06:31,960 I left work in Canton. 40 00:06:31,992 --> 00:06:35,232 And, I was taking the highway. 41 00:06:36,396 --> 00:06:38,966 There was bits and pieces of the drive that... 42 00:06:39,733 --> 00:06:41,103 were, kind of, foggy too. 43 00:06:41,134 --> 00:06:43,504 Because, I was so tried, I was in and out of it. 44 00:06:45,071 --> 00:06:48,041 As soon as I got off the highway, it was the last thing I remember. 45 00:06:50,677 --> 00:06:54,447 I woke up, flying through the air. 46 00:06:54,481 --> 00:06:57,351 Like, I smashed my face off of the steering wheel. 47 00:06:58,351 --> 00:07:00,621 I heard a loud crashing noise. 48 00:07:01,721 --> 00:07:02,821 And I hit the water... 49 00:07:03,790 --> 00:07:04,990 it was really dark. 50 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:08,730 I dug around on my floorboards. 51 00:07:08,762 --> 00:07:11,762 And in my purse, and it was submerged in water. 52 00:07:11,798 --> 00:07:16,398 I picked up my phone, and thank God my phone case was water proof. 53 00:07:16,436 --> 00:07:18,936 Because, my phone wouldn’t have worked. 54 00:07:29,449 --> 00:07:30,919 My car just shut down. 55 00:07:30,951 --> 00:07:32,621 There was no unlocking the door, 56 00:07:32,652 --> 00:07:36,262 there was no rolling the windows down, there was no starting it. 57 00:07:36,289 --> 00:07:38,259 Like, it completely... 58 00:07:38,959 --> 00:07:40,189 wiped everything out. 59 00:07:40,226 --> 00:07:41,426 Like, there was nothing that I could have done. 60 00:07:41,461 --> 00:07:43,801 And the window was cracked, enough for me to breathe, 61 00:07:43,830 --> 00:07:46,200 but not enough for me to crawl out of. 62 00:07:46,232 --> 00:07:47,132 It was crazy. 63 00:07:54,174 --> 00:07:55,744 I tried kicking the window. 64 00:07:57,010 --> 00:08:00,580 Every time I kicked it, the car sunk harder and faster. 65 00:08:06,853 --> 00:08:10,463 I stood on my seat and crouched down so that way I was, 66 00:08:10,490 --> 00:08:12,290 you know, high above the water. 67 00:08:20,133 --> 00:08:21,533 And then I seen lights. 68 00:08:21,568 --> 00:08:25,068 And as soon as I seen the, you know, red and blue lights, 69 00:08:25,105 --> 00:08:26,875 I... 70 00:08:26,906 --> 00:08:29,136 kind of gotten a little bit of relief. 71 00:08:29,175 --> 00:08:30,935 But, my car was filling with water. 72 00:08:42,288 --> 00:08:45,418 The water level was up to my neck. 73 00:08:45,458 --> 00:08:50,298 And I had already accepted the fact that, you know, I might die. 74 00:08:50,330 --> 00:08:53,300 I might drown. They might not get to me in time. 75 00:08:56,770 --> 00:08:58,940 I was the first one on scene. 76 00:08:58,972 --> 00:09:03,012 I started to look for a vehicle on the side of the road, 77 00:09:03,043 --> 00:09:05,383 or some type of skid marks. 78 00:09:05,412 --> 00:09:07,852 Some kind of guidance to where it might be. 79 00:09:11,518 --> 00:09:13,388 Officer Tussey had arrived on scene, 80 00:09:13,420 --> 00:09:16,160 and he was able to see the car out in the river. 81 00:09:18,691 --> 00:09:22,531 I stopped just at where the van left the roadway. 82 00:09:22,562 --> 00:09:25,632 My light, quickly, reflected off of the van. 83 00:09:25,665 --> 00:09:30,095 So, it didn’t take that long. I just started going down towards the water. 84 00:09:31,638 --> 00:09:33,438 Never did I expect 85 00:09:33,473 --> 00:09:38,183 to see a vehicle in the middle of the water, floating. 86 00:09:38,211 --> 00:09:41,111 And being familiar with how wide that river is, 87 00:09:41,147 --> 00:09:43,677 and how deep it was, and the cold. 88 00:09:43,716 --> 00:09:46,346 I knew time was a serious factor. 89 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:49,990 It’s going through my mind that, we have second. 90 00:09:50,023 --> 00:09:52,193 We don’t have minutes. We have seconds. 91 00:09:59,632 --> 00:10:01,672 Uh, the embankment was very steep. 92 00:10:01,701 --> 00:10:03,271 Um, full of... 93 00:10:04,604 --> 00:10:08,644 busted up cement blocks, tree limbs and roots. 94 00:10:18,485 --> 00:10:19,795 I knew I was going in there. 95 00:10:19,819 --> 00:10:23,789 It wasn’t a question of, can we figure out another strategy. 96 00:10:24,724 --> 00:10:26,364 Somebody was going into that water. 