YOU WHAT? I WAS THE [ __ ] CHIEF OF POLICE IN BRIDGEVIEW. WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME? >> NOT. COME ON. ALL RIGHT, YOU GOT to hop out of the car. >> You what? On December 27th, 2024, officers in Justice, Illinois, were dispatched to the scene of a multi-car accident. Upon arrival, they learned that a car had struck a guardrail, spun out, and collided with two other vehicles. The driver of the car was soon identified as former Bridgeview, Illinois, police chief, Walter Klimek. What kind of medical history do you have, sir? What kind of medical history do you What kind of medical history do you I'm with Bridgeview. I'm with Bridgeview. That's not what I'm asking. You you can't go anywhere. All your airbags are blown up. You can't go anywhere right now. Yeah, your your airbags are deployed, sir. Yeah. Is your car in park, sir? You're really good. Let me go through. You're really good. All right, thank you very much. Dude, you got to get out of the car, climate. >> go. Thank you very much. You got a hearing problem, Jesus? Why are you giving these guys a hard time? Don't Don't give them a hard time, all right? Don't give them a hard Yeah, don't give them a hard time. Yeah. That's it. You got to get out of the car, man. No, you're not. You're retired, man. This man is hilarious. What man? That's not Wallace. Wallace, it's Wallace. It is Wallace. Oh, it is. Hey, why why are you getting so upset? It's an airbag. You were in an accident. I didn't put that there. No, you didn't. No, I didn't. You were in a car accident. This lane, this idiot hit that. He was going too fast. He was going coming this Yes, SIR. OKAY. >> [screaming] >> SHUT UP OR I'LL PUT YOU OUT OF YOUR MISERY right now. My wife's got MS. Okay. She's wheel in a wheelchair. We're on our way to go have dinner with our daughter. She's already gone. She's probably turned around. All right. I know he was going too fast. He hit that. He's probably going to pay. This car's totaled out now. Yeah. Uh insurance so that they they could tow this. It's going to have to go back to my house. Yeah, to be perfectly honest with you, your insurance will cover it no matter what. I'm just going to probably call my own tow company just to get everything cleared off. 525 Justice, I'm going to need a tow truck. Clay, Clay, just relax right now. If I call them, I just want to I mean, it's Yeah, I mean, it'll just take me a little bit, so um can I talk to her real quick? Hey, miss, can can I just grab a driver's license from you? Are you injured or anything? Your head? I called our daughter who were ahead of us. Sure. And uh she was supposed to come back. Is this guy drunk or what? Uh he might have a head injury, to be honest with you. I'm not sure. I can't get in there. >> he's rattling himself. Yeah. 525 Justice, can I get a couple other minutes for traffic control? What? You [ __ ] serious? If if you could find it in a minute, >> okay? Are you okay? Hey, I'm sorry, sir. Did you see what happened? Yes. This guy surely my English is not good, but I try to explain to you. >> Sure. This guy coming from all the way The guy in the Buick? Yeah, I see the flash piece of time and hit this car. This car coming, you know, just for Yeah. Was this guy Was this guy in the black car speeding or something? Yeah. >> Can I Do you mind if I just grab a driver's license from you? Thank you. He crashed. He's refusing to get out of the car. He's screaming at all the paramedics. Uh it's [ __ ] It's a two-lane road cuz of the construction, so he's completely blocked down the entire 79th Street. Uh so, and he's he's claiming to be the chief of police for Bridgeview. He's got a shirt on, Bridgeview shirt on. Uh a polo. Okay. Anyway, dude, you're going to have to take the side streets all the way down 79th Street. Uh like take 80th Street all the way down to uh 87th Avenue. All right. Okay, no problem. Yeah, sorry, man. You got to have to give us a couple for Come on! GET THE [ __ ] OUT OF THERE! WALLY, you're >> Wally, you're going to have to get out of the car, my man. Dude, don't make this harder than it has to be, please. >> Can I put him on the on the board? [ __ ] this [ __ ] [ __ ] Wally, Wally, I see get out of the car. Who the [ __ ] put that in there? Uh what's the make of your car? That's me. Obviously not me. Look at the viewer. Wally, you have to get out of the car. TELL HIM GET THE [ __ ] OUT OF HERE. NO, YOU'RE GOING in there. Obviously. GET THE [ __ ] OUT OF HERE. DO YOU WANT TO WALK OVER THERE OR DO YOU WANT US to bring the stretcher out? >> Get out of the car. I don't know if he's still got He's got still got a seat belt