is some of his traffic stuff. He's got a couple of warrants. What? Is that your squad? What the [ __ ] That's your squad. Someone just stole my squad. So, you felt the urge to drive a car, so then you got inside a squad car? Yeah, something like that. I don't know. Only Cams provides body cam footage for transparency and educational purposes only. Officers were in the middle of detaining a driver during a traffic stop when suddenly someone jumped into a nearby police cruiser and drove off. Moments later, an officer can even be heard saying, "Someone just stole my squad." The suspect behind the wheel was later identified as 34-year-old Daniel Barton, a man who had already been accused of stealing a police car before. Hey, what's going on, man? I'm Officer Weber, Shorewood Police Department. Reason I stopped you is for no plates on the vehicle. You got a temp plate, right? >> Is there a temp plate in the window? Okay, it's probably cuz of the tint. I couldn't see it. Thank you, I appreciate it. Hey, what's up, little guy? All right, I'm going to go to that side real quick. W William 6 Okay, I appreciate you having that up there. I don't have a tint reader, but that tint's probably too dark. That's why I can't read it. Do you got your driver's license on you and your proof of insurance? I got my insurance card. Okay. You don't have a driver's license? Okay. Do you have one, miss? No. All right. When did you buy the car, man? 2 weeks ago? I got you. Can I get your name, man? Patrick, okay. You're looking for the title. All right, could I see that real quick? Um Yeah, this might work. It looks like this guy's got three misdemeanor warrants all through the sheriff's office. It says body only, no bail. One for OWI, one for I'm sorry, that one Yeah. One for endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon. Subject last name of Bell, common spelling. He's got a couple 99s through the sheriff's office, if you can start confirming. Cuz what you could do, depending on if they want him or not Yeah. I mean, you can always just detain him in the handcuffs in your squad. Cuz if they What they'll do is they'll ask for like uh current address and phone number. >> going to be about an hour. If we have him sit there or whatever Yeah, I don't Yeah, I don't like that. He was already smoking a cigarette when I approached, though. Hey, Mr. Bell. Could you step out of the vehicle for me, please? I want to talk to you at the rear of the vehicle here. Just careful getting out, all right? Okay. So, you have a couple 99s through the Milwaukee Sheriff's Office, okay? Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office. We're confirming those right now. So, you're just detained, okay? What is that? Warrants. Yeah. You have three misdemeanor warrants that we're confirming right now, okay? So, what I'm going to do is I'm detaining you, okay? So, I'm just going to put you in handcuffs. Okay, you don't have anything on you that you're not supposed to have, right? Okay. We'll try to get you a new court date for him, so you don't have to go to jail. That's usually the process, okay? They just They They just No, right now. No. I'm going to put you in the back of my squad, though. Um and we're going to have them confirm those warrants, okay? And then they usually send us over a piece of paper that you got to sign with the new court date, and then we kick you, okay? So, we don't have to go back to the station, all right? Keys? Okay. Is there anything in the bag? Okay. Any guns on the seat or anything like that? No, nothing. Okay. All right, we're just going to check, okay? His bag reeks of marijuana. Is there anything in the car that you know about that's illegal? Just some weed, that's it? Is there any firearms or anything? You just got back into it? Oh, okay. You got it. Okay. Okay, I got you. We're just going to check with his some of his traffic stuff. He's got just some warrants. And if I can give him a new court What? Is that your squad? What the [ __ ] That's your squad. 908, dispatch. Uh someone just stole my squad. Westbound on Capitol. I'm locked in this. [ __ ] Bro, I was trying to uh tell y'all, but someone just dropped me there. Stop. It was locked, and it's down by Holton right now. I don't know how he got my car. Were your [ __ ] windows down? Yeah. No, they were up. Cuz I went up with Hal, and I [ __ ] rolled my window up. Now, unless I didn't slam my door all the way. But I [ __ ] heard it shut. 928, I'm coming up Richards. Shorewood 928, I'm at Capitol and Richards right now. 908, dispatch. I'm on foot right now. 5260 over here. Dispatch, I have a white male, black shirt, blue jeans, long hair. I'm over on this street. We're in Dispatch, I need to check with the Shorewood squad. Just confirm there was only one suspect in this, only one person out. Affirmative. And can I get a Shorewood squad flying up here in a couple of minutes? Hey. Hey, can I get these dressed in the back of my patrol in the squad? Sounds good. You can't take me nowhere. What are you doing? Why are you wasting your time? That's why That's why I said you can't take me nowhere. You want me to take you? I understand. You know I can't take me nowhere. What are you doing? Why are you wasting your time? Well, he's going to have to sit like that for now. I don't even have I want to take him out. I got my phone, my sign, and my I'm just throwing them out. If my car rolled over, I'd die. He wants the sign? The sign can get thrown out probably here. Oh, come on. Appreciate it. Okay. Hey, he's pretty cooperative. Last time he gave Okay, he gave everything? Yeah. Just like to confirm it, too. No, I didn't even ask yet. I Just I was figuring I'd get it from you guys just to confirm it. Dude, just pull around. I got Hal in here. He's Dispatch. This guy's still smart, I mean, to me. No, but earlier. All right, Daniel. Will you take off your left cuff, place that hand at top of your head? Do you understand? Will you take off your right cuff, do the same thing? Take your shoes off for me. I said