1 00:00:19,152 --> 00:00:20,152 [narrator] In Wisconsin, 2 00:00:21,255 --> 00:00:23,825 [Officer Bleskey speaking] 3 00:00:23,857 --> 00:00:24,787 [police sirens] 4 00:00:24,825 --> 00:00:27,565 [dispatcher speaking] 5 00:00:27,594 --> 00:00:29,864 You’re in a position where you have to roll with the punches. 6 00:00:35,302 --> 00:00:37,742 Then I can see him lean over in the cab. 7 00:00:37,771 --> 00:00:39,611 It... It looks like he’s reaching over for something. 8 00:00:40,974 --> 00:00:41,984 [gunshots firing] 9 00:00:42,009 --> 00:00:43,009 [female officer speaking] 10 00:00:44,778 --> 00:00:48,148 [narrator] In Tampa Bay, a suspect swims for his freedom. 11 00:00:49,016 --> 00:00:50,276 [Officer Poveda speaking] 12 00:00:50,317 --> 00:00:52,587 He’s underneath one of the docks. 13 00:00:52,619 --> 00:00:54,989 This is a very dangerous situation. 14 00:00:55,022 --> 00:00:58,122 We don’t have any idea if he’s armed. 15 00:00:58,158 --> 00:01:00,488 [Officer Hobart yelling] 16 00:01:00,527 --> 00:01:04,027 You’re in the waters and you may think there’s not gonna be a gator there, 17 00:01:04,064 --> 00:01:05,674 Yes, there very well could. 18 00:01:05,699 --> 00:01:07,329 [officer speaking] 19 00:01:07,367 --> 00:01:09,867 [narrator] And a traffic stop in Iowa. 20 00:01:09,903 --> 00:01:12,073 [Officer Hake speaking] 21 00:01:14,441 --> 00:01:16,241 I wasn’t expecting what unfolded at all. 22 00:01:16,276 --> 00:01:17,936 [male officer speaking] 23 00:01:17,978 --> 00:01:18,648 [Officer Hake speaking] 24 00:01:23,116 --> 00:01:24,476 [dispatcher] There’s cars on the west lane. 25 00:01:24,518 --> 00:01:27,188 [officer 1] Shots fired. I only brought basic marks. 26 00:01:27,220 --> 00:01:28,490 [officer 2] Yeah, drop it, come outside. 27 00:01:33,860 --> 00:01:36,600 [narrator] Twenty-five miles east of Minneapolis... 28 00:01:36,630 --> 00:01:37,900 ...on the St. Croix river... 29 00:01:38,665 --> 00:01:40,165 ...lies Hudson, Wisconsin. 30 00:01:43,737 --> 00:01:46,037 [Officer Bleskey] It was about, uh, 11:30 in the mornin’. 31 00:01:46,073 --> 00:01:49,583 I heard a vehicle with loud exhaust coming from the rear. 32 00:01:49,610 --> 00:01:55,980 I checked my side mirror and saw a, uh, gray Dodge 2500 pickup truck. 33 00:01:56,016 --> 00:02:02,286 There was a BOLO issued from a county sheriff’s office for a gray Dodge 2500 pickup. 34 00:02:04,925 --> 00:02:06,935 I called the plate into dispatch, 35 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,260 just a routine registration check. 36 00:02:09,963 --> 00:02:13,103 [Officer Bleskey speaking] 37 00:02:13,133 --> 00:02:14,603 [dispatcher speaking] 38 00:02:15,202 --> 00:02:18,612 [Officer Bleskey speaking] 39 00:02:21,074 --> 00:02:22,084 [dispatcher speaking] 40 00:02:24,378 --> 00:02:25,148 [Officer Bleskey speaking] 41 00:02:25,178 --> 00:02:27,448 [dispatcher speaking] 42 00:02:35,756 --> 00:02:37,056 [Officer Bleskey] 10-4. 43 00:02:37,090 --> 00:02:40,990 It’d been stolen as part of a burglary at an auto shop. 44 00:02:42,729 --> 00:02:44,529 As soon as we hear stolen vehicle, 45 00:02:44,564 --> 00:02:47,434 I think everybody, um, their ears perk up. 46 00:02:47,467 --> 00:02:48,697 [Officer Bleskey speaking] 47 00:02:54,908 --> 00:02:55,808 [dispatcher speaking] 48 00:02:55,842 --> 00:02:57,542 [Officer Bleskey speaking] 49 00:02:57,577 --> 00:02:59,647 [dispatcher speaking] 50 00:03:07,587 --> 00:03:11,927 It definitely felt like a calm before the storm for me. 51 00:03:11,958 --> 00:03:13,158 [dispatcher speaking] 52 00:03:16,863 --> 00:03:19,103 [Officer Bleskey] When you turn on the lights and sirens... 53 00:03:19,132 --> 00:03:20,872 ...you get a lot of different reactions. 54 00:03:21,601 --> 00:03:22,501 He guns it. 55 00:03:22,536 --> 00:03:23,566 [siren wailing] 56 00:03:25,839 --> 00:03:26,839 [Officer Bleskey speaking] 57 00:03:28,108 --> 00:03:29,108 [dispatcher speaking] 58 00:03:31,945 --> 00:03:34,945 Detective Bleskey had called it out right at that moment 59 00:03:34,981 --> 00:03:40,751 that he was actively initiating a vehicle pursuit. 60 00:03:40,787 --> 00:03:44,587 I’m anticipating that I am going to meet them on coming. 61 00:03:44,624 --> 00:03:48,234 [dispatcher] Going eastbound. Stop at Wisconsin and Spruce at 11:12. 62 00:03:58,305 --> 00:04:01,775 I turned around my squad car, activated my lights and siren again, 63 00:04:01,808 --> 00:04:04,378 and began to pursue. 64 00:04:06,213 --> 00:04:08,453 [Officer Speidel speaking] 65 00:04:11,318 --> 00:04:13,288 [dispatcher speaking] 66 00:04:17,390 --> 00:04:20,360 [Officer Speidel] I could see that he was picking up speed. 67 00:04:22,763 --> 00:04:25,533 I don’t know what is coming up ahead, 68 00:04:25,565 --> 00:04:29,865 as far as: Is there a lot of pedestrian traffic in that area? 69 00:04:29,903 --> 00:04:31,603 Are there children out playing? 70 00:04:31,638 --> 00:04:36,038 It definitely is a concern, uh, is the unknown, the uncertainty. 71 00:04:41,348 --> 00:04:44,348 And you’re in a position where you have to roll with the punched. 72 00:04:44,384 --> 00:04:45,654 [siren wailing] 73 00:04:47,454 --> 00:04:50,094 [Officer Bleskey] He kinda starts slowing down a little bit. 74 00:04:50,123 --> 00:04:54,033 And then all of a sudden, I could see his... his tires are just wobbling. 75 00:04:54,060 --> 00:04:57,030 It kinda looked like his wheel was just gonna fall off. 76 00:04:58,031 --> 00:04:59,471 [Officer Bleskey speaking] 77 00:05:01,668 --> 00:05:04,698 It was at an auto shop when it had been stolen. 78 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:08,209 If his wheel fell off at that point... 79 00:05:08,241 --> 00:05:09,811 ...it’s gonna be an absolutely disaster. 80 00:05:11,077 --> 00:05:12,247 But he just kept going. 81 00:05:12,946 --> 00:05:14,776 He kinda starts slowing down. 82 00:05:14,815 --> 00:05:17,685 And then I can see him kinda lean over in the cab. 83 00:05:17,717 --> 00:05:19,587 It... It looks like he’s reaching over for something. 