on. Yeah. Yeah, I don't know. We're not getting it from the other side, really. [ __ ] No, I tried I tried opening that up to see if I can get in there to make sure he parked, but it's all smashed up there. Wally, get out of the car, my man. Wally, you got to get out of the car. Are they bringing out a stretcher stretcher or The nurse said he's going to walk out. What's up? Are you guys bringing a stretcher? Yes, they're putting the restraints on RIGHT NOW. CUT! TELL THEM GET THE [ __ ] OUT OF HERE. >> WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANY CHANCES. Who do you get out of here? TIM! TIM, GET THE [ __ ] OUT OF HERE. >> unit involved injured? Um they are. On the other side, the blue car? The blue car? Yeah, there is a She's got type A injury. Husband and wife were in the car. She's going to have to go to the hospital and he's going to have to do all that. Husband and wife were in the car. The husband standing there with glasses on and the lady they She said she I think she had sort of side pain side on her head. Okay. I just told her to be good precautions at a hospital. Hey buddy, you mind uh hanging out over here a little bit so we can work. I got some guy coming from Bridgeview. Maybe you can Come on, Wally. You ready? Come on, Wally, you got to get out. >> Got to get out. I don't want to get hurt. Wally. What's that? >> Wally, you're right there. Let's go. What the [ __ ] is this? Wally, come on, buddy. You know what? Tim, GET HIM THE [ __ ] OUT OF HERE. LET ME GET A SEAT belt cutter. Oh, what What What What are you doing back here? You know what? WHAT ARE YOU DOING BACK here with my [ __ ] arm? Wally, come on. Come on. You got to come out of the car. You got a seat belt cutter? Hey, I just I just pulled it off. Oh, it's off. I I undid it. So, it should be good. >> Come on, Wally, let's go. You're going to have to hop out of the car, man. >> Come on. Let's go. Wally, come on, BUDDY. COME ON, YOU KNOW WHAT? I WANT THE [ __ ] CHIEF OF POLICE IN BRIDGEVIEW. WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME? >> NO, YOU'RE NOT. COME ALL RIGHT, YOU GOT TO HOP out of the car. You know what? Wally, let's go. Wally, come on. Why Why are you doing this to What? you're >> yourself. COME ON. WHAT? OKAY. YOU'RE embarrassing yourself. Come on. >> You know what? Don't do THAT TO MY [ __ ] ARM, MAN. WALLY, LET'S GO. NO, LEAVE ME ALONE. IF YOU WANT TO KEEP YOU KNOW WHAT? >> HEY. GET HIM THE [ __ ] OUT OF HERE. >> IF YOU WANT TO KEEP ANY WHAT? >> OF your career left, get out of the car nice. Now. You want to have a job still tomorrow? Get out of the car nice. You know what? >> Let's go. You know what? Leave me alone. >> Let's go. You have to have the other >> You know what? GET HIM THE [ __ ] OUT OF HERE. LET'S GO, WALLY. NO, GET HIM OUT of here. No, no, no, no, no. Wally, let's go. No, no. Stop fighting. No, STOP DOING STOP FIGHTING. OW! STOP DOING THAT TO ME. WALLY. NO, STOP DOING THAT TO ME. >> WALLY, out of the car, man. I know, BUT >> LET'S GO. STOP DOING THAT TO ME. >> WALLY, COME ON. OW! >> [screaming] >> WALLY, COME ON. >> STOP DOING THAT TO OW! LET'S GO, WALLY. NO. NO. WALLY, stop resisting. Wally, LET'S GO. OW! OW! [screaming] STOP RESISTING, WALLY. COME ON. WALLY, let's go. All right, YOU SLEEP. OW! WALLY, LET'S GO. COME ON, GUYS. Come on. LET'S GO. YOU GUYS HURT ME A LOT. WE'RE TRYING TO PULL YOU OUT. NO, NO, YOU GUYS HURT ME. WALLY, WE'RE NOT PLAYING GAMES NO MORE. LET'S GO. >> BUT DON'T hurt me. >> ALL RIGHT, GET OUT. GET OUT. I know, BUT >> WANT TO HAVE TO DO THIS. DON'T HURT ME. We're not hurting you, Wally. I know, but don't do that. >> of the car. Let's go. OKAY, GUYS. COME ON. NO, YOU GUYS are my [ __ ] buddies. >> I know, then let's go. I know, BUT DON'T DO THAT. STOP. WALLY, let's go. I got your hands off the steering wheel. Okay, come on, guys. I'm sorry. NO, COME ON. OW! STOP. WALLY. NO. WALLY, COME ON. WALLY, COME ON. GET THAT ARM. I HAVE THIS ONE. FEEL IT. GUYS. OKAY. We're out. OKAY, WE'RE OUT. OH. GUYS. I'm sorry. Guys. I'm sorry. You're just going to get checked out. You get checked out. >> Guys, I'm sorry. But you you just hurt me. We asked you to get out of the car how many times, right? What? How many times we asked you to get out of the car? You guys hurt me. >> All right, well get up now. You hurt yourself. Okay, hop up. Be a grown adult now. Get up. You guys hurt me. I'm sorry. How about I give you a hand up? >> No, I'm sorry. Get up. Come on. Sorry, guys. What are you sorry for? We were your best buddies. How much you had to drink tonight, Wally? No, not today. No, not today. Okay, how much you had to drink the last hour? OW. OW, WHAT? >> GUYS, I'M