Did you just get into an accident? No, I need to stay over here. No, you can't go back in your car right now cuz it's not safe for you to go in your car. Nope. Can't go in your car. >> Nope. >> No, you can't. >> Oh, I can't. >> No, you can't. You're just an accident. >> Nope. I can't go. Nope. Do not go. Do not go. Get out of your car. Get out of your car, sir. >> Get out of your car. You're being detained. I need you to get out of your car. >> Get out of your car. >> Get out of your carame >> because you ran into a different car. Stop recording. The suspect is able to turn the officer's body camera off. When the officer is able to reactivate her body camera, the suspect has violently backed up and then takes off, prompting the officer to initiate a pursuit just 1 minute before this interaction. Another officer in the area is interviewing the victim whose vehicle was hit by the same suspect just minutes earlier. >> I was driving southbound just past a Dairy Queen. I was like ready to go underneath the turnpike and I saw him behind me. All right, I'm out of your way. You can go around me. The red lights red and then he hit me. South Avenue. >> Affirmative. Car is heavily smoking. Headed into Yria. 32 mph. Car smoking. >> I found the car. I got to go real quick, man. They're pursuing southbound on. Oh, there he is with me. >> 315. Am I good to stay in this with him? >> This officer is from the Yria Police Department, a separate department than the officers already involved in the pursuit. >> One unit. >> There's three Sheffield. I'm just staying back, blocking traffic. Slow speeds, 30 mph. Almost hit one of the units. >> Continue. All right, they're still southbound passing the College Heights Church. Speed is 30. We are going westbound on Burns. They I took over lead. King George five possibly 19. Speeds are 32. All right, we're coming up the golf northbound golf. Speed is 32 coming up to Antonet. He's all over the road. Definitely 19, I'd say. Still northbound speeds 30 coming up the wind throat. Still northbound passing hemlock. Speeds are 29. We're passive hemlock. Speeds are 30. Still northbound coming up to Haven's Arbor. Speeds are 31. Traffic light. Roads clear. Still northbound coming up to Detroit. Speeds are 30. Eastbound Detroit. [Music] >> Still eastbound. Coming up to Transportation Drive. Speeds of 29. Light traffic and everyone's yielding. Looks like a white male driver. We're still eastbound coming up the abbey. Speeds are 29. All right. He's getting on going the wrong way on uh 90 here. We're going the wrong way. [Music] 315, can I get in front of him and cut him off? He's going to cause a crash. If you can be very careful on this All right, we're He's off the side of the road. I'm going to have to fall back. My car is pretty messed up, but I'm still going a little bit. Just go ahead and start sugar fire and EMS in a ditch and I'm going to need sugar for my car. >> Get the on the ground. >> Get on the ground. >> Get on the ground. >> You're going to get shot. Get the on the ground. >> You will get shot. Car's clear. Car is clear. >> He's right here. >> Get on the ground. Get on the ground. Get on the ground. >> Get on the ground. Now, >> put your hands behind your back right now. You're going to get tased again. Don't [ __ ] move. You understand? Don't move. All right. He's t he's down. We got it. >> Okay. Can you cuff him? >> Yep. >> Don'ting move. You got it. Got >> one in custody here. >> In custody. Taser deployed. Just got off 90 off of Detroit. >> Stand up, son. >> Stand up. >> Get out of you, mother. Get the [ __ ] up, >> dude. Up, dude. >> I'm not [ __ ] around with you. Get up. I can't >> stand up. >> I can't stand up. >> Stand up. >> Stand up. >> I can't. >> Why not? >> Your legs. >> Stand the up. >> I cannot stand up. >> Stand up. >> I can't. >> Yes, you can. You got in. >> I cannot. >> You got in here. You get out. >> I can't. >> We got him handcuffed. We got him cuffed. >> I can't stand up, dude. >> Carry him out. Carry him out. right now. >> Stand up, dude. >> I cannot >> get up. >> We're here. We're good. >> 90. Well, got a bunk out. >> You done? >> Shut up. [ __ ] you. >> Stop. It's done, dude. It's done. You walk this way you [ __ ] you I'll kill you