84 00:05:25,091 --> 00:05:26,731 During the middle of a police chase, 85 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:30,460 I don’t know what else he would be reaching for other than a weapon. 86 00:05:43,877 --> 00:05:45,747 We turn onto a... a dead end. 87 00:05:45,779 --> 00:05:47,209 It’s just a farm field. 88 00:05:50,417 --> 00:05:52,217 And then, uh, he just accelerated 89 00:05:52,252 --> 00:05:54,492 and drove through the barbed wire fence. 90 00:05:59,759 --> 00:06:00,829 [dispatcher speaking] 91 00:06:03,430 --> 00:06:05,930 [Officer Speidel speaking] 92 00:06:10,203 --> 00:06:12,413 Since I was driving a sedan, 93 00:06:12,439 --> 00:06:15,139 I was gonna turn around and try to find an alternative route, 94 00:06:15,175 --> 00:06:17,185 because it’s so low to the ground. 95 00:06:17,210 --> 00:06:22,480 I did not believe the sedan would have been able to make it through the fields. 96 00:06:22,515 --> 00:06:27,985 I had a few moments, internally, of anxiety and panic, 97 00:06:28,021 --> 00:06:29,721 about leaving my partner. 98 00:06:29,756 --> 00:06:31,516 I felt like I was abandoning him, 99 00:06:31,558 --> 00:06:33,288 and that was a very difficult thing to do. 100 00:06:37,397 --> 00:06:40,427 [Officer Bleskey] We’re driving about 50, 60 miles an hour through the field. 101 00:06:43,303 --> 00:06:45,203 All I had to do was focus on my job, 102 00:06:45,238 --> 00:06:47,668 which was... follow the... the vehicle. 103 00:06:47,707 --> 00:06:49,377 [officer speaking] 104 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:55,820 [Officer Bleskey speaking] 105 00:06:58,118 --> 00:06:59,618 So we... we drive through the field, 106 00:06:59,653 --> 00:07:01,593 kinda a straight shot through the field. 107 00:07:02,422 --> 00:07:04,392 We come up to a road. 108 00:07:04,424 --> 00:07:06,294 Truck is smoking pretty heavy. 109 00:07:11,197 --> 00:07:14,327 It looked like some major mechanical damage on the vehicle. 110 00:07:16,403 --> 00:07:18,543 The truck... did not... quit. 111 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,610 It seemed like this guy isn’t gonna stop 112 00:07:22,642 --> 00:07:25,912 until... you know, we do some kind of intervention. 113 00:07:35,422 --> 00:07:36,692 [dispatcher speaking] 114 00:07:40,460 --> 00:07:42,730 For him to drive off the end of the driveway 115 00:07:42,762 --> 00:07:45,232 and into backyard put people at great risk. 116 00:07:59,512 --> 00:08:01,112 [dispatcher speaking] 117 00:08:04,217 --> 00:08:06,817 I still... couldn’t say 100% certain 118 00:08:06,853 --> 00:08:08,823 that there wasn’t a weapon somewhere in that vehicle. 119 00:08:13,526 --> 00:08:14,526 [police siren wailing] 120 00:08:17,097 --> 00:08:19,227 [Officer Bleskey] When I saw him start lining up with that tree, 121 00:08:19,265 --> 00:08:21,795 that was my chance to stop his vehicle. 122 00:08:24,838 --> 00:08:29,178 I knew I had pinned his truck. I had aimed right for his back wheels. 123 00:08:32,379 --> 00:08:33,849 And I hit him pretty square. 124 00:08:35,749 --> 00:08:38,049 [female officer] Dispatch for 20 East, we’re still on the way there. 125 00:08:38,685 --> 00:08:41,225 [dispatcher speaking] 126 00:08:41,254 --> 00:08:44,394 Exited the car, posted up, had my gun drawn, 127 00:08:44,424 --> 00:08:45,894 trying to shout commands. 128 00:08:47,527 --> 00:08:49,797 I still couldn’t say 100% certain 129 00:08:49,829 --> 00:08:51,629 that there wasn’t a weapon somewhere in that vehicle. 130 00:08:53,066 --> 00:08:54,926 And then I hear gunshots. 131 00:08:54,968 --> 00:08:56,238 [female officer speaking] Coming in, shots fired. 132 00:08:56,269 --> 00:08:57,139 [gunshots firing] 133 00:08:57,170 --> 00:08:58,140 [female officer speaking] 134 00:09:04,144 --> 00:09:07,114 I heard... one gunshot, right away. 135 00:09:07,147 --> 00:09:08,377 And then I heard... 136 00:09:08,415 --> 00:09:10,785 It... It sounded like it might have been two more after that. 137 00:09:10,817 --> 00:09:12,547 [female officer speaking] 138 00:09:12,585 --> 00:09:13,515 [two gunshots firing] 139 00:09:13,553 --> 00:09:14,853 [female officer speaking] 140 00:09:14,888 --> 00:09:17,718 Not even a quarter mile I would say, before I got there, 141 00:09:17,757 --> 00:09:19,087 that’s when I heard over the radio... 142 00:09:19,692 --> 00:09:20,932 um, "Shots fired". 143 00:09:26,099 --> 00:09:29,169 My concerns, when I hear shots fired, always is going to be... 144 00:09:30,503 --> 00:09:31,703 "Is the scene safe? 145 00:09:31,738 --> 00:09:35,778 Is everybody okay? Are any of the officers injured?" 146 00:09:39,312 --> 00:09:41,212 At that time, I had my gun out, 147 00:09:41,247 --> 00:09:45,717 because I’m in a deadly force potential situation. 148 00:09:45,752 --> 00:09:47,792 [Officer Bleskey] He’s got a tree on his driver’s side. 149 00:09:48,788 --> 00:09:50,058 And then he’s got squads... 150 00:09:50,723 --> 00:09:52,163 ...on all three other sides. 151 00:09:54,260 --> 00:09:55,800 The investigators that had boxed him in, 152 00:09:55,829 --> 00:09:58,559 were... were set up, had positions of cover. 153 00:09:58,598 --> 00:10:00,398 He must have tried to pull on one of ’em. 154 00:10:00,433 --> 00:10:02,033 Pull the weapon. Pull the gun. 155 00:10:02,068 --> 00:10:05,708 And investigators were responding with gunshots. 156 00:10:06,739 --> 00:10:08,739 [female officer speaking] 157 00:10:08,775 --> 00:10:09,485 [gunshots firing] 158 00:10:09,509 --> 00:10:11,179 [female officer speaking] 159 00:10:11,211 --> 00:10:12,611 [Officer Bleskey] Saw the lieutenant 160 00:10:12,645 --> 00:10:16,215 from the St. Croix county sheriff’s office, was knelt down. 161 00:10:16,249 --> 00:10:18,249 Had his gun pointed at the truck tire. 162 00:10:18,284 --> 00:10:19,294 [lieutenant speaking] 163 00:10:21,454 --> 00:10:25,634 [Officer Speidel] I see one of the, uh, St. Croix county investigators... 