SORRY. HEY, WAIT. OH MY GOD. OW. COME ON, GUYS. Check him for that dirty too. Did you Come on. I'm sorry. COME ON, GUYS. OKAY, KID. Oh my god. Come on, guys. Yeah. You were You're MY AWESOME GUY. OW. YEAH. CUZ YOU WERE RESISTING. NOW STOP. I KNOW. I know. Okay, you know what? I'm sorry, guys. That's my [ __ ] car, obviously. Come on, guys. Oh, you know what? COME ON. OW, YOU'RE [ __ ] HURTING ME. >> WELL, THEN [ __ ] quit resisting. What? No, you're hurting me. Oh, WELL, QUIT RESISTING. OW. [screaming] OW. I'M SORRY, GUYS. OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? OH, [ __ ] OKAY, come on, guys. Oh, you know what? That's my [ __ ] car. Okay, you know what? That's my car. Who wants the car? Huh? What? The other lady went to trade. Mr. Walter, you ready? Come on. Let me know if you need help. You need help? Yeah. Okay, I got you. Okay, yeah. Where are you going? Over here, right through this door right here. That one? Yep. I hope you, just in case. I don't want you to fall down. You're going to be in and out, okay? We got to fingerprint you and uh give you your uh citations and then I'll give you a ride home, okay? I don't mind my car. Where do you stay at? Huh? How far do you live? Give me 1 second, okay? Yeah. Stay right here. Don't move. But, actually, turn around. Turn around, face the wall for me, please. Turn around and face the wall, sir. Oh. You can put it in here. Sorry for the wait. >> Here, do me a favor. Lift up your knee, uh Show me your wallet and stuff. Um No, I don't feel you just got to just check in the back of the van. Yeah, you know face the wall. Face the wall. All right, come on. Walk this way. All right, I'm going to take your handcuffs off, okay? You okay? You want to take this off? >> Yep. Yeah, here you wait. I got I got I got to go to the washroom. All right, give me 1 second, okay? Yeah. All right, come in here. Follow me. Is there Is there a bathroom? Yep, yep. Here, follow me. Yeah. Oh, right there. You see it? Yep, that's it. You kind of have to squeeze in there. All right, you will stay right here, sir. >> You said this is this is a justice? Mhm. No justice then. No, it is a justice. No, no, not a justice. Okay. Oh, yeah. What what is it then? I'm press that justice. Okay. Yeah. Oh, no, don't take that off. Leave that on. Oh, that's what they Here, stand up stand over here by the wall. You can lean against the wall if you can keep your balance. I didn't put my hands All right, so I'm going to here, stand right here, sir. Do what? Stand right here. Yeah. And face that camera. You see that camera? You're going to face that camera, okay? I'm going to move out the way. 6:31 6:37 transporting the one male. 7 Just leave that in your pockets. Don't take anything out your pockets, okay? Team one to the door. Here, give me one second. Here, come up a little bit. I'm going to close this door, okay? Okay, go look up against this wall and face that uh look at that camera. Yeah, okay. Move a little bit to your right. Right there, just stay still. Uh face the uh the bench. Face the bench. Face the bench. So, turn like this. Face face Yep, just like that. Don't move. >> Okay, we're going to come over here for All right, come come come over here, sir. I need both your thumbs. The what? Both your thumbs. Both of them. Okay, now your right four. The suspect is caught with K9 assistance, treated, and taken to the county jail. A chaotic call, conflicting claims, and a fast pursuit. Another night showing how unpredictable these responses can be. Okay, we're going to start with each finger now. Give me a rolling motion. Face this way a little more. Now, we're going to go down each one. Turn this way. Just just close to the uh So I can I got to roll your finger, so I don't want to bend your hand. Okay, now your left. >> I don't want to sign a gold form. Okay, come over here. I'm warning you to read this citation in the court of law. I'm not going to All right, so you understand what this is, right, sir? This is going to be pretty much You know You understand your vehicle was towed, right? >> What? Your vehicle was towed cuz you you were in a car accident. >> My vehicle's what? >> It was towed. Towed? >> Yes. No, it wasn't towed. >> Well, yes, it was. I'm I'm telling you. It wasn't towed. >> This is going to be >> by you? >> Listen, listen to what I'm trying to tell you. >> towed. It was towed cuz you were involved in an accident. Okay. >> Cuz you did crash into another car and you've been and you've been drinking, okay? >> by No, I pulled by you guys. Sir, I'm I'm explaining this to you, okay? >> This is going to be your sign and release and this is going to