97 00:10:33,133 --> 00:10:35,433 Officer Tussey, he went in. 98 00:10:36,402 --> 00:10:38,572 The water is extremely cold. 99 00:10:38,605 --> 00:10:41,915 Almost instant, my legs started going numb, it was that cold. 100 00:10:41,941 --> 00:10:46,181 And I... You know, with Tussey, clear up to his neck. 101 00:10:46,212 --> 00:10:48,582 It’s an extremely dangerous situation. 102 00:10:49,315 --> 00:10:50,975 She was against her window, 103 00:10:51,017 --> 00:10:56,217 and I saw her face, and I recognized her as, Mrs. Alexus Carver. 104 00:10:57,056 --> 00:10:58,916 I knew she had children. 105 00:10:58,958 --> 00:11:01,228 I did not know if the children where in there at the time. 106 00:11:01,928 --> 00:11:04,328 That was very alarming. 107 00:11:04,364 --> 00:11:07,874 My heart, you could say, picked up a couple beats per second. 108 00:11:09,536 --> 00:11:10,866 This car’s going to sink. 109 00:11:12,071 --> 00:11:14,171 If we lose this car... 110 00:11:14,207 --> 00:11:15,407 and there’s kids in it. 111 00:11:17,210 --> 00:11:20,280 Um, I’m gone too. ’Cause I’ll do what I can. 112 00:11:24,250 --> 00:11:25,250 So... 113 00:11:27,487 --> 00:11:30,117 Yes, what goes through my head was the kids. 114 00:11:30,156 --> 00:11:32,926 And the possibility of losing somebody that needed my help. 115 00:11:57,817 --> 00:11:58,817 I can’t breathe. 116 00:12:04,123 --> 00:12:07,963 Up until this point, I didn’t have to think, it was just actions. 117 00:12:07,994 --> 00:12:10,664 Get down the hill, get in the water, open the door. 118 00:12:10,697 --> 00:12:11,797 That was very easy. 119 00:12:13,099 --> 00:12:16,369 Once I had the obstacle of the doors don’t open, 120 00:12:16,402 --> 00:12:17,902 and the windows don’t roll down. 121 00:12:17,937 --> 00:12:19,137 I realized... 122 00:12:19,706 --> 00:12:20,866 I’m very cold. 123 00:12:20,907 --> 00:12:22,267 I’m beyond cold. 124 00:12:26,913 --> 00:12:29,553 It felt like my chest was caving in, 125 00:12:29,582 --> 00:12:30,882 like I was in a vice. 126 00:12:30,917 --> 00:12:33,587 Every breath I would take in felt like... 127 00:12:34,854 --> 00:12:36,424 I just couldn’t breathe at all. 128 00:12:36,456 --> 00:12:38,256 -Shatter it, please! 129 00:12:43,029 --> 00:12:43,959 I can’t! 130 00:12:52,272 --> 00:12:56,212 I felt the van move, slightly, when I was holding on to it. 131 00:12:56,242 --> 00:13:01,852 The front window was starting to become submerged, or go under water. 132 00:13:01,881 --> 00:13:04,721 If we couldn’t get that door open, that window open, 133 00:13:04,751 --> 00:13:09,191 she was absolutely, 100% going to go under that water. 134 00:13:14,260 --> 00:13:17,800 I felt the Tussey was battling, number on, he couldn’t get to her. 135 00:13:17,830 --> 00:13:21,170 Number two, he couldn’t breathe, he felt he couldn’t breathe. 136 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:26,110 And, I needed to talk to him and reassure him. 137 00:13:26,139 --> 00:13:29,509 We are here, we are fine, we are going to do this. 138 00:13:29,542 --> 00:13:31,182 Even though, inside, 139 00:13:31,210 --> 00:13:35,250 I myself was starting to panic, we’re not going to get there. 140 00:13:43,623 --> 00:13:46,033 I could barely touch his fingertips. 141 00:13:46,059 --> 00:13:47,589 So I didn’t feel 142 00:13:47,627 --> 00:13:51,997 that I was 100% able to help him, 143 00:13:52,031 --> 00:13:53,831 physically, if he needed me. 144 00:13:53,866 --> 00:13:56,366 So I had to go in the water with Officer Tussey. 145 00:13:57,637 --> 00:14:00,667 My foot slides down in between chunks of concrete. 146 00:14:03,710 --> 00:14:06,710 I tried moving my foot, but I couldn’t. 147 00:14:06,746 --> 00:14:10,846 But, my focus turned to Officer Tussey and Alexus, right away. 148 00:14:17,857 --> 00:14:20,587 The shock of the cold water is... 149 00:14:21,494 --> 00:14:22,464 it’s doing a couple things. 150 00:14:22,495 --> 00:14:27,075 Um, it’s creating panic on my part. 151 00:14:27,100 --> 00:14:31,500 I can no longer be the levelheaded person that I need to be. 152 00:14:31,537 --> 00:14:36,507 As there was a pretty severe disconnect between what my brain was telling me, 153 00:14:36,542 --> 00:14:39,612 to what I was comprehending, to what my body was doing. 