164 00:10:25,658 --> 00:10:29,528 ...pulling on the... the driver-side door to try and get it open. 165 00:10:29,562 --> 00:10:30,562 [dispatcher speaking] 166 00:10:32,031 --> 00:10:34,001 [Officer Bleskey] To see it on his face that he realized 167 00:10:34,033 --> 00:10:37,143 that this was, in fact, the end. 168 00:10:37,170 --> 00:10:40,140 And that he put his hands up and said, "I quit. I’m done." 169 00:10:43,276 --> 00:10:44,776 [siren wailing] 170 00:10:44,811 --> 00:10:46,451 [Officer Bleskey speaking] 171 00:10:46,479 --> 00:10:50,079 [Officer Speidel] There wasn’t an engagement between suspect and officers. 172 00:10:53,753 --> 00:10:55,023 He had shot out the tire. 173 00:10:59,058 --> 00:11:00,228 [female officer speaking] 174 00:11:01,194 --> 00:11:02,194 [gunshots firing] 175 00:11:02,228 --> 00:11:03,498 [female officer speaking] 176 00:11:05,965 --> 00:11:07,365 [Officer Bleskey] We searched him. 177 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:10,340 There wasn’t any weapons or anything of significance on him. 178 00:11:12,939 --> 00:11:15,709 [narrator] The suspect is Cassidy Mickey. 179 00:11:15,742 --> 00:11:19,612 He pleads guilty to operating a vehicle without consent, 180 00:11:19,646 --> 00:11:21,746 and recklessly endangering safety. 181 00:11:22,815 --> 00:11:25,275 He is sentenced to 18 months in prison. 182 00:11:26,953 --> 00:11:29,223 [Officer Speidel] It stands out as... 183 00:11:29,255 --> 00:11:32,485 ...one of the most memorable chases I’ve been a part of. 184 00:11:38,064 --> 00:11:40,534 [Officer Bleskey] I couldn’t see that whole situation turning out any better. 185 00:11:41,134 --> 00:11:42,134 Nobody got hurt. 186 00:11:43,536 --> 00:11:47,806 I never want to have to use deadly force. 187 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:51,140 I made it through... a tour in Iraq, and... 188 00:11:52,412 --> 00:11:53,952 ...several years in law enforcement, 189 00:11:53,980 --> 00:11:55,110 never had to use it. 190 00:11:58,451 --> 00:12:01,491 If I can go through my whole life and never have to kill anybody, 191 00:12:01,521 --> 00:12:03,361 I’d... be very happy. 192 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,770 [narrator] On the west coast of Florida’s Tampa Bay... 193 00:12:20,106 --> 00:12:22,036 ...is the city of Saint Petersburg. 194 00:12:28,214 --> 00:12:30,324 [Officer Poveda] I just finished a regular shift. 195 00:12:30,350 --> 00:12:32,520 I was... heading home. 196 00:12:34,654 --> 00:12:36,764 I leave the station around 3 P. M. 197 00:12:37,624 --> 00:12:39,464 So as I’m leaving St. Petersburg, 198 00:12:39,492 --> 00:12:42,362 I’m coming into the bridge area, Gandy bridge. 199 00:12:42,395 --> 00:12:46,205 I notice a highway patrol cruiser was doing a traffic stop. 200 00:12:51,037 --> 00:12:55,507 My job is to assist, you know, sometimes traffic stops are dangerous. 201 00:12:58,945 --> 00:13:02,685 As soon as I made the U-turn, I noticed the trooper had exited his car, 202 00:13:02,715 --> 00:13:06,045 and was running full sprint behind the driver. 203 00:13:07,420 --> 00:13:09,160 [highway patrol officer speaking] 204 00:13:14,560 --> 00:13:17,160 [Officer Poveda speaking] 205 00:13:18,598 --> 00:13:22,998 I’m faster than the highway patrol man... 206 00:13:23,036 --> 00:13:24,896 ...because I’m in a car. [chuckles] 207 00:13:24,937 --> 00:13:27,707 So, I’m... I’m able to pass him. 208 00:13:27,740 --> 00:13:30,280 And I... as I pass him... 209 00:13:30,310 --> 00:13:34,250 ...the driver then jumped a chain link fence... 210 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:36,850 Which was approximately six feet. 211 00:13:37,483 --> 00:13:39,523 ...into a business. 212 00:13:41,020 --> 00:13:43,490 There’s only one reason to run from a traffic stop, 213 00:13:43,523 --> 00:13:46,293 and that is because you’re wanted. 214 00:13:50,463 --> 00:13:51,663 [highway patrolman speaking] 215 00:13:51,698 --> 00:13:52,698 [Officer Poveda speaking] 216 00:13:54,167 --> 00:13:55,997 There’s a lotta yachts. 217 00:13:56,035 --> 00:13:58,465 And there’s a lotta places to hide. 218 00:14:02,842 --> 00:14:03,782 [highway patrolman speaking] 219 00:14:07,680 --> 00:14:09,680 [Officer Poveda speaking] 220 00:14:09,716 --> 00:14:12,316 I looked over and he’s underneath one of the docks. 221 00:14:17,857 --> 00:14:19,927 This is a very dangerous situation. 222 00:14:22,628 --> 00:14:25,358 We don’t have any idea if he’s armed. 223 00:14:32,405 --> 00:14:36,515 There’s... There’s definitely a lot of questions in my... in my mind at this point. 224 00:14:36,542 --> 00:14:38,382 Why this person is running. 225 00:14:38,411 --> 00:14:39,381 [highway patrolman speaking] 226 00:14:41,647 --> 00:14:42,647 [Officer Poveda speaking] 227 00:14:51,090 --> 00:14:53,660 We gotta start thinking long term here. 228 00:14:53,693 --> 00:14:56,633 If this guy decides to get back on land, 229 00:14:56,662 --> 00:14:58,402 we’re gonna need extra officers. 230 00:15:08,741 --> 00:15:10,041 Oh, we gotta get over there. 231 00:15:10,076 --> 00:15:11,076 [man] Oh! 232 00:15:11,911 --> 00:15:12,911 [Officer Poveda speaking] 233 00:15:16,616 --> 00:15:17,446 [highway patrolman speaking] 234 00:15:21,854 --> 00:15:22,864 [Officer Poveda speaking] 235 00:15:25,324 --> 00:15:29,164 He’s kinda struggling. He’s not looking too good of a swimmer. 236 00:15:39,839 --> 00:15:41,139 I’ve gotten in the water before 237 00:15:41,174 --> 00:15:42,574 and it’s very dangerous. 238 00:15:42,608 --> 00:15:45,138 Most patrol officers are not trained 239 00:15:45,178 --> 00:15:47,978 in a water survival situation. 240 00:15:48,014 --> 00:15:51,824 We carry about 40 to 50 pounds of weight all together. 241 00:15:51,851 --> 00:15:54,391 uh, the vest, and the... and the belt, 242 00:15:54,420 --> 00:15:57,790 and we would have to take our equipment off. 243 00:15:57,824 --> 00:16:00,094 And, also, we don’t know if he’s armed or not. 244 00:16:00,126 --> 00:16:04,156 To be fighting with somebody that doesn’t wanna get out of the water... 245 00:16:04,197 --> 00:16:08,597 I don’t want to put myself at risk, or any one of us, uh, by... by that matter. 