Officers report summarized: On September 13 , 2024, at approximately 1:43 am, I, Sergeant R. Lujan III was on patrol in the City of Albuquerque, County of Bernalillo, and State of New Mexico. I was driving a marked New Mexico State Police unit, in a uniform, and clearly displaying my badge of office. While on duty, I was traveling southbound on San Mateo approaching the intersection of Lincoln, when I came into visual contact with red colored sport utility vehicle traveling northbound on San Mateo. While the vehicle was in motion, I observed the vehicle leaning to the driver side and I observed both the front and rear driver side tires to be completed deflated and the tires to be shredded. Due to my observations, I immediately slowed my patrol unit and entered the entrance to the apartment complex directly behind the vehicle. While traveling behind the vehicle, I activated my emergency equipment alerting the driver of the traffic stop. The vehicle did respond to my emergency equipment but in a negative manner by accelerating towards the entry gate of the apartment complex. I activated my emergency siren in a second attempt to notify the driver of my presence. The vehicle continued traveling eastbound and approached the upright gate operational broad and began entering a code to open the gate. As I made a driver side approach, I advised the driver to display his hands, which he continued directing his focus to the key code operational broad. The male driver continued trying to enter the gate code and due to the drivers actions, I approached and was able to secure the driver’s left wrist to prevent him from gaining entry into the apartment complex. As I was maintaining a wrist grip, I began providing the driver of the vehicle instructions to put his vehicle into park and to turn off his ignition. After several verbal commands, the driver of the vehicle cooperated with my requests. The driver of the vehicle display clear signs of being under the influence. I was able to detect a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emitting from inside of the vehicle and his person. I observed him to have bloodshot and watery eyes, and his speech to be slurred. I then instructed the