154 00:14:49,021 --> 00:14:50,491 You have to shut everything out. 155 00:14:50,523 --> 00:14:51,463 What they call, uh... 156 00:14:52,658 --> 00:14:54,528 you know, you put your blinders on. 157 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:58,030 And I knew that by him panicking, 158 00:14:58,064 --> 00:14:59,674 myself being stuck, 159 00:14:59,699 --> 00:15:03,069 and Mrs. Carver not being able to open the door herself, 160 00:15:03,102 --> 00:15:04,802 none of us where going to help each other out. 161 00:15:05,705 --> 00:15:07,615 So, I tried to use my voice... 162 00:15:08,508 --> 00:15:11,478 to calm him down and focus. 163 00:15:11,511 --> 00:15:12,511 The sooner we can get this out, 164 00:15:12,545 --> 00:15:13,615 the sooner we can save her, 165 00:15:13,646 --> 00:15:16,516 the sooner we are all going to be okay. 166 00:15:24,757 --> 00:15:28,927 I had so much going on, so much I’m trying to process. 167 00:15:28,961 --> 00:15:33,201 You know, if I can’t get past whatever I was fighting with internally, 168 00:15:33,232 --> 00:15:35,172 there’s no way she’s going to get through this. 169 00:15:37,136 --> 00:15:40,566 But, the cold is just making it seem like it’s taking forever. 170 00:15:40,606 --> 00:15:42,266 And, timing is of the essence. 171 00:15:42,308 --> 00:15:46,078 Every second that I’m in the water, I’m in more danger. 172 00:15:46,112 --> 00:15:48,882 Every second she’s in the water, she’s in more danger. 173 00:15:48,915 --> 00:15:51,385 And she had been in there, substantially, longer than I was. 174 00:15:57,490 --> 00:16:00,930 Once I had the tomahawk in my hands, it was... 175 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,260 almost like second nature. 176 00:16:14,207 --> 00:16:15,007 I’m so sorry. 177 00:16:22,415 --> 00:16:24,255 As she came out, the van went down. 178 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:30,090 Once I got her, I didn’t look back. 179 00:16:30,122 --> 00:16:32,292 I didn’t know if somebody else was in the car. 180 00:16:32,325 --> 00:16:34,335 I knew that there were car seats in the car. 181 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:35,660 Um, so, that was alarming. 182 00:16:36,963 --> 00:16:40,073 I hadn’t heard any kids or heard of any kids. 183 00:16:47,707 --> 00:16:51,137 I was on my way to get my children, so my children were... 184 00:16:51,177 --> 00:16:53,247 10 minutes from being in the car. 185 00:16:53,279 --> 00:16:56,019 And I’m very, very glad they were not in the car. 186 00:17:03,923 --> 00:17:06,993 All right, hold on. Don’t worry about your phone. 187 00:17:07,894 --> 00:17:08,934 Got it? 188 00:17:21,807 --> 00:17:24,107 Once I got Mrs. Carver to the bank, 189 00:17:24,143 --> 00:17:26,213 and made sure Tussey was up to the bank, 190 00:17:27,146 --> 00:17:29,146 I could feel my leg giving out. 191 00:17:29,181 --> 00:17:32,181 Like, I couldn’t feel like I could stand anymore. 192 00:17:32,218 --> 00:17:33,648 And, uh... 193 00:17:33,686 --> 00:17:34,946 then I started to become nervous. 194 00:17:43,596 --> 00:17:44,496 All right, I can stand. 195 00:17:45,598 --> 00:17:46,928 Another officer that works our shift, 196 00:17:46,966 --> 00:17:49,326 Officer Mabley, had come down the hill. 197 00:17:49,368 --> 00:17:51,638 And I’m asking him, to help get me out, help hold me. 198 00:17:56,375 --> 00:17:57,335 Oh, don’t. Don’t. No. 199 00:18:06,619 --> 00:18:07,649 I had no feeling. 200 00:18:07,687 --> 00:18:11,357 I had no feeling in my leg, clear up to my hip. 201 00:18:11,390 --> 00:18:13,390 So, I did not know if... 202 00:18:13,426 --> 00:18:16,056 it was broke, if I’d cut it, if it was just cold. 203 00:18:16,095 --> 00:18:20,925 And I couldn’t feel my foot, where it was stuck, or my leg, or if I was bending. 204 00:18:20,967 --> 00:18:23,497 But, I could feel the pressure in my hip. 205 00:18:23,536 --> 00:18:26,866 Of him pulling and my foot wasn’t coming out. 206 00:18:26,906 --> 00:18:28,936 I was getting to the point where I couldn’t stand, and I thought... 207 00:18:29,775 --> 00:18:31,075 I was going to fall into the water. 208 00:18:45,491 --> 00:18:46,591 Oh, there we go! 209 00:19:05,378 --> 00:19:07,078 You know what, guys, somebody got him. 210 00:19:09,582 --> 00:19:11,152 I was trying to get Tallman outta the rocks. 