246 00:16:18,244 --> 00:16:21,514 He was going from one dock to the next dock. 247 00:16:21,547 --> 00:16:26,047 And the extra officers are arriving... were arriving to the west. 248 00:16:33,359 --> 00:16:36,759 [Officer Griffin] As I arrive on scene, I see the subject in the water. 249 00:16:36,796 --> 00:16:40,796 There’s a few other St. P officers kinda sprinkled about. 250 00:16:40,833 --> 00:16:44,573 Um, the calvary’s not there, um, just yet. 251 00:16:44,604 --> 00:16:46,074 [Officer Poveda speaking] 252 00:16:51,010 --> 00:16:51,810 [suspect speaking] 253 00:16:51,844 --> 00:16:53,784 [Officer Poveda speaking] 254 00:16:56,215 --> 00:16:59,075 We needed boats and we needed boats, like, now. 255 00:16:59,118 --> 00:17:01,088 That can corner and surround him, 256 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,720 or at least just, kinda, keep him contained in the one area, 257 00:17:04,757 --> 00:17:06,687 or heck, why he’s even in the water. 258 00:17:06,726 --> 00:17:07,726 [Officer Poveda speaking] 259 00:17:13,299 --> 00:17:18,339 As he takes off, I see that he’s not that good of a swimmer. 260 00:17:18,371 --> 00:17:20,011 He’s... struggling. 261 00:17:20,039 --> 00:17:22,469 And at one point his head goes down. 262 00:17:22,508 --> 00:17:26,448 My first instinct was, "I’m gonna need to jump in the water and go get him." 263 00:17:26,479 --> 00:17:29,879 Try to save his life, ’cause now he’s... he’s putting his life at risk, 264 00:17:29,916 --> 00:17:31,476 because he’s trying to get away from us, 265 00:17:31,517 --> 00:17:33,317 and made a really poor decision. 266 00:17:36,289 --> 00:17:37,189 [officer 1 speaking] 267 00:17:37,223 --> 00:17:38,323 [officer 2] Just give him the life vest. 268 00:17:38,357 --> 00:17:39,987 [Officer Poveda] Still don’t know if he’s armed. 269 00:17:40,026 --> 00:17:41,586 We don’t know what his intentions are. 270 00:17:41,627 --> 00:17:43,697 [officer 1 speaking] 271 00:17:43,729 --> 00:17:47,469 The look of seeing a man who... can’t swim, 272 00:17:47,500 --> 00:17:48,930 he’s tired... 273 00:17:48,968 --> 00:17:53,138 ...and now ignoring lifesaving attempts, was... was pretty dramatic. 274 00:17:54,540 --> 00:17:56,580 [officer 1 speaking] 275 00:17:56,609 --> 00:17:57,679 [officer 2 speaking] 276 00:17:57,710 --> 00:17:59,880 When I get there the... the suspect 277 00:17:59,912 --> 00:18:03,152 was probably about 25 to 30 yards away from the dock. 278 00:18:03,182 --> 00:18:04,322 [Officer Poveda speaking] 279 00:18:04,350 --> 00:18:05,520 [Officer Hobart speaking] 280 00:18:05,551 --> 00:18:07,651 [Officer Poveda speaking] 281 00:18:07,687 --> 00:18:10,257 [Officer Hobart] What was shocking to me is that, it being December, 282 00:18:10,289 --> 00:18:12,989 being... the water being cold, the air being cold, 283 00:18:13,025 --> 00:18:15,755 that somebody would take drastic measures like going into the water 284 00:18:15,795 --> 00:18:17,665 in an attempt to get away from police officers. 285 00:18:18,130 --> 00:18:20,100 [officer speaking] 286 00:18:20,132 --> 00:18:24,142 We as police officers have a duty to protect and serve, 287 00:18:24,170 --> 00:18:27,410 [Officer Poveda] The decision had to be made, and, uh, Officer Hobart... 288 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:30,180 ...and one of the troopers, decided to try to get him. 289 00:18:33,479 --> 00:18:34,949 [Officer Hobart] None of us are part of the Coast Guard, 290 00:18:34,981 --> 00:18:36,951 we don’t have that kind of training. 291 00:18:36,983 --> 00:18:39,793 I reverted back to some previous training 292 00:18:39,819 --> 00:18:41,919 that I had as a lifeguard for several years. 293 00:18:44,357 --> 00:18:46,657 I felt that I was in a position 294 00:18:46,692 --> 00:18:49,362 where I could do the most good for the situation. 295 00:18:49,395 --> 00:18:54,205 So I passed off my vest, and my gun belt to Officer Poveda, 296 00:18:54,233 --> 00:18:56,473 and, uh, jumped in the water. 297 00:18:58,971 --> 00:19:00,511 [Officer Poveda] I think that’s prudent, 298 00:19:00,539 --> 00:19:03,779 as far as, like, having two officers go in there instead of just one. 299 00:19:03,809 --> 00:19:06,509 I don’t wanna put any one of us at risk. 300 00:19:06,545 --> 00:19:08,345 We don’t know if he’s armed or not. 301 00:19:08,381 --> 00:19:11,621 Um, he’s really trying to do everything he can to get away from us, 302 00:19:11,651 --> 00:19:12,651 and I mean everything. 303 00:19:14,553 --> 00:19:15,593 [officer speaking] 304 00:19:21,427 --> 00:19:24,797 At this point, the... the suspect has entered the mangroves, 305 00:19:24,830 --> 00:19:26,230 and has gone out of sight. 306 00:19:30,970 --> 00:19:32,570 [officer 1 speaking] 307 00:19:36,642 --> 00:19:39,012 [Officer Poveda speaking] 308 00:19:39,045 --> 00:19:40,055 [officer 2 speaking] 309 00:19:45,985 --> 00:19:47,025 -[beeping] -[trooper] Look at that. 310 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:49,790 [Officer Hobart] I’m with the trooper now, 311 00:19:49,822 --> 00:19:52,292 we’re... we paired up a two officer approach. 312 00:19:55,194 --> 00:19:56,764 The helicopter has been circling. 313 00:19:56,796 --> 00:19:59,896 It’s trying to use its tools that it has, like thermal imaging. 314 00:20:01,300 --> 00:20:03,100 Basically, he ran from a traffic stop. 315 00:20:05,538 --> 00:20:07,008 I don’t know if he’s armed, 316 00:20:07,039 --> 00:20:09,579 or if he’s potentially super dangerous person. 317 00:20:11,444 --> 00:20:14,184 And the canopy of these mangroves, are just making it... 318 00:20:15,314 --> 00:20:23,364 ...impossible to locate him. 319 00:20:23,389 --> 00:20:25,059 [Officer Hobart yelling] 320 00:20:25,825 --> 00:20:27,895 [trooper yelling] 321 00:20:27,927 --> 00:20:30,957 [Officer Hobart] Eventually the Florida Wildlife cops show up. 322 00:20:32,364 --> 00:20:34,874 They take a couple officers from the docks, 323 00:20:34,900 --> 00:20:37,240 and they take the... the east side of the mangroves. 