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On December 21st, [music] 2024, Officer Burton with the Oklahoma City Police Department was assisting with a broken [music] down vehicle when he saw a red Jeep pass by with a woman hanging out of the rear [music] driver's side door, screaming for help. Burton sprung into action and began tailing [music] the vehicle. >> Lincoln. Yeah, we're still eastbound coming up to Kelly. >> Your call has been updated. >> Looks like it's occupied at least two or three times. >> Yeah, they're pulling up now. I don't know what to do with this. They're picking up speeds. We're about 60. Still eastbound going through a body. I don't know if this girl is kidnapped or what, but going against traffic. Uh, red light of prospect. >> Your call has been updated. Still need red light short. Uh outside lane. You got a return on that tag. Red light key still eastbound. I'm clear. I'm just trying to keep it inside. And what was uh I saw that traffic trouble walked up when it didn't say uh still eastbound over uh I35 miles. Goodbye. Speed's still about my speed. They're probably doing about 60 or 70. They're going into oncoming traffic. Uh I'm going to try to keep them inside. Is there one up? We don't know if he's trying to get out and kidnapping or something. >> Yeah, she's got the door shut now, but I don't know what the deal is. >> The front passenger seat hanging out. >> Uh the rear driver's side passenger. >> Yeah. the original going for 17. >> Yeah, that's what she was trying to look like she was doing, but this uh eyes Midwest City Dell City. Oh, no. We're going to go south. Heat. Heat. about medium traffic. >> Yeah, still medium traffic. They're weaving in and out. I'm just trying to keep sight of LT. If you think I should 1022, I'll 1022. But uh coming up to 10 and we're going to go west on 10. Your call has been updated. Still a lot of traffic. I know my speed is about 55 or so. They're about a/4 mile from me. I set about 80. >> LT, if you want me to try to get ahead of you, I can maybe TBI it. >> Your call has been updated. >> Yeah, go ahead. >> Assigned. We're trying to catch up. Hey guys, I know I'm just trying to keep them inside. Still westbound tent. Uh coming up to Bryant. I'll let you go here in a second. Did we run that tag? >> Still medium traffic speeds about 50 ran a compassionate place. >> Your road on the east side 35 again to clarify. Are you managing >> 224 minute? >> Okay, we're going to go live to 16. Hey, see if I can get in a corner. >> Yeah, east on 16th for my third grand. You guys need to help me stop sign 23rd Street. If anyone up there behind me, are you TVI certified? >> Yeah, good speed. I'll try to get in a second. He's going to try to get into the 35. >> Yeah, Burton. Next time we get close if I can get ahead of you. Try to t behind the quarter. Yeah, that's what I've been trying to do. But this car won't keep up. We're uh eastbound about 100 mph uh 23rd coming up to the train between the traffic and our life. Take them. Take them. All right. TBI TV. TBI. >> SHOW ME YOUR HANDS. SHOW ME YOUR HANDS RIGHT [screaming] NOW. SHOW ME YOUR HANDS NOW. >> SHOW ME YOUR HANDS. >> Go and start him. So this way. Show me your hands. SHOW ME YOUR HANDS. DRIVER. GET OUT OF THE CAR. DRIVER, GET OUT OF THE CAR. >> HEY, MA'AM. COME BACK TO US. COME BACK TO US. SHOW ME YOUR HEADS. SHOW ME YOUR HEADS. >> HEY, >> go back to them. Go back to them. >> Hey, is anyone else in the car? >> Step out. >> STEP OUT OF THE CAR. >> STEP OUT. KEEP YOUR HANDS UP. [screaming] >> HEY, YOUR HANDS. >> HEY, I got 40. He's running. Running. >> Hey, show me your >> HEY, SHOW ME YOUR ASS. GET OUT OF THE CAR. >> HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY WEAPONS. >> He's running. He's running. >> No. No. Hey, he's running eastbound. Get the CARS UP HERE. HE'S TRYING to >> He's running eastbound. Stop. [screaming] >> Don't let him. >> Hey, GET OFF MY GUN. GET OFF MY GUN. >> Get off the gun. >> He doesn't have it. He doesn't have hands free. Is the car clear? >> I didn't check it. Go check. >> Hey, check the car. >> Yeah, I'm good. >> I'm just hanging out. >> You are stupid. >> Hey, get off. Get off. Get off. Get off the Richard. >> You're good. I'm I'm good right here. >> You get easy. >> Stop touching