211 00:19:14,186 --> 00:19:15,216 Here, hold on a second. 212 00:19:17,323 --> 00:19:18,093 That’ll work. 213 00:19:19,825 --> 00:19:21,825 Medics are now on scene. 214 00:19:21,861 --> 00:19:25,001 And examine Alexus, Tussey, and Tallman. 215 00:19:28,034 --> 00:19:31,574 Tussey, has a cut on his hand from the window glass. 216 00:19:31,604 --> 00:19:33,944 Otherwise, the three are unharmed. 217 00:19:35,274 --> 00:19:37,844 -You need an ambulance? -No, I’m okay. 218 00:19:37,877 --> 00:19:39,877 -You sure? -Yeah. Just have to sit here a second. 219 00:19:43,182 --> 00:19:44,682 This one definitely was... 220 00:19:45,751 --> 00:19:49,991 not only a life and death situation for a civilian. 221 00:19:50,022 --> 00:19:51,522 But, I believe, 222 00:19:51,557 --> 00:19:54,657 it could have been a life and death situation for an officer as well. 223 00:19:54,694 --> 00:19:55,764 And I think... 224 00:19:57,430 --> 00:19:59,830 Many a times I sat and thought... 225 00:20:00,399 --> 00:20:03,039 that one second... 226 00:20:04,070 --> 00:20:05,340 difference, 227 00:20:05,371 --> 00:20:08,111 and how many different scenarios could have happened, 228 00:20:08,140 --> 00:20:11,610 that would have changed the entire outcome... 229 00:20:11,644 --> 00:20:15,154 to be far less positive than what it was. 230 00:20:15,181 --> 00:20:18,421 Yes, Officer Tussey and I went home with maybe a couple scratches and cold. 231 00:20:18,451 --> 00:20:22,121 And Mrs. Carver went home without a car. 232 00:20:22,154 --> 00:20:23,094 But, we all went home. 233 00:20:27,593 --> 00:20:31,163 I don’t think you get any more satisfying than that. 234 00:20:31,197 --> 00:20:34,367 Knowing that you job, human life depends on your job. 235 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:35,700 And you were able to... 236 00:20:36,836 --> 00:20:37,766 to do that. 237 00:20:37,803 --> 00:20:39,243 And do that efficiently. 238 00:20:40,673 --> 00:20:43,783 This was a situation that you don’t get worse than that. 239 00:20:43,809 --> 00:20:45,679 But the outcome was fantastic. 240 00:20:45,711 --> 00:20:48,311 You... You know, you couldn’t script that. 241 00:20:48,347 --> 00:20:51,917 Um, so there... There was a huge sense of pride. 242 00:20:54,487 --> 00:20:57,157 He not only saved me but he... 243 00:20:58,424 --> 00:21:02,134 He brought me back home to my children. 244 00:21:07,566 --> 00:21:08,996 And if he wouldn’t have done that... 245 00:21:10,770 --> 00:21:12,570 ...my kids wouldn’t have a mom. 246 00:21:21,580 --> 00:21:22,880 And... 247 00:21:24,116 --> 00:21:26,616 ...that whatever he’s doing in life, he’s... 248 00:21:26,652 --> 00:21:28,122 He’s picked the right profession 249 00:21:28,154 --> 00:21:30,794 and he’s definitely doing a good job at it. 250 00:21:30,823 --> 00:21:32,663 And, um... 251 00:21:34,693 --> 00:21:37,833 ...we need more people like them around. 252 00:21:45,070 --> 00:21:49,780 In central Florida, 70 miles north of Orlando, 253 00:21:49,809 --> 00:21:52,079 is Marion County. 254 00:21:57,049 --> 00:21:59,519 New recruit, Roman West, 255 00:21:59,552 --> 00:22:02,752 and field training officer Corporal Daniel Luiken, 256 00:22:02,788 --> 00:22:04,158 are out on patrol. 257 00:22:06,125 --> 00:22:09,335 I was getting ready for field training, 258 00:22:09,361 --> 00:22:11,761 which takes three and a half to four months. 259 00:22:11,797 --> 00:22:15,067 When Deputy West was assigned to me, 260 00:22:15,100 --> 00:22:17,140 I’m trying to let him do everything. 261 00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:19,139 He’s handling the calls for service. 262 00:22:19,171 --> 00:22:22,041 He’s the one who’s doing all the driving. 263 00:22:22,074 --> 00:22:28,014 I’m trying to get him out there and let him know what he can and can’t do. 264 00:22:31,450 --> 00:22:33,850 Between- 30 and- 00 in the morning, 265 00:22:33,886 --> 00:22:36,286 we get transmission over our radio 266 00:22:36,322 --> 00:22:40,392 that Putnam County is chasing a black pickup truck 267 00:22:40,426 --> 00:22:43,726 into our county and it had been heading into our area. 268 00:23:01,881 --> 00:23:04,721 I’m being told that the person stole a car, 269 00:23:04,750 --> 00:23:07,020 there were a firearm in the car, 270 00:23:07,052 --> 00:23:09,892 and they had threatened somebody else with that firearm. 