324 00:20:44,310 --> 00:20:45,610 [Griffin] [bleep] 325 00:20:46,579 --> 00:20:48,249 Strange. 326 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:50,980 And we have this perimeter set up around the mangroves, 327 00:20:51,016 --> 00:20:52,746 trying to get an eye on the suspect. 328 00:20:55,755 --> 00:20:57,495 [indistinct conversation] 329 00:20:58,691 --> 00:21:00,561 [Griffin] It was about 3:30 or so. 330 00:21:00,593 --> 00:21:02,263 It was still very, very bright, 331 00:21:02,294 --> 00:21:04,864 but here in Florida the sun, 332 00:21:04,897 --> 00:21:06,927 when it goes down it goes down very quickly. 333 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:09,300 [Griffin] 334 00:21:09,335 --> 00:21:10,145 [bleep] 335 00:21:11,137 --> 00:21:12,397 [Hobart] 336 00:21:16,408 --> 00:21:20,178 [Griffin] If we don’t find this guy by nightfall 337 00:21:20,212 --> 00:21:21,812 all of our units are gonna have to come out. 338 00:21:21,847 --> 00:21:23,547 One, just because it’s not safe. 339 00:21:31,524 --> 00:21:34,164 [Griffin] An unfamiliar area, you’re in the water, 340 00:21:34,193 --> 00:21:37,933 so it’s just you’ve got so many negatives kind of against you. 341 00:21:37,963 --> 00:21:43,743 Gators are definitely common and you may think, "Oh," you know, "Salt water. 342 00:21:43,769 --> 00:21:45,399 There’s not gonna be a gator there." 343 00:21:45,437 --> 00:21:50,177 Yes, there very well could. So in that particular area, with it being so shallow, 344 00:21:50,209 --> 00:21:52,139 jellyfish, stingrays. 345 00:21:52,178 --> 00:21:55,348 The last thing you want to do is kind of willingly continue 346 00:21:55,381 --> 00:21:59,321 to put yourself in a situation like that once sundown comes. 347 00:22:01,020 --> 00:22:01,750 [bleep] 348 00:22:02,321 --> 00:22:03,591 [Griffin] 349 00:22:03,622 --> 00:22:05,192 [Hobart] 350 00:22:10,329 --> 00:22:12,229 [Poveda] 351 00:22:18,337 --> 00:22:20,837 [Poveda] 352 00:22:35,754 --> 00:22:37,064 [bleep] 353 00:22:45,164 --> 00:22:47,634 [indistinct radio conversation] 354 00:22:49,935 --> 00:22:52,895 We had a helicopter, three boats, 355 00:22:52,938 --> 00:22:55,408 and several officers, and we couldn’t find this guy. 356 00:22:56,809 --> 00:22:58,279 [Hobart] 357 00:23:00,045 --> 00:23:00,805 [Griffin] 358 00:23:04,516 --> 00:23:06,116 -[Hobart] -[Griffin] 359 00:23:06,151 --> 00:23:08,851 The sun’s going down, the situation’s getting more dangerous. 360 00:23:12,625 --> 00:23:14,695 [indistinct radio chatter] 361 00:23:20,900 --> 00:23:24,040 [Hobart] Out of the corner of my eye, I see movement north of me. 362 00:23:27,673 --> 00:23:29,713 And I don’t have my radio so I’m just kind of yelling out. 363 00:23:30,142 --> 00:23:31,642 [bleep] 364 00:23:41,854 --> 00:23:43,524 [Hobart] So then we pop out behind him, 365 00:23:44,757 --> 00:23:46,557 and everybody just kind of converges. 366 00:23:49,762 --> 00:23:53,472 I see him running across towards the other island. 367 00:24:01,540 --> 00:24:03,410 [man screaming] 368 00:24:03,442 --> 00:24:04,982 [man shouting] Okay, just stop. 369 00:24:05,778 --> 00:24:07,008 [indistinct shouting] 370 00:24:15,754 --> 00:24:17,224 I can’t move. 371 00:24:17,256 --> 00:24:20,456 [Hobart] I hear a distinctive pop sound 372 00:24:20,492 --> 00:24:23,502 from what I knew to be a taser. 373 00:24:23,529 --> 00:24:24,599 [indistinct conversation] 374 00:24:28,634 --> 00:24:30,904 Let’s go. Come on. Here you go. 375 00:24:40,612 --> 00:24:41,782 -Will you listen to any of our problems? -Hang on. 376 00:24:41,814 --> 00:24:42,814 Johnson, where’d you go? 377 00:24:46,685 --> 00:24:49,445 [Hobart] I look down at how sharp these oysters are, 378 00:24:49,488 --> 00:24:52,118 and his feet are all cut up, and he’s bleeding. 379 00:24:54,693 --> 00:24:57,333 [Hobart] And then we put him on a boat, 380 00:24:57,363 --> 00:24:59,663 and we got him back to the shore. 381 00:25:03,068 --> 00:25:07,638 It’s a really cool feeling to know that several agencies were involved in this, 382 00:25:07,673 --> 00:25:08,973 wearing several different badges 383 00:25:09,008 --> 00:25:12,078 and answering to several different people. 384 00:25:12,111 --> 00:25:17,321 [narrator] Rashaan Cutler was pulled over for a minor window tint violation. 385 00:25:17,349 --> 00:25:20,119 Running and then swimming away from police 386 00:25:20,152 --> 00:25:22,392 made things much more serious for him. 387 00:25:23,756 --> 00:25:25,156 Cutler was charged 388 00:25:25,190 --> 00:25:29,490 with unlawful possession of personal identification information 389 00:25:29,528 --> 00:25:36,298 possession of methamphetamine, possessing forged notes, bills, checks, or drafts, 390 00:25:36,335 --> 00:25:41,075 driving with a suspended license, and resisting arrest. 391 00:25:41,106 --> 00:25:44,906 He’s sentenced to 297 days in jail. 392 00:25:44,943 --> 00:25:46,783 Just very happy that he was in custody, 393 00:25:46,812 --> 00:25:48,982 that we’re gonna be able to resolve this 394 00:25:49,014 --> 00:25:52,254 the way it should have been resolved in the beginning, 395 00:25:52,284 --> 00:25:55,124 and then we can all go home now. 396 00:25:58,791 --> 00:26:01,091 [narrator] Tucked in the northeast corner of Iowa... 397 00:26:05,297 --> 00:26:06,927 Is the town of Fayette. 398 00:26:14,940 --> 00:26:16,680 [Hake] July 12th, 2021 399 00:26:16,708 --> 00:26:21,808 I was doing a 6PM to 2AM shift, 400 00:26:21,847 --> 00:26:24,677 patrolling the town, when I responded to a call. 401 00:26:27,553 --> 00:26:29,193 [Hake] 402 00:26:34,026 --> 00:26:35,156 [Hake] They’d had a theft. 403 00:26:40,532 --> 00:26:41,602 [door buzzes] 404 00:26:44,937 --> 00:26:46,497 [Hake] 405 00:26:47,106 --> 00:26:48,006 [Hake] Okay. 406 00:26:56,882 --> 00:26:57,952 [Hake] 407 00:26:57,983 --> 00:26:59,423 [Hake] I looked at the surveillance footage, 408 00:26:59,451 --> 00:27:02,591 and I was able to visibly see the suspect. 