early in the afternoon on March 21st
2022 officers from the Pleasant Prairie
Police Department near Kenosha Wisconsin
discovered a vehicle was stolen after
running plates the driver of the squad
is a rookie officer during the course of
the video you will hear the rookies
training officer giving him instructions
throughout the chase
oh
Highway
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to continue in eastbound
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traffic is
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at this time more officers joined the
pursuit the stolen vehicle now has
multiple police squads on their tail
make sure you're slow
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75
they're continuing East on Roosevelt
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thank you
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all right
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please
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as the driver continues to evade police
officers coordinate to set up a stop
stick trap at the end of the road
the stop stick trap is a success hitting
both the front and rear tires of the
vehicle deflating them the driver
continues the pursuit regardless however
officers have a second stop stick trap
set up further down the road in
preparation
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right side
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oh yes
and in attempts to avoid the Stop Sticks
the driver swerves out of control
crashing on the side of the street
giving officers a chance to detain the
driver
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occupant
I'm going I'm going with him
do not move
the car
get out of the car right now
stop resisting put your hand behind your
back there you go
there there you go all right
hang tight we have a few things
oh
get the off of me yeah
off of my legs get off of my legs
all right so we're gonna go ahead and
roll to your side
bring your knees up bringing these up
this stuff hurts
so they don't tighten down on you
they're too tight no they're not because
you can spin your hand so you're fine
can y'all get my phone my ID and my
money
in my arm my bags I need everything off
that car
what's up there guy
according to police reports when the
owner of the vehicle was informed of who
stole their car it was found that the
driver actually knew the thief as an
acquaintance the driver was charged as
an operator fleeing an officer and
causing damage with second degree
recklessly endangering safety of driving
a vehicle without the owner's consent
and with having possession of THC
reckless endangerment and possession of
THC were both dismissed on the
prosecutor's motion for fleeing an
officer and driving without the owner's
consent she was found guilty due to a
guilty plea for this she was ordered to
pay a restitution of two thousand six
hundred and fifty dollars she also had
her Department of Transportation license
revoked for one year and she received
two years of probation but that was
withheld and would go into effect if the
defendant were to commit another crime
that's the Chase and in my opinion
really a pretty good job by both the
rookie officer and the the fto his field
training officer the field training
officer staying on top of the rookie
making sure that no mistakes are made
this was a Chase of a stolen car which
is really a property crime a lot of
agencies will no longer allow for a
Chase of a stolen car unless there's
also a violent crime associated with it
like a gun crime or carjacking but there
are differing opinions and law
enforcement about this a stolen car even
though it's just a property crime it
tends to be a sign that the offender is
going to go on to commit a more violent
crime because it's an anonymous car so
conflicting opinions about whether you
should Chase or should not chase a
stolen vehicle on one hand it's a
property crime but on the other hand
it's a property crime that tends to lead
to violent crimes or gun violence