On December 12, 2019, at approximately 1028 hours, I was on scene with an accident that occurred on I-75/85 northbound near Pryor Street, on the left shoulder. I observed another accident that occurred in the seventh lane from the median wall between a red Chevrolet GMT C1500 pickup truck and a white Ford Transit van. The front of the red Chevrolet C1500 pickup truck struck the rear of the white Ford Transit. I observed the driver of the red pickup get back into the vehicle and leave the scene. I got back into my patrol car and attempted to catch up to the red pickup truck. Once I got behind the vehicle with my emergency lights and siren activated, the driver refused to stop and began driving erratically. The driver exited the interstate at Exit 245 and traveled through a red light at the intersection of Washington Street SW and Ormond Street SW. The driver continued east on Ormond Street SW and traveled through another red light at the intersection of Ormand Street SW and Hank Aaron Driver SE. After the driver traveled through the second red light, he continued traveling east on Ormond Street SW, a one-way road, in the opposite direction at a high rate of speed. As the driver approached the intersection of Ormond Street SE and Grant Street SE, he vastly reduced the speed of the vehicle. I advised the driver to pull over, using my intercom. The driver then attempted to turn right onto Grant Street SE, a one-way road. Due to the driver's blatant disregard fro public safety, I attempted to terminate the pursuit by performing a Precision Immobilization Technique (PIT) by striking the right rear fender of the pickup truck with the front of my patrol car as it was making a right turn onto Grant Street SE which is a one-way road. After the front of my patrol car made contact with the pickup truck, it overcorrected and struck two parked vehicles, with its front. The pickup truck then swerved left and made slight contact with the right front fender of my patrol car. The driver then continued traveling south on Grant Street SE, in the opposite direction. As the vehicle traveled south there was a heavy cloud of white smoke emitting from its front due to the impact. It appeared that the vehicle was no longer safe to drive. As the driver got to the intersection of Grant Street SE and Grant Circle SE, it attempted to turn left onto Grant Circle where there was a school of children was playing in a gated yard approximately 200 feet east of the intersection, on the north shoulder. As the vehicle was turning left onto Grant Circle SE, I attempted to PIT the vehicle by striking the left rear fender of the pickup truck with the front of my patrol car in an attempt to terminate the pursuit. The vehicle became disabled on the north shoulder of Grant Circle SE against a telephone pole. I exited my patrol car and aimed my Glock 45 handgun at the driver and gave him loud verbal commands to get out of the vehicle. Once the driver got out of the vehicle, I ordered him to lay on the ground where I placed him under arrest. I sat the driver in the back seat of my patrol car. I asked the driver for his name and date of birth. He advised that his name was Alvin Person, date of birth / /1988. I checked Mr. Person’s name and date of birth through GCIC which showed that he was unlicensed with active suspensions. EMS arrived on scene to check on Mr. Person, but he refused medical treatment. I was advised by Atlanta Police Officers that the vehicle Mr. Person was driving had been reported stolen earlier in the day out of East Point. Shortly after two East Point Police Department police officers arrived on the scene, S. Taylor and B. Lalock. Mr. Person was turned over to the East Point police officers for charges related to theft by taking. The officers also advised me they had chased the truck twice earlier that day. The pickup truck was turned over to Buckhead Towing. I obtained warrants related to the pursuit from the Fulton County Magistrate Court.

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