409 00:27:02,621 --> 00:27:04,521 [Hake] 410 00:27:05,357 --> 00:27:06,387 [woman] Yeah. 411 00:27:06,425 --> 00:27:09,795 I observed a woman take some little things. 412 00:27:09,828 --> 00:27:12,698 The stuff probably didn’t even amount to $10. 413 00:27:17,569 --> 00:27:19,799 It was a very weird scenario. 414 00:27:19,838 --> 00:27:23,808 Called in dispatch and they weren’t able to have anything pop up 415 00:27:23,842 --> 00:27:25,142 with the exact letters that I gave, 416 00:27:25,177 --> 00:27:28,377 but they did find a Jeep similar to it. 417 00:27:28,413 --> 00:27:30,623 It was just one letter off. 418 00:27:32,384 --> 00:27:35,124 Without a concrete license plate number, 419 00:27:35,154 --> 00:27:38,464 it’s very hard to be able to track down that suspect. 420 00:27:41,994 --> 00:27:45,964 An hour and a half later, the on-call officer had come in. 421 00:27:45,998 --> 00:27:49,898 She told me that there was a car sitting up on highway 150, 422 00:27:49,935 --> 00:27:51,745 so just to do a little check 423 00:27:51,770 --> 00:27:53,870 and make sure the driver was okay. 424 00:27:55,807 --> 00:27:58,807 I approached a white Jeep. 425 00:28:01,113 --> 00:28:03,053 I called in the plate to dispatch 426 00:28:03,081 --> 00:28:05,651 and let them know my location, 427 00:28:05,684 --> 00:28:09,794 and as I was walking up it sort of started clicking in the back of my mind, 428 00:28:09,821 --> 00:28:14,361 like, "Okay, this vehicle matches the description in the gas station." 429 00:28:18,430 --> 00:28:20,000 Normally, you walk up on motorists, 430 00:28:20,032 --> 00:28:21,732 and you tap, and they tell ya, 431 00:28:21,767 --> 00:28:24,737 "Oh, I’m just getting directions, I’m fine." 432 00:28:24,770 --> 00:28:27,840 Or, "This happened" and they need some help. 433 00:28:30,242 --> 00:28:32,442 This female that’s sitting in the car 434 00:28:32,477 --> 00:28:35,247 is a dead match for the person that I had seen 435 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,150 on the footage in the gas station. 436 00:28:41,119 --> 00:28:43,519 She looked at me and we locked eyes. 437 00:28:43,555 --> 00:28:45,355 I wasn’t expecting what unfolded at all. 438 00:29:11,483 --> 00:29:13,283 [Hake] And so I ran back to my car, 439 00:29:13,318 --> 00:29:15,788 -initiated my lights and sirens, -[siren wails] 440 00:29:15,821 --> 00:29:18,491 and called in the license plate that I saw. 441 00:29:29,434 --> 00:29:30,804 [Hake] So, I initiated the 10-80. 442 00:29:31,870 --> 00:29:33,610 10-80 is a vehicle pursuit. 443 00:29:34,806 --> 00:29:35,806 [Thyer] At that point, 444 00:29:35,841 --> 00:29:37,181 when she was heading out of the town of Fayette, 445 00:29:37,209 --> 00:29:39,539 Officer Hake was by herself. 446 00:29:39,578 --> 00:29:40,608 Driver stops 447 00:29:40,646 --> 00:29:42,346 are extremely dangerous situations. 448 00:29:42,381 --> 00:29:43,951 You know, an officer in Fayette 449 00:29:43,982 --> 00:29:46,892 could be alone for an extended period of time before help can get there. 450 00:29:49,154 --> 00:29:51,564 All the officers in the county are scrambling, 451 00:29:51,590 --> 00:29:53,890 trying to get in a position where they can help her. 452 00:29:56,295 --> 00:29:58,465 I was working nightshift as normal. 453 00:29:58,497 --> 00:30:00,667 I was about 12 miles away from her, 454 00:30:00,699 --> 00:30:01,899 south of Fayette. 455 00:30:01,933 --> 00:30:05,043 And then when I heard that, at my location in the county, 456 00:30:05,070 --> 00:30:06,400 I started heading in her direction. 457 00:30:13,178 --> 00:30:15,508 In those situations you just never know what’s gonna happen. 458 00:30:16,114 --> 00:30:17,124 [woman on radio] 459 00:30:26,925 --> 00:30:29,955 When a suspect runs it does make us assume or think 460 00:30:29,995 --> 00:30:33,535 that maybe there’s something else going on that we don’t know about yet. 461 00:30:37,402 --> 00:30:39,342 [Hake] Does she have a gun in the car? 462 00:30:39,371 --> 00:30:41,511 Is she a wanted person for murder? 463 00:30:41,540 --> 00:30:43,840 You never know who’s in the vehicle, 464 00:30:43,875 --> 00:30:46,845 and so I was trying to revert back 465 00:30:46,878 --> 00:30:48,078 to all the training that you’ve had. 466 00:30:54,286 --> 00:30:56,146 She’s telling us the locations, 467 00:30:56,188 --> 00:30:57,958 still northbound on highway 150, 468 00:30:57,989 --> 00:30:59,289 heading towards West Union. 469 00:30:59,324 --> 00:31:03,064 [woman on radio] 470 00:31:03,095 --> 00:31:05,905 Can see them from a distance just coming down the road. 471 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,000 It was getting closer and closer to my Stop Sticks. 472 00:31:12,304 --> 00:31:14,314 I knew I had it in the right position. 473 00:31:27,352 --> 00:31:28,452 [Thyer on radio] 474 00:31:32,424 --> 00:31:34,794 They struck both of the front tires. 475 00:31:37,596 --> 00:31:39,726 [man on radio] 476 00:31:39,765 --> 00:31:41,875 And I got to see the tire roll off the car, 477 00:31:41,900 --> 00:31:43,070 and I’m like, "All right, we got one." 478 00:31:47,939 --> 00:31:50,069 [Hake] I was expecting having no tires 479 00:31:50,108 --> 00:31:51,978 would throw the car off into the ditch 480 00:31:52,010 --> 00:31:53,810 or something of that sort. 481 00:31:56,148 --> 00:31:58,478 And the vehicle was still going after that. 482 00:31:58,517 --> 00:32:00,887 [woman on radio] 483 00:32:03,255 --> 00:32:04,995 [Davis] So, you try to do the best you can. 484 00:32:05,023 --> 00:32:08,033 Are you guaranteed to hit every tire? No. 485 00:32:08,059 --> 00:32:10,259 But the goal is to at least try to hit one or two 486 00:32:10,295 --> 00:32:11,595 because even at one or two 487 00:32:11,630 --> 00:32:13,770 it still slows that vehicle down quite a bit. 488 00:32:16,334 --> 00:32:19,004 [Hake] Luckily, she rolled to a stop 489 00:32:19,037 --> 00:32:21,607 right across from the nursing home in Fayette. 