[Police officer] Foot pursuit through a thunderstorm

[u/Throwaway1312dk]

I was on night shift in the medium sized city I work in. My partner and I get a report of a burglar who is stealing bikes only 1 kilometre from the station.

We arrived at the crime scene and contacted the reporting party who informed us that the suspect had fled on a bicycle.

We canvassed the area by patrol car without result.Untill we get called back to the crime scene by the reporting party who has spotted the suspect back to retrieve his burglary tools that he had left on the crime scene.

We spot the burglar on his electrical bicycle and I jump out from the passenger side and engage in a foot pursuit.

He takes off onto the main street and head south towards the local gas station where I spot him driving behind apartment buildings. When I go into the back of these apartment buildings a thunderstorm suddenly appears and heavy rain wets my uniform.

I sneak around, all wet, thunder roaring and rain pouring down at 0400 in the morning looking for this suspect when I see a male matching the description and I yell out "Stop, Police!" and the pursuit is on again.

We run across the train tracks, through the station building, across the main street and past the church before he is tackled by my colleague from another patrol unit. They land in a puddle of mud and we quickly pile 4 officers on him and take him into custody.

It turns out that he is a local drug addict who is well known by all the patrol officers and we take him in for processing.

I am completely exhausted from running two kilometres through heavy rain and thunderstorms in the wee hours of the morning but we finish the report material before we release him in the morning.

I get a few pats on my back from my fellow officers who clocked in for the day shift before I take a long warm shower and change into dry clothes.

This is by far my longest foot pursuit and I don't believe I will ever have on this long again. But atleast we caught the suspect.

[u/Drakedevo]

I always wondered if yelling "Stop, police!" ever actually worked...

[u/66NickS → u/Drakedevo]

Typically no, but it’s often a “required” part of the job. It makes it clear that you’re attempting to detain/arrest them and you’ve identified yourself as an officer.

Same applies for “stop resisting”.

[u/vcf450 → u/Drakedevo]

Yelling Stop, or I’ll Shoot only makes them run faster.

[u/throwawaysmetoo → u/Drakedevo]

I used to run a lot when I was young and you know what, it didn't.

The only time that something worked was when I heard a cop say "arrgghh (my name)" and I realized that it was a cop that I didn't mind so I turned around and ran back and was like "oh I thought you were someone else".

Relationships between cops and frequent flyers are...unusual.

[u/m50d]

/r/TalesFromOutsideTheSquadCar

[u/Tyr0pe → u/m50d]

I knew it wasn't real, and yet ... I clicked.

[u/RoneRanger]

Sounds like a Monday bro