I've been in enough vehicle and foot pursuits that it's not a huge deal anymore but yesterday's shennanigans were special.
I was patrolling down a one-way street in a housing project when i spotted 3 guys sitting in a car looking kinda nervous. I ran the tag as i slowly rolled by and it came back as a stolen vehicle. the car backed out and faced in the same direction i was traveling. i stopped to try and decide how to handle the situation and they realized that i was onto them. next thing i know they're tires are squealing in reverse and so are mine. they must have hit 40mph in reverse and i was right on them the whole time. it was like a james bond movie in one of those little european towns with narrow alleyways.....in reverse. they made it to the main road, spun around and took off. i was right behind them and then the driver lost it at an intersection and nailed a light pole. all 3 got out and ran. i caught one, and with the help of my backup, surrounded one in someones fenced in back yard. i recognized the driver and went through the neighborhood calling his name like in a game of hide and seek. he popped up and ran again but gave up a short time later. (he's actually a pretty smart kid and ended up giving me A LOT of info on local break-ins and some other serious stuff. he's the self proclaimed leader of the local cryp-set and proud of it. it's cool to get along with this guy because every time i have to deal with him he ends up telling me more and more about the gang life. he even asks for me when he gets into trouble with other officers.) anyway, 'twas a fun and unique chase that i thought you monkeys would appreciate.
because of the good info he gave me, the magistrate let him out of jail on a written promise to appear so that he could go home to his kid. we had a little talk about his lack of responsibility as a parent for getting into this crap. as it often turns out, the car was a crack trade. crackhead stole it and sold it to my "buddy" in exchange for gram of crack.
the really sad part about this guy is that he told me that he's waiting for the main leader of the regional cryps to come down and "promote" him. He will be "promoted" if he shoots a blood member in the back of the head.
I was patrolling down a one-way street in a housing project when i spotted 3 guys sitting in a car looking kinda nervous. I ran the tag as i slowly rolled by and it came back as a stolen vehicle. the car backed out and faced in the same direction i was traveling. i stopped to try and decide how to handle the situation and they realized that i was onto them. next thing i know they're tires are squealing in reverse and so are mine. they must have hit 40mph in reverse and i was right on them the whole time. it was like a james bond movie in one of those little european towns with narrow alleyways.....in reverse. they made it to the main road, spun around and took off. i was right behind them and then the driver lost it at an intersection and nailed a light pole. all 3 got out and ran. i caught one, and with the help of my backup, surrounded one in someones fenced in back yard. i recognized the driver and went through the neighborhood calling his name like in a game of hide and seek. he popped up and ran again but gave up a short time later. (he's actually a pretty smart kid and ended up giving me A LOT of info on local break-ins and some other serious stuff. he's the self proclaimed leader of the local cryp-set and proud of it. it's cool to get along with this guy because every time i have to deal with him he ends up telling me more and more about the gang life. he even asks for me when he gets into trouble with other officers.) anyway, 'twas a fun and unique chase that i thought you monkeys would appreciate.
because of the good info he gave me, the magistrate let him out of jail on a written promise to appear so that he could go home to his kid. we had a little talk about his lack of responsibility as a parent for getting into this crap. as it often turns out, the car was a crack trade. crackhead stole it and sold it to my "buddy" in exchange for gram of crack.
the really sad part about this guy is that he told me that he's waiting for the main leader of the regional cryps to come down and "promote" him. He will be "promoted" if he shoots a blood member in the back of the head.
had it been some pretty little high school student it would be on CNN, but a hispanic gangbanger dies and it doesn't even make for a 10 second spot on the LOCAL news. 