490 00:32:22,674 --> 00:32:24,844 [woman on radio] 491 00:32:30,916 --> 00:32:33,116 [Thyer shouting] 492 00:32:38,423 --> 00:32:41,393 I start yelling at the driver to open the door 493 00:32:41,426 --> 00:32:42,686 because I could still see her hands 494 00:32:42,727 --> 00:32:45,157 still just clenched on that steering wheel. 495 00:32:51,770 --> 00:32:53,400 [Hake and Thyer] 496 00:32:53,438 --> 00:32:56,108 We were both yelling at the suspect to get out of the car, 497 00:32:56,141 --> 00:32:57,441 and the suspect wasn’t listening. 498 00:33:08,854 --> 00:33:11,894 Tried to open up the door, it was locked. 499 00:33:11,923 --> 00:33:13,893 So at that point in time I got out my baton 500 00:33:13,925 --> 00:33:15,385 and then I started hitting the window. 501 00:33:24,402 --> 00:33:25,772 [Erica] 502 00:33:25,804 --> 00:33:29,974 Approaching a vehicle should never be routine, especially at night. 503 00:33:30,008 --> 00:33:31,478 You never know what you’re rolling up on. 504 00:33:40,185 --> 00:33:42,025 [Hake] Specifically during traffic stops 505 00:33:42,053 --> 00:33:47,493 is when you would find somebody that has a warrant for guns, or drugs, 506 00:33:47,526 --> 00:33:50,356 or sometimes you find someone with wanted for murder. 507 00:33:50,395 --> 00:33:54,865 So I was grateful that I had as many people behind me in the pursuit as I did. 508 00:33:57,736 --> 00:33:59,436 [Erica] 509 00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:01,108 [Davis] 510 00:34:02,874 --> 00:34:04,184 [Erica] 511 00:34:04,209 --> 00:34:06,109 [Davis] 512 00:34:07,445 --> 00:34:09,305 -[Erica] -[Davis] 513 00:34:12,617 --> 00:34:15,147 When I arrived on scene the scene was secure. 514 00:34:15,186 --> 00:34:17,216 It wasn’t crazy anymore. 515 00:34:17,255 --> 00:34:19,685 [indistinct conversation] 516 00:34:28,900 --> 00:34:31,400 -[Thyer] -[Erica] 517 00:34:31,436 --> 00:34:33,366 [Barker] So, as we’re clearing the scene 518 00:34:33,405 --> 00:34:35,575 I notice a vehicle that’s headed towards me... 519 00:34:38,577 --> 00:34:39,977 and it wasn’t slowing down. 520 00:34:42,747 --> 00:34:45,947 We’re concerned that this vehicle might hit us. 521 00:34:48,553 --> 00:34:50,223 So as the vehicle’s approaching 522 00:34:50,255 --> 00:34:51,795 we get our flashlights out, 523 00:34:51,823 --> 00:34:53,363 and we step to the side of the road 524 00:34:53,391 --> 00:34:54,931 where we want the vehicle to come to 525 00:34:57,128 --> 00:34:58,098 where they can see us. 526 00:34:58,129 --> 00:35:00,199 We’re flashing our flashlights at them... 527 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:03,270 for them to slow down. 528 00:35:06,171 --> 00:35:08,611 The person actually gained speed. 529 00:35:16,514 --> 00:35:17,784 [Barker] At this point I’m thinking, 530 00:35:17,816 --> 00:35:19,516 "Are the two drivers connected?" 531 00:35:21,086 --> 00:35:23,916 This vehicle drives through our crime scene. 532 00:35:23,955 --> 00:35:27,125 They almost strike a deputy and another officer. 533 00:35:31,796 --> 00:35:34,166 I couldn’t believe that the car just sped through. 534 00:35:35,900 --> 00:35:37,740 We want to know what’s going on. 535 00:35:42,474 --> 00:35:45,114 Complete disregard to law enforcement all together. 536 00:35:46,411 --> 00:35:49,211 I run to my vehicle, I get in the vehicle, 537 00:35:49,247 --> 00:35:54,647 -and then I go after the car that just fled the scene. -[siren wailing] 538 00:35:54,686 --> 00:35:58,456 It’s just me. All the other officers in the county are behind me, 539 00:35:58,490 --> 00:35:59,490 dealing with that crime scene. 540 00:36:05,630 --> 00:36:07,230 I can’t believe this is happening. 541 00:36:07,265 --> 00:36:12,435 You know, we just got done with one high speed chase and starting up another one. 542 00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:16,669 [man on radio] 543 00:36:18,043 --> 00:36:20,443 [Barker on radio] 544 00:36:24,115 --> 00:36:26,075 [siren wailing] 545 00:36:26,851 --> 00:36:30,221 [woman on radio] 546 00:36:37,028 --> 00:36:39,698 I take Erica Slack to jail right away, 547 00:36:40,465 --> 00:36:42,075 and on my way 548 00:36:42,100 --> 00:36:44,500 I’m probably about three, four miles out 549 00:36:44,536 --> 00:36:46,096 from the jail. 550 00:36:46,137 --> 00:36:49,007 I hear another officer say, "I’m in pursuit of another vehicle 551 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:50,710 going northbound on highway 150, 552 00:36:50,742 --> 00:36:52,612 going over 100 miles an hour." 553 00:36:52,644 --> 00:36:53,884 And I’m the closest one. 554 00:36:56,948 --> 00:36:58,548 [chuckling] You’ve got to be kidding me. 555 00:37:02,253 --> 00:37:06,623 And I know as sooner we got to the end of the road from the Sheriff’s Office, 556 00:37:06,658 --> 00:37:09,028 and here goes this red car just [whooshes] 557 00:37:09,060 --> 00:37:10,160 zipping right by. 558 00:37:16,101 --> 00:37:20,611 And then there goes Officer Barker. It was perfect timing. 559 00:37:20,638 --> 00:37:25,578 I seen Deputy Thyer, and I’m relieved to see that we have another officer 560 00:37:25,610 --> 00:37:27,280 that could be in on the chase. 561 00:37:27,312 --> 00:37:29,982 [indistinct radio chatter] 562 00:37:30,014 --> 00:37:32,084 [Barker] As we get closer to West Union, 563 00:37:32,117 --> 00:37:36,547 I’m more worried about people being on the roadway, people and being in cars, 564 00:37:36,588 --> 00:37:39,288 and I know we have to get this vehicle stopped soon. 565 00:37:39,324 --> 00:37:40,834 [woman on radio] 566 00:37:41,326 --> 00:37:42,786 [Barker] 567 00:37:43,428 --> 00:37:45,098 [woman on radio] 568 00:37:45,130 --> 00:37:49,330 [Thyer] This vehicle was all over the road, running every stop sign. 569 00:37:49,367 --> 00:37:52,297 If there was a stop light to run it ran it. 570 00:37:52,337 --> 00:37:54,237 This was gonna be a dirty one. 571 00:37:56,374 --> 00:37:58,984 We started driving through smaller neighborhoods. 