“ Suspect handcuffed behind his back steals patrol car “

[btfc]

‘ "He was being transported in the front seat of the car," Hileman said.

While on Highway 25 near Atwood in northwest Kansas, the trooper witnessed a serious motorcycle crash and pulled over to help, leaving Swartwout alone in the patrol car, Hileman said.

The trooper immediately radioed for assistance. Troopers racing to the scene spotted the stolen patrol car headed south on Highway 25, officials said.

Hileman said the chase topped 100 mph on a stretch he described as a narrow two-lane highway with ditches on both sides.

The chase continued onto Interstate 70 and headed west toward the Kansas-Colorado border. As the pursuit reached Edson, Kansas, roughly 30 miles from where it began, the stolen patrol car ran out of gas ‘


https://www.yahoo.com/gma/suspect-handcu...00197.html

[mattkime]

HERO

[testcase]

mattkime wrote:
HERO

???????


I wonder if you'd feel that way if this FELON struck & maimed / killed someone YOU cared for?


Some people are flexible enough to be able to "step through" their handcuffs (when hands are cuffed behind them) thereby getting the cuffs in front of them. At that point, they'd be almost fully functional. Depending on what funding is available, vehicles can be equipped so that a LEO can remove the ignition key without shutting off the engine. When this is done, if anyone tries to put said car in gear without the ignition key in place, it will stall out.

[Rolando]

btfc wrote:
"He was being transported in the front seat of the car," Hileman said.

I'm guessin' he was not African-American or Hispanic? Just guessin'

[mattkime]

testcase wrote: I wonder if you'd feel that way if this FELON struck & maimed / killed someone YOU cared for?

Well....I'm never taking you on a high speed chase with me! Doesn't seem like you'd enjoy it anyway!

[August West]

testcase wrote:
[quote=mattkime]
HERO

???????


I wonder if you'd feel that way if this FELON struck & maimed / killed someone YOU cared for?


Some people are flexible enough to be able to "step through" their handcuffs (when hands are cuffed behind them) thereby getting the cuffs in front of them. At that point, they'd be almost fully functional. Depending on what funding is available, vehicles can be equipped so that a LEO can remove the ignition key without shutting off the engine. When this is done, if anyone tries to put said car in gear without the ignition key in place, it will stall out.

[Ombligo]

btfc wrote:
As the pursuit reached Edson, Kansas, roughly 30 miles from where it began, the stolen patrol car ran out of gas ‘

It ran out of gas in 30 miles -- Talk about running on fumes, In parts of Kansas that won't even get you to the next mile marker.

[voodoopenguin]

Ombligo wrote:
It ran out of gas in 30 miles -- Talk about running on fumes, In parts of Kansas that won't even get you to the next mile marker.

So the lack of fuel was useful in this case but why was a patrol car so low in fuel?

Paul

[Speedy]

Perhaps he was going off duty. Good thing it ran out of gas, though.

[S. Pupp]

The high speed pursuit driving instructor was probably well known to the police officer.

Still, the whole article reads like a half-hearted April Fool piece that was discarded, then mistakenly published three days later.