Detective Rakowski with the Shorewood Police Department. This is a interview regarding a stolen police car incident 23-004293. I am here with What's your first name? Daniel. Do you have a job by chance or no? No, unemployed. When was the last time you held a job? Uh 6 months ago, but it was washing. How long ago? All right, 2 years ago. Oh. Okay. The what? Do you Do you live full-time with your mom, or do you bounce around, or So, you would say you are homeless, but if you need to shower or eat or something like that, you go to your mom's house? Yeah, pretty much. That's pretty accurate. Oh, no, no. I stay with my friend. Well, that's That's what I'm saying. So, I mean, but you don't have to spend every night there, do you? No, no. I just stay with my friend instead of that. Okay. Got you. That's what I'm saying. You got a few places to go. Got you. All right. Um and then did you graduate high school? Yeah, Wauwatosa West. Did you attend any college or any kind of like post-graduate school or anything? Yeah, I went to UWM for a while. Do you have uh a girlfriend or anything? No, no. Boyfriend? No. Do you uh have any kids? No, no kids. No. Um in order to talk about what just occurred, I have to read you your rights. Yeah, no problem. All right, so you have the right to remain silent. You don't have to answer any questions or say anything unless you want to. If you choose to speak, anything you do say will be used as evidence against you. Do you understand these rights? Realizing you have these rights, are you now willing to answer any questions or make a statement? Uh no, I don't want to do that. Do you mind if I ask you some questions? >> Oh, sure, go ahead. Okay. I don't want to make a statement. Well, that's what I'm saying. Do you mind if I talk to you about what happened? Ask some questions, sure. Okay, yes. So, then yes? Sure, yes. Okay. Do you mind initialing next to each one of these saying that I read that to you, and then So, you were just looking to talk to people or to get some cash, or Yeah, they gave me a dollar for my phone. Got you. Yeah, I see what Yeah, cuz you said you're not You're not employed, I get it. Do you panhandle a lot? No, not so much. I'm guessing you observed the traffic stop. Yeah, I walked back, and then I just walked. I don't know. Felt like doing it then. You felt like doing it again. Can you elaborate on that? No, I don't know. I just wanted to drive. Okay, so Just drive. I don't know. So, you felt the urge to drive a car, so then you got inside a squad car? Yeah, something like that. I don't know. Did you know that it was a police car? Um yeah, I guess. You did? >> Yeah. Was it locked or unlocked at the time? >> It was unlocked. The little light was on, but when I opened the door, it was unlocked. Okay, so you opened the door, and it was unlocked. And the keys It wasn't running? No, it was running. And so, you just hopped in and took off? >> Yeah. Cuz you got the urge to drive? Something like that. Yours is a better than this guy's. Okay. And you said um to do it again Why I stole any car from my net from the last one, July 26th, I think. Yeah, you stole a squad car on July 26th. >> No, last November. They told me to go. >> Oh, I see what you're saying. Okay. So, I see I see. So, you you've stolen a squad car in the past. Yes, allegedly cuz I'm still in trial. Did uh you touch anything like inside the squad car? No, just the little thing. Just the gear shaft? Got you. So, then that's when you drove westbound? Yeah, okay. Yep. Were the lights and sirens on? Uh no, the first one was car and then the hardly pulled over and the lights and sirens on the first one and the second one was off but the car's on. Yep, got you. And then what made you pull over and stop and leave like in an abandoned the car? So, then you stopped at the red light. Did you pull over to the side of the road or you just leave it in traffic? Okay. So, then you got out of the you put it in park. Did you leave it running? Okay. Okay, so you went towards Walmart? Yeah, but it's on Holden, I believe. >> Yeah. Yeah, and then you went behind the U-Haul? Yeah. Okay. And then and then you went inside Planet Fitness and that's when you were signing up for a membership? >> Yes. Were you trying to elude capture? Uh you could say that, yes. Yeah. Yeah. Got you. Got you. And then that's when the lobby cops came inside and took you into custody? Yeah. Got you. Did you know what you were doing was wrong? Uh wrong, yeah, I tried to steal it, though. Do you feel bad for what you did or are you apologetic? Uh from some things, yeah. You don't know if you're you don't know if you feel bad about this one? Okay. Okay. No. Who did that? Yiannis? The basketball player? I called 911 in Salt Lake City. I mean, I know I know who he is, yeah. He's the MVP of the Bucks, yeah. 6:25 26:26 p.m. Uh we're going to conclude this interview. Um if you need to use the restroom or if you get thirsty or hungry, just knock on the door and officer will come in and assist you, all right, man? You got any questions for me? We don't have sandwiches. You want a candy bar? Yeah, I got we got chips or candy bar. Water or soda? Water or soda? Would uh is it all right if I get a uh buccal swab of your DNA? What's that? It's where I swab I got to swab the inside of your mouth for your DNA. Uh that's allowed. That's allowed, I guess. Okay, you don't mind if we do that, fine. Go ahead. All right, let me go grab all that stuff and then I'll I'll bring back the chips and the Do you want water or soda? Uh soda's cool. In the end, Daniel Barton faced multiple charges including stealing a police cruiser and related offenses after abandoning the car just blocks away. He had already been awaiting trial for a previous police car theft. The driver from the original traffic stop remained in custody while officers dealt with the stolen cruiser. And years later, Barton would again be arrested, this time accused of stealing a soda from a gas station. If you like content like this, please like and subscribe.