572 00:37:59,010 --> 00:38:01,750 The vehicle attempted to allude me, 573 00:38:01,780 --> 00:38:03,950 going down several small streets, 574 00:38:03,982 --> 00:38:06,882 and we made our way down a road 575 00:38:06,918 --> 00:38:09,048 that was a cul-de-sac. 576 00:38:09,087 --> 00:38:14,057 And I knew that, at the time, I was getting prepared for them to turn around. 577 00:38:14,092 --> 00:38:15,892 You basically, at that point when you’re desperate, 578 00:38:15,927 --> 00:38:19,357 you’ll do anything to get away from law enforcement. 579 00:38:20,932 --> 00:38:22,632 And then when they realized that, 580 00:38:22,667 --> 00:38:27,467 they started slowing down and then going through people’s front yards. 581 00:38:29,207 --> 00:38:33,707 I saw where it was going, and I decided to get there before he did 582 00:38:33,745 --> 00:38:37,185 and try to attempt a pit maneuver. 583 00:38:43,888 --> 00:38:45,318 I’m hoping to slow it down, 584 00:38:45,356 --> 00:38:48,456 maybe disable it, maybe disable the driver. 585 00:38:49,861 --> 00:38:51,101 I didn’t want to hit it too hard 586 00:38:51,129 --> 00:38:52,999 because there was a house right behind it. 587 00:38:55,967 --> 00:39:00,567 I hit the vehicle, I hit the driver’s side door, it loses control, 588 00:39:00,605 --> 00:39:02,815 and I notice that there’s a driver 589 00:39:02,841 --> 00:39:04,811 and a passenger inside the vehicle. 590 00:39:08,346 --> 00:39:09,646 [Thyer] Spins them out a little bit, 591 00:39:09,681 --> 00:39:11,851 but then it crashes right into me, 592 00:39:11,883 --> 00:39:15,453 and I quickly divert to not hit the passenger door. 593 00:39:16,387 --> 00:39:18,357 And it pushes the vehicle back straight, 594 00:39:18,389 --> 00:39:22,489 and the vehicle then now goes back out the way it came. 595 00:39:25,330 --> 00:39:27,130 [Barker] I go around Deputy Thyer 596 00:39:27,165 --> 00:39:29,505 and get behind the vehicle once again. 597 00:39:29,534 --> 00:39:31,374 He’s starting to drive erratically, 598 00:39:31,402 --> 00:39:33,172 he’s swerving all over the road, 599 00:39:33,204 --> 00:39:35,844 so I’m starting to think that my hit maneuver 600 00:39:35,874 --> 00:39:37,684 might have affected him in some way. 601 00:39:37,709 --> 00:39:41,179 We are concerned for the public’s safety at that point. 602 00:39:41,212 --> 00:39:43,582 I started backing up, I started slowing down, 603 00:39:43,615 --> 00:39:46,685 but still maintaining visual contact with the vehicle. 604 00:39:46,718 --> 00:39:48,518 [siren wailing] 605 00:39:51,356 --> 00:39:54,056 After we decided that we’re gonna slow it down a little bit 606 00:39:54,092 --> 00:39:55,532 and I give him a little bit more space, 607 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:58,730 I saw there was headlights dancing in the sky. 608 00:40:09,307 --> 00:40:10,237 By the time I got there, 609 00:40:10,275 --> 00:40:12,145 he was on the other side of the road 610 00:40:12,176 --> 00:40:13,136 in the ditch. 611 00:40:18,082 --> 00:40:19,652 [Thyer] He tried to turn late. 612 00:40:19,684 --> 00:40:22,994 He then jumped the road and went into the ditch on the other side. 613 00:40:24,155 --> 00:40:25,815 [tires screeching] 614 00:40:26,291 --> 00:40:27,891 [crashing] 615 00:40:36,834 --> 00:40:38,204 [Thyer] 616 00:40:39,170 --> 00:40:41,970 -[Barker] -[Thyer] 617 00:40:42,874 --> 00:40:45,284 [Barker] [bleep] 618 00:40:45,310 --> 00:40:47,110 [Thyer] Knowing how many people are in the vehicle, 619 00:40:47,145 --> 00:40:48,585 it changes how you’re gonna react 620 00:40:48,613 --> 00:40:50,853 and how you’re gonna respond to the situation. 621 00:40:53,084 --> 00:40:54,254 [Thyer] 622 00:40:56,587 --> 00:40:58,617 [Barker] 623 00:41:00,658 --> 00:41:02,988 -[man] -[Barker] 624 00:41:03,795 --> 00:41:05,735 [Barker] We opened their doors 625 00:41:05,763 --> 00:41:08,373 and pulled ’em out the vehicle. 626 00:41:08,399 --> 00:41:10,129 Well, I definitely feel relieved at this point, 627 00:41:10,168 --> 00:41:12,598 knowing that everyone’s going to be safe, 628 00:41:12,637 --> 00:41:14,367 the pursuit was over, 629 00:41:14,405 --> 00:41:15,835 and they had no weapons on them. 630 00:41:20,211 --> 00:41:21,711 -[Thyer] No? -Yeah. 631 00:41:23,715 --> 00:41:25,655 [woman on radio] 632 00:41:33,291 --> 00:41:37,431 The reason why the driver had fled through the crime scene that we had 633 00:41:37,462 --> 00:41:39,802 was because he had warrants out 634 00:41:39,831 --> 00:41:42,171 for Black Hawk County for robbery. 635 00:41:44,002 --> 00:41:47,642 [narrator] The driver in the second pursuit, Diontay Cobbs, 636 00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:50,109 is charged with alluding 637 00:41:50,141 --> 00:41:53,641 and possession of a controlled substance. 638 00:41:53,678 --> 00:41:59,618 Cobbs’ passenger, Kayci Hahn, is charged with possession of a controlled substance. 639 00:42:02,420 --> 00:42:03,420 [Davis] But this is crazy. 640 00:42:06,357 --> 00:42:08,127 [man on radio] 641 00:42:08,159 --> 00:42:12,229 I haven’t even heard of a double 10-80, all within two hours, ever, 642 00:42:12,263 --> 00:42:13,533 especially in our area. 643 00:42:13,564 --> 00:42:14,404 It was definitely something 644 00:42:14,432 --> 00:42:15,402 that I couldn’t believe happened. 645 00:42:15,433 --> 00:42:16,533 Open the door. 646 00:42:17,635 --> 00:42:19,965 [narrator] The suspect in the first pursuit 647 00:42:20,004 --> 00:42:22,144 is Erica Slack. 648 00:42:22,173 --> 00:42:24,443 She receives a deferred judgement 649 00:42:24,475 --> 00:42:26,475 with one year probation 650 00:42:26,511 --> 00:42:31,421 and a $430 fine for alluding law enforcement. 651 00:42:31,449 --> 00:42:34,649 This night was one of the biggest moments 652 00:42:34,685 --> 00:42:36,385 in my career. 653 00:42:36,421 --> 00:42:37,321 -I can’t ... -On the ground. 654 00:42:37,355 --> 00:42:38,995 -To the ground. -[Thyer] To the ground. 655 00:42:39,023 --> 00:42:41,193 -Hands behind your back. -Hands behind your back. 656 00:42:41,225 --> 00:42:42,585 I was very proud of them that night. 657 00:42:42,627 --> 00:42:43,727 They did a great job.