Police officers often encounter the craziest and most dangerous suspects there are. But what happens when the situation gets messy and their lives are in danger? Here are the most incredible times when civilians saved the police, starting with our first case. >> I just ran behind him, tackled him down. >> This is 26-year-old Devon, who on January 25th, 2022, was driving home. He spotted the end of a pursuit between the police and a suspect who had stolen a truck and refused to stop when officers tried to pull him over. >> Four constable deputies say this all began when the suspect was spotted driving a stolen truck on the Beltway. But that suspect took off on foot, climbing a fence, and that's when the 26-year-old says his instincts kicked in. >> Devon watched as the suspect got over a security fence and started running down and immediately decided to do the unthinkable. >> Sprinting after the suspect, he lost both of his shoes and with a big bear hug, >> I was thinking about the moment, make sure I have all his hands real tight cuz I didn't know he had something in his pocket. >> The barefooted suspect was taken [music] down. >> However, if you thought civilians helping police officers ends here, you're wrong. On July 24th, 2018, police officer Austin Williams responded to a Sam's Club in Provo, Utah for a welfare check on a man who was walking around and asking people for water. He then encountered 34-year-old Emiliano Medina and immediately confronted him. >> Hey, somebody called [music] and said they were worried about you. Said you were asking for water or something. Are you doing okay? Sorry? Hey, [music] don't touch. Dude. Come here. Get on the ground. >> Surprisingly, the man gestured with his hand as if holding a gun, directing it at his own head before attempting to grab the officer's [snorts] gun. Despite the officer's decision to detain him, Medina resisted and attempted to flee. But his escape was however short-lived. >> GET ON THE GROUND. STEP IT UP. >> [music] >> THANKS, GUYS. >> LUCKILY, A BYSTANDER WHO HAD watched the incident unfold intervened and helped put Medina in handcuffs. Medina was later taken to a hospital where a blood test showed that he tested positive for methamphetamine. He was subsequently charged with a felony count of disarming a police officer and misdemeanor counts of interference with an arresting officer, failure to stop at the command of law enforcement, assault on a peace officer in uniform, and possession or use of a controlled substance. But civilians helping officers take down suspects doesn't end here. >> You don't do that to a woman. Do you understand me? You don't do that to a woman. >> On September 10th, 2022, a shocking incident unfolded during a traffic stop between 64-year-old David Kubacki and 30-year-old police officer Stacey Wright. Right before the stop, David was going 57 mph in a 35 mph zone when he was pulled over and immediately confronted by Officer Stacey. What happens next is absolutely shocking. >> Hello. My posture I will be placed on it. Do you mind stepping You're going 57 in a 35, sir. Do you have a driver's license for your convention? Why are you getting out of the car, sir? >> I don't need my driver's license. >> 12 radio, it's male subject out of the vehicle. Step over here now. >> During the encounter, David ignored the officer's request for his license and then exited his vehicle, insisting that he needed to go to the back of the car to get his driver's license. However, as David's belligerent behavior continued, what started as a routine traffic stop quickly turned into something more serious, and the unexpected happened. >> I'M NOT SITTING I'M NOT SITTING. >> BACK UP. BACK UP. >> I'M NOT SITTING. >> Mother >> physical. Put your hands behind your back. >> I'm not >> I will taze you, sir. Touch the vehicle. Put your hands on THE [ __ ] VEHICLE NOW. WHAT THE COME ON. RADIO, SEND ME UNITS. Roll over on YOUR STOMACH NOW. [ __ ] GROUND. >> KNOCK IT OFF, MAN. GET KNOCK IT off now. Get your arm behind you. Put your arm BEHIND YOUR BACK. OKAY, YOU CAN GET YOUR GET YOUR CUFFS. GET YOUR CUFFS. SHUT UP. YOU DON'T DO THAT TO a woman. Do you understand me? Officer or not, you don't do that to a woman. >> All right. >> You're good up here. >> Male's detained. This guy he's lying. >> After being joined by another officer, David was taken into custody and later charged with assault on an officer, resisting arrest, speeding, and failure to wear a seatbelt. But, it's not just these people who see attacking a cop as a stupid and annoying thing, as you'll see in our next case. >> to intervene, but this good Samaritan did. >> On February 2nd, 2022, 31-year-old Gilbert Antonio Villalba, who had an outstanding felony warrant, was pulled over by authorities after they recognized him behind the wheel of his vehicle near the Home Depot on South Harbor Boulevard. As soon as Gilbert came to a stop, he exited on foot and began to run. >> 316, he's running through the Home Depot lot. >> This video was taken Wednesday in a Home Depot parking lot in La Habra after a Brea police officer tried to pull over a driver for a traffic violation. When the ex-football player cop eventually caught up to the running driver, things quickly escalated. >> Gilbert eventually returned to his vehicle where the officer caught up with him and pulled him to the ground. During the process, Gilbert repeatedly attempted to grab the officer's weapon from its holster and subsequently asked his girlfriend to grab the officer's. However, he wasn't going to have his way. >> Even asked this woman who was in the car with him to help him get the officer's gun. Thankfully, the woman never intervened, but this good Samaritan did. And now Brea police want to know who he is. >> Fortunately, a good Samaritan joined the fray to intervene and assist in subduing Gilbert before other units arrived and took him into custody. He was later charged with one felony count each for attempted firearm removal from a peace officer, battery on a peace officer, and resisting or deterring an executive officer.