both in 10 years I'lling find you. I swear to God I'll kill you. I swear to God will Iing will kick you mother. Quit it dumb George me [ __ ] >> Put your gloves on. >> Huh? You going to George Floy me? >> Shut up. Come on, [ __ ] A brand new car. >> Me, too. I just got my tank home. >> My tires. >> Oh, yeah. You have seen it. >> Can you just tell me whoever's car is closest? >> Mom, stand up. You >> guys get in the car. Get over here. Kick me again. Knock it off. [ __ ] Knock it off. [ __ ] Knock it off. >> You guys got a hobble. But it's your problem, man. >> I don't give a [ __ ] dude. >> I don't give a [ __ ] >> They're done playing with you. You understand? paying what you do. >> Knock it off. >> Knock it off. >> I got I'll grab mine. >> No, you can't. 21. >> 21. I'll give you a hollow on him. >> What's your name? >> My name is Jeffrey. >> Huh? >> Jeffrey. >> I should be going. >> What? What's wrong with you? >> You got to stop freaking Jeffrey. >> What's wrong with you? What What's bothering you? I'm I'm not okay. >> What's not okay with you? You're mentally ill. >> Yeah. >> Okay. What happened tonight? >> I wanted to get some alcohol and make coffee. >> Okay. So, you got caught. You're driving. You drove down in the ditch. >> Shut the [ __ ] up. You mother. >> Come on, brother. >> Nah, bro. Nah. >> Listen. You guys are nothing. We've dealt with nothing. I live in America. I live in America. >> So do we. >> Well, so do we. Yeah, right. So do we. I live in America. >> You got to stop drinking, Jeff. No, I live in America just as you do. Just as you do. What if I leave thisam forsaken country, bro? >> Best of best of luck to you. >> Wish you luck the best. >> Yeah. >> Mexico. >> It's nice down there, man. Relax, man. >> Jeffrey, sit down or you're going to go back. You're going to the hospital. >> Stop. Stop. >> Sit up. Stop me. Stop, dude. >> Sit back. Hey, sit back, man. Stop. >> You want to go to the hospital or you want to go to jail? hospital. >> That's where we're going. But if you act like this, you go you go to jail. >> Jeff, relax. >> We'll be there. >> An officer finds open alcohol cans in the suspect's vehicle. >> Got two open Voodoo Rangers. >> This happens to be the exact same brand of beer the suspect was holding a case of at the beginning of this incident, indicating he was likely drinking multiple cans of beer during the vehicle pursuit. This suspect, Jeffrey, was charged with failure to comply, obstructing official business, resisting arrest, and reckless operation of a motor vehicle. He is innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Have you ever wondered why some police pursuits end in catastrophic collisions while others travel through a city with near miraculous precision? The difference often isn't luck, it's technology. Traffic preeemption gives officers the ability to bend the flow of the road itself, turning intersections into control pathways instead of deadly crashes. What makes this pursuit stand out isn't just the suspect's reckless speed. It's the moment you see squad cars clearing intersections with near surgical precision. That's traffic preeemption at work. While the suspect blows through lights, putting lives at risk, officers flip the script, forcing greens ahead of them, keeping cross traffic locked down. And without that system, one long turn of the wheel could have turned a controlled pursuit into a city-wide tragedy. And of course, some critics say pursuits are too dangerous and they should be called off more often. What they miss is that tools like traffic preeemption aren't about encouraging the chase. They're about minimizing the collateral damage when a suspect decides to run. And of course, police cannot control the bad guys choices, but you can control the safety net that follows them. And when you've been a cop long enough, you realize that pursuits are never just between the officer and the suspect. They're between the suspect and every innocent driver on the road. Traffic preeemption is already a use in cities across America, but not everywhere. And without that system, it's only a matter of time before another innocent life is caught in the middle of a pursuit. That's a reality worth debating long after this video ends.