271 00:23:09,922 --> 00:23:14,462 So I’m instructing Deputy West that we need to get over there quickly. 272 00:23:16,762 --> 00:23:22,702 I know that people that run from the police usually don’t have much to lose. 273 00:23:25,304 --> 00:23:27,774 Am I going to fight and chase? 274 00:23:27,806 --> 00:23:30,436 Am I going to freeze and not know what to do? 275 00:23:31,744 --> 00:23:33,414 I’ve been in several pursuits 276 00:23:33,445 --> 00:23:35,705 where the reportee is telling us 277 00:23:35,748 --> 00:23:38,048 that the suspect has a weapon in the car. 278 00:23:38,083 --> 00:23:40,823 But you don’t ever expect it to go 279 00:23:40,853 --> 00:23:43,093 as badly as this one did. 280 00:23:57,236 --> 00:23:59,866 When we get a major call like this one, 281 00:23:59,905 --> 00:24:02,465 I need to step in a little bit and make sure 282 00:24:02,508 --> 00:24:06,508 he’s getting directions correctly to assist Putnam County. 283 00:24:06,545 --> 00:24:09,545 So I wanted to get to the intersection 284 00:24:09,581 --> 00:24:12,451 of Highway 315 and 316 before them, 285 00:24:12,484 --> 00:24:14,654 so that I could throw out some stop sticks. 286 00:24:17,323 --> 00:24:20,263 I get on the accelerator pretty good. Light and sirens. 287 00:24:20,292 --> 00:24:22,792 We’re probably doing 90 to 100 miles a hour 288 00:24:22,828 --> 00:24:24,558 just to get close to the intersection. 289 00:24:31,670 --> 00:24:36,110 We’re trying to catch the vehicle as it comes into the major intersection. 290 00:24:40,079 --> 00:24:44,619 I slow down to a... Almost a dead crawl at the intersection. 291 00:24:52,191 --> 00:24:55,131 Happening upon the suspect at the same exact time. 292 00:24:57,997 --> 00:25:00,197 The suspect blows the stop sign, 293 00:25:00,232 --> 00:25:05,202 turns hard right heading back westbound on the 316. 294 00:25:08,507 --> 00:25:11,307 I flip around right there in the middle of the road. 295 00:25:11,343 --> 00:25:12,343 The chase is on. 296 00:25:18,517 --> 00:25:21,947 The description that Putnam County gave me of the vehicle was spot on. 297 00:25:21,987 --> 00:25:26,657 It was a black Ford pickup truck with some front end damage. 298 00:25:26,692 --> 00:25:30,602 I only had a fraction of a second to look at the driver. 299 00:25:30,629 --> 00:25:35,869 And what I saw was a white male with short brown hair. 300 00:25:55,187 --> 00:25:59,087 Soon as we initiate pursuit, it is pedal to the metal. 301 00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:03,931 Sixty. 302 00:26:03,962 --> 00:26:07,172 Before I know it, we’re doing 120 miles a hour 303 00:26:07,199 --> 00:26:11,199 westbound on a two-lane country road. 304 00:26:12,137 --> 00:26:15,607 I have never driven like that in my life 305 00:26:18,877 --> 00:26:22,907 By itself, a high-speed pursuit is really dangerous. 306 00:26:22,948 --> 00:26:26,218 What makes it even worse is when you have a new guy 307 00:26:26,251 --> 00:26:28,321 who’s only been cop for a month and half in the driver’s seat. 308 00:26:29,521 --> 00:26:33,461 I’m in the passenger seat watching Deputy West 309 00:26:33,492 --> 00:26:37,432 drive at speeds he’s probably never driven in his life. 310 00:26:37,463 --> 00:26:40,633 And I’m needing to keep an eye on him 311 00:26:40,666 --> 00:26:45,836 ’cause there are times when trainees they... They block out everything. 312 00:26:45,871 --> 00:26:48,911 They... They don’t hear the instructions from their training officer. 313 00:26:51,777 --> 00:26:54,707 I kind of went in and out of tunnel vision. 314 00:26:58,317 --> 00:27:00,087 I would grip the steering wheel 315 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:01,949 like I was going to bend it in half. 316 00:27:04,756 --> 00:27:08,226 And I had to relax, listen to Deputy Luiken 317 00:27:08,260 --> 00:27:10,900 give instruction on how to drive a patrol car. 318 00:27:23,408 --> 00:27:25,638 We can’t lose this car, we need to go faster. 