me, please. Hey, are you good, dude? >> Get up. >> Get up. Hey, I did not clear his pockets. >> All right. >> Yeah, >> he's in down. >> No, I was just trying to I was just trying to help you. All right, let's get this off the ground. >> 100 feet, man. Separate your feet. >> Bro, >> camera is on. >> I don't know whose car that is. >> I guess Richard's in. >> Mine's disabled. >> I'll tell you. >> Okay, back off the car a little bit. >> Oh, quit moving. Damn. >> All right, he's good. How does he sit? >> What's up, man? >> Somebody's calling me up here. Sorry. >> I don't think so. >> Yeah. >> He got He reached in the back seat. I don't know what he was doing. >> He ran from there to here. >> Yeah. From the Jeep and he ran back >> once he got out here in open traffic. No, he was going towards another car. I think he's going to try and jack it like this and then he stopped. >> The suspect identified as 29-year-old Elijah Sanders was taken to a hospital in Oklahoma City where he was medically cleared. He was then transported to Oklahoma County Jail. According to the police report, the victim was found with unspecified injuries to her head and face. Officers later discovered that she had been held against her will for the past few [music] days and that Elijah had assaulted and strangled her during that time. Elijah was charged with kidnapping, [music] domestic assault and battery by strangulation, attempted lararseny of an automobile, endangering [music] others while eluding police, assault and battery upon a police officer, threatening an act of violence, and domestic assault and battery. His bond was set at $100,000, which he posted and [music] was released. In early June, the bond was exonerated and Elijah was returned to custody. Elijah was formally arraigned in September where he entered a not-uilty plea. The counts of kidnapping and domestic assault and battery by strangulation were dropped by request of the state and the trial is scheduled for February 9th, 2026. This is not the first time that Elijah has gone to trial after breaking the law. On December 19th, 2019, Elijah shot a man twice following an altercation inside the Penn Square Mall. He was found [music] guilty of assault and battery with a deadly weapon and sentenced to eight months time served and a $5,000 fine. Elijah is currently at the Oklahoma County Detention [music] Center awaiting trial and is innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. If you let your mind drift on patrol, someone's going to pay. And if you're not careful, somebody can pay with their life. Every cop knows the life of patrol. Hours of calm, your coffee getting cold in the cup holder, thinking about what you're going to eat for dinner when you get home. Then usually something jerks you awake. That's instincts and reality reminding you of where you are. It's about knowing what your job really is, and that's to protect life. Because when you have a suspect like this who doesn't stop and a kidnapping unfolded right in front of you, you rely on your training that you had to do again and again until they're part of your muscle memory. This is why I love the pit maneuver because it's controlled and it can stop a fleeing vehicle without bullets or luck. Now, of course, departments don't just allow the pit maneuver. They make sure officers are trained for it first. Because without training, you're not making a tactical decision. You're just risking a body. And the longer you're on this job, the more you realize the real divide isn't between heroes and villains. It's between moments you act with discipline and the moments you let impulse get ahead of you. Now, when dealing with the pit maneuver, some people may see a hard stop and impact. However, what looks heavy-handed to some is sometimes the last thing standing between someone and the ICU hospital bed. Now, the suspect in this clip chose not to go quietly and fought a bit. But I want you to remember this. Officers can't afford hesitation in moments like that because on the street, one second a doubt can cost somebody their life. And you can see the weight on one of the officers' face afterwards. And those moments don't just end when the scene clears. They stay with you whether you talk about it or

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