be you you have a court date, okay? What? >> So make sure you go to Make sure you go to court. This is going to be your court date. It's going to be January 22nd, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. And it's going to be at the Brevard County Courthouse, room 105. For what? For DUI. Okay? >> I'm only in a DUI. I'm I'm explaining to you what this is. Listen listen to what I'm saying, okay? Stop stop getting Stop getting upset, okay? I'm only in a DUI. That's that's That's what the officer charged you with. The officer The arresting officer charged you with a DUI, okay? So that's what's going on. No. Uh Well, I mean, it's not a debate. I'm I'm telling you what's going on and what you're being charged with. So these are going to be your citations, okay? Failure to reduce speed to avoid a crash, driving under the influence, and also the the third citation is going to be Let me see here. Improper traffic lane usage. So you're going to have three citations and this is going to be your court date, okay? Huh? I'm not going to sign anything. Sir, >> All right, so here. Do me a favor. Get close. Sign. I need your signature here, and I need your signature right there where I'm not going I'm not going to I'm not drunk. I can't from work by I can't by work by you guys. Okay. You want You want to get out from here or you want to stay in here? If you want to get outside here, okay? Yeah, but I Okay, then. I came from here I came from work by you guys. >> Okay, I'm not drunk. You can argue that in court. >> Yeah, I'm not drunk. Okay, so then you can argue that in court. Here you go. So so I'm not signing anything. That's just a promise you're going to go to court. That's it. citation and a notice. I'm not going to court because Okay, so I came from there when I was working. And I I can't I can't by you guys. >> [clears throat] >> Yeah. Where do you stay at, sir? Where do you live? Bridge So I'm going to give you a ride back home, okay? What? I'm going to give you a ride back home. >> But what about my car? >> Your car was towed. It was involved in an accident. It's not drivable. My My car wasn't involved in an accident. What? Okay, I don't The car wasn't involved in a I pulled in by you guys. It wasn't Let's go back to your place and see if it's there. >> I'm telling you we we towed your vehicle. The officer who arrested you told you your vehicle >> towed? You can If you want to talk to a sergeant, you can. And he can explain it to you. >> But why was it towed when by you I I'm I'm I'm just repeating myself now at this point. >> I didn't get it you know, I didn't get nothing you know. Actually by your house by by your building. No. Oh. >> So, that's what I don't know why you guys towed it. I wasn't involved in it. I didn't tow it. The officer >> but actually they But So, the officer who >> [clears throat] >> who arrested you did all the did all the paperwork. He's the one who he charged you with a DUI and the other citations that I just I mentioned to you, okay? Yeah, but no So, you're going to have to go to court now. You're going to have to go to court and argue that. >> to court. I was not involved in a in a in a in a accident or anything like that. Um do you want a ride home or are you going to call somebody to come get you? I'm sorry? Do you want a ride home or is somebody going to come get you? So, obviously he said he's going to drive me home, but I I don't know where my car it could be All right, okay. >> house here. Your wallet and everything is here. But follow me. I I got to go to work tomorrow, so What What are you guys doing? Okay, so Who towed my Who towed the car? Austin Towing towed the car. Grab your keys. Grab your keys. Grab your wallet and grab your uh insurance cards. And I have your bag. I have your bag in the car, okay? So, I'll give that to you once we get to your destination. Grab your wallet, sir. Uh see? Okay. Yeah, yeah. You see that? Let me see. Let me see. Police department, yeah. So, you're the police chief? >> [snorts] >> Uh grab here. What What is that? Your insurance card. I I don't Come on. Come on. Follow me. Come over here by the door. Do what? Go Go right [ __ ] that. Thank you. Hold on. I got to open it one second. Just going to wait for my partner. All right, yeah. >> [clears throat] >> All right, come on. After multiple attempts of asking Chief Climax to exit his vehicle, officers physically removed him. He was then taken to the hospital where he refused to submit to a blood alcohol test. After medical clearance, he was discharged and taken to the Justice Illinois Police Department where he was cited for misdemeanor DUI and resisting arrest.