319 00:27:33,318 --> 00:27:34,648 We’re getting closer to town. 320 00:27:34,686 --> 00:27:38,356 So we need to get this pursuit ended 321 00:27:38,390 --> 00:27:41,590 before we start getting into areas 322 00:27:41,627 --> 00:27:43,597 where there are kids playing in the front yard 323 00:27:43,629 --> 00:27:45,929 or there’s people walking on the side of the road. 324 00:27:47,366 --> 00:27:53,096 The suspect vehicle tries to shake Deputy Luiken and myself 325 00:27:54,740 --> 00:27:57,040 He tried turning down a road, though. 326 00:27:57,075 --> 00:27:59,635 When he turned to go down this road, he changed his mind 327 00:27:59,678 --> 00:28:02,008 and swerved back onto the main road 328 00:28:02,047 --> 00:28:06,417 which gave us a small window of opportunity to try to end this pursuit. 329 00:28:10,055 --> 00:28:11,315 Signal four and-- 330 00:28:14,526 --> 00:28:19,156 I attempt a PIT maneuver on the vehicle, just to try to disable it. 331 00:28:22,334 --> 00:28:25,444 And our push bumper just bounced. 332 00:28:27,306 --> 00:28:30,376 ...right off the back left quarter panel of that truck. 333 00:28:30,409 --> 00:28:33,849 And it’s like nothing ever happened to the truck at all. 334 00:28:47,159 --> 00:28:51,459 Suspect dips off onto a dirt side road 335 00:28:51,496 --> 00:28:55,196 which is a different planet from the paved roads we were on. 336 00:28:58,270 --> 00:29:00,110 Because I have knowledge of the area, 337 00:29:00,138 --> 00:29:02,268 I know that this road is going to be ending 338 00:29:02,307 --> 00:29:03,707 in the next couple hundred yards. 339 00:29:07,045 --> 00:29:09,445 Deputy West, however, didn’t know that. 340 00:29:16,855 --> 00:29:19,385 In this situation, we have a stolen vehicle, 341 00:29:19,424 --> 00:29:21,464 aggravated assault with a firearm. 342 00:29:21,493 --> 00:29:24,433 That was before we even got involved. 343 00:29:24,463 --> 00:29:28,003 I know there’s supposed to be a firearm in this truck. 344 00:29:30,936 --> 00:29:35,266 I can hear kids playing in the yard right next to where I’m stopped. 345 00:29:35,307 --> 00:29:38,307 So now, I’m concerned about this family. 346 00:29:38,343 --> 00:29:40,983 I’m yelling, "Get inside your house now." 347 00:29:41,013 --> 00:29:44,453 If this person has already threatened somebody else with the firearm, 348 00:29:44,483 --> 00:29:47,423 it’s not a big step for them to threaten other people 349 00:29:48,086 --> 00:29:49,746 and put other lives in danger. 350 00:30:02,934 --> 00:30:06,144 I’m expecting Deputy West to be standing right next to me 351 00:30:06,171 --> 00:30:08,741 on the other corner of the bumper and he’s not there. 352 00:30:11,476 --> 00:30:16,146 I hear him say, "Stay with the vehicle." 353 00:30:17,683 --> 00:30:23,493 And so I stay in the patrol car for probably 5 to 10 seconds. 354 00:30:26,958 --> 00:30:29,258 A little bit of panic there. 355 00:30:29,294 --> 00:30:32,264 So I have to get him out of a dangerous situation. 356 00:30:34,499 --> 00:30:37,699 And then, I hear him say "Get out, get out." 357 00:30:47,079 --> 00:30:49,179 I’m just looking for any movement 358 00:30:49,214 --> 00:30:54,224 that is going to be seen as a threat in need of elimination. 359 00:31:12,304 --> 00:31:17,314 The car door on a patrol car isn’t any different than on a regular car. 360 00:31:17,342 --> 00:31:20,482 So it’s basically just a tin can 361 00:31:20,512 --> 00:31:23,782 between him and a potentially armed subject. 362 00:31:23,815 --> 00:31:26,945 The ideal situation is behind the engine block, 363 00:31:26,985 --> 00:31:30,285 the most bulletproof part of a car. 364 00:31:37,662 --> 00:31:42,432 Almost immediately as I peer over, I hear one gun shot. 365 00:31:44,569 --> 00:31:47,569 It makes impact somewhere near me. 366 00:31:47,606 --> 00:31:52,306 And it just takes a second to kind of sink in as to the... 367 00:31:52,344 --> 00:31:54,954 The gravity of the situation. 368 00:32:02,654 --> 00:32:05,624 The driver door that I’ve left open had been struck by a bullet. 369 00:32:07,793 --> 00:32:10,403 Given the trajectory, it could have hit me 370 00:32:10,429 --> 00:32:13,829 resulting in a... In a fatal wound. 371 00:32:13,865 --> 00:32:18,435 And I chalk it up to a miracle that it stopped it completely dead in its tracks. 372 00:32:30,515 --> 00:32:31,875 It was a bit of a confusion there 373 00:32:31,917 --> 00:32:35,047 because I’m being told it’s a female driving. 374 00:32:35,086 --> 00:32:38,886 But what I looked at when the truck passed me at the intersection, 375 00:32:38,924 --> 00:32:40,224 looked like it was a male. 376 00:32:50,635 --> 00:32:54,735 So my confusion was is there a man in the car? 377 00:32:54,773 --> 00:32:56,673 Is there... Is it a woman? 378 00:32:56,708 --> 00:32:57,708 Are there two people? 379 00:32:59,644 --> 00:33:04,324 If there’s two people they can split off and try to ambush us. 380 00:33:04,349 --> 00:33:07,149 So this situation is really dangerous. 381 00:33:16,127 --> 00:33:18,997 Second shot went off. 382 00:33:19,030 --> 00:33:22,930 That tells me they definitely don’t care about my safety or anyone else’s safety. 383 00:33:25,904 --> 00:33:29,444 Taking that person into custody is now even more important. 384 00:33:36,181 --> 00:33:40,621 We maintain a position of aggression on the car. 385 00:33:40,652 --> 00:33:42,252 Guns drawn. 386 00:33:44,289 --> 00:33:46,519 10-4. 5799. 387 00:33:51,763 --> 00:33:53,503 And more units start arriving. 388 00:33:55,934 --> 00:33:59,204 Containment is my top priority at this point. 389 00:33:59,237 --> 00:34:02,667 And if there’s two people, it’s harder to contain. 390 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:12,980 The Marion County helicopter is also called in to assist. 391 00:34:17,088 --> 00:34:19,458 There had already been shots fired at the police, 392 00:34:19,491 --> 00:34:22,061 So it kind of heightened our awareness and... 393 00:34:22,093 --> 00:34:24,933 And put a little speed in our response. 394 00:34:31,136 --> 00:34:32,636 Now that we’ve got more people, 395 00:34:32,671 --> 00:34:35,611 we’re gonna approach and try to clear the car. 396 00:34:44,316 --> 00:34:45,616 If there’s two people, 397 00:34:45,650 --> 00:34:49,920 that only adds to our possibilities of what could happen. 398 00:35:16,181 --> 00:35:19,481 Putnam County, they’ve given us the name and date of birth. 399 00:35:19,517 --> 00:35:22,217 So I was able to pull up the driver’s license picture. 400 00:35:23,488 --> 00:35:25,288 From looking at the picture, 401 00:35:25,323 --> 00:35:29,993 to going back in my mind of what the driver was when they passed me, 402 00:35:31,096 --> 00:35:34,026 I’m 100% positive that it’s our suspect. 403 00:35:34,065 --> 00:35:36,925 And I knew that we were only looking for one person. 404 00:35:38,403 --> 00:35:40,913 And the suspect is a woman. 405 00:35:42,841 --> 00:35:47,511 Corporal Luiken confirms the suspect is Rachel Baggs. 406 00:35:47,545 --> 00:35:53,675 She is already known to police for prior charges, including possession. 407 00:35:53,718 --> 00:35:56,488 There’s a little bit of relief that there’s only one person. 408 00:35:56,521 --> 00:36:02,591 But women are just as capable of causing great harm to other people. 409 00:36:02,627 --> 00:36:05,697 But we’re dealing with someone who’s a dangerous criminal. 410 00:36:05,730 --> 00:36:09,030 We need to get her under control quickly. 411 00:36:09,067 --> 00:36:13,667 The investigation has now turned to where did she go? 412 00:36:20,979 --> 00:36:23,649 The adrenaline is surging through you. 413 00:36:23,682 --> 00:36:26,882 Our suspect is still in possession 414 00:36:26,918 --> 00:36:29,688 of a .45-caliber handgun 415 00:36:29,721 --> 00:36:33,421 that would stop any living, breathing human 416 00:36:33,458 --> 00:36:35,658 dead in their tracks with one pull of the trigger. 417 00:36:40,932 --> 00:36:43,772 When we get on scene, we basically start coordinating 418 00:36:43,802 --> 00:36:45,802 with the ground units to set up a good perimeter 419 00:36:45,837 --> 00:36:48,107 and contain the suspect within a certain area. 420 00:36:48,139 --> 00:36:51,409 We’re constantly visually looking with our eyes 421 00:36:51,443 --> 00:36:55,483 and searching with the camera to see if we can spot the suspect. 422 00:36:55,513 --> 00:36:59,283 When you’re looking from 1,500 to 2,000 feet in the air, 423 00:36:59,317 --> 00:37:01,287 I feel like it’s looking for a needle in a haystack. 424 00:37:05,824 --> 00:37:09,064 The longer it takes to find someone, the further they can go. 425 00:37:09,094 --> 00:37:11,704 God forbid go into a house 426 00:37:11,730 --> 00:37:14,900 and then it’s borderline game over. 427 00:37:16,067 --> 00:37:18,567 After almost five hours of searching, 428 00:37:18,603 --> 00:37:22,443 a 911 call comes into Marion County dispatch. 429 00:38:04,849 --> 00:38:08,549 My immediate response was relief that we didn’t lose her. 430 00:38:08,586 --> 00:38:12,216 But then it’s quickly replaced with concern, 431 00:38:12,257 --> 00:38:14,327 ’cause now she’s in someone else’s backyard. 432 00:38:32,443 --> 00:38:34,983 Immediately typed in the address. 433 00:38:35,013 --> 00:38:37,153 Got the address from the communications center 434 00:38:37,182 --> 00:38:39,122 and put the camera on the scene. 435 00:38:51,696 --> 00:38:53,296 I wasn’t sure if it was the suspect 436 00:38:53,331 --> 00:38:54,501 that we were looking for or not. 437 00:39:08,213 --> 00:39:11,983 When we have a dangerous criminal on the loose like this, 438 00:39:12,016 --> 00:39:15,186 we’re gonna get our SWAT team involved 439 00:39:15,220 --> 00:39:18,390 to quickly contain her and get her into custody. 440 00:39:26,664 --> 00:39:30,274 The SWAT team arrives at the scene and begins their approach. 441 00:39:36,241 --> 00:39:38,341 When the SWAT team is approaching her, 442 00:39:38,376 --> 00:39:42,246 it is nerve-wracking but you try not to get worked up. 443 00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:47,390 Ultimately, the only thing that we can provide to people on the ground is information. 444 00:39:53,391 --> 00:39:55,131 We were keeping eyes on the suspect 445 00:39:55,159 --> 00:39:58,099 to make sure that she wasn’t going to harm the residents, 446 00:39:58,129 --> 00:39:59,429 or anything like that. 447 00:39:59,464 --> 00:40:01,474 It’s definitely tense. 448 00:40:02,166 --> 00:40:04,866 People are way more prone 449 00:40:04,903 --> 00:40:08,813 to shoot if they feel trapped, 450 00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:10,570 boxed in like they have nowhere to go. 451 00:40:35,433 --> 00:40:37,673 Looking through the camera, it appeared that she basically gave up. 452 00:40:42,807 --> 00:40:45,807 Hiding in the woods for several hours tends to do that to people. 453 00:40:46,945 --> 00:40:48,185 It breaks people down mentally. 454 00:40:48,212 --> 00:40:51,152 And then, they decide to come and turn themselves in. 455 00:40:55,486 --> 00:41:00,016 Once the suspect is taken into custody, it’s a big relief, 456 00:41:00,058 --> 00:41:01,658 physically and mentally. 457 00:41:01,693 --> 00:41:04,063 Um, nobody else can get hurt. 458 00:41:12,403 --> 00:41:16,643 It’s a little bit of disbelief on my end that this is finally over. 459 00:41:16,674 --> 00:41:18,144 You wanna sit down? 460 00:41:18,176 --> 00:41:24,346 The suspect is identified as 43-year-old Rachel Baggs. 461 00:41:24,382 --> 00:41:27,382 She is arrested and charged on multiple counts, 462 00:41:27,418 --> 00:41:32,688 including grand theft and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. 463 00:41:32,724 --> 00:41:36,834 She is convicted and sentenced to five years in prison. 464 00:41:43,935 --> 00:41:46,545 A situation of this... This magnitude 465 00:41:46,571 --> 00:41:49,211 doesn’t come around very often. 466 00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:51,640 I’ve been doing this job for five and a half years. 467 00:41:51,676 --> 00:41:56,246 It’s the first time and the only time that someone’s shot at me. 468 00:41:56,280 --> 00:42:00,650 We wake up every morning and we put on our bulletproof vests. 469 00:42:00,685 --> 00:42:02,995 I don’t ever wanna make sure it works. 470 00:42:05,123 --> 00:42:09,393 I’m thankful that Deputy West had a good head on his shoulder. 471 00:42:09,427 --> 00:42:12,097 For a trainee who had only been doing the job 472 00:42:12,130 --> 00:42:14,200 for a month and a half, he really impressed me. 473 00:42:15,933 --> 00:42:21,343 After the incident, I, without a doubt, 474 00:42:21,372 --> 00:42:24,212 knew that this was the correct path for me. 475 00:42:24,242 --> 00:42:30,412 Every day my expectations for this job are met, and then some. 476 00:42:30,448 --> 00:42:35,248 Um, I couldn’t think of a better job for me 477 00:42:35,286 --> 00:42:38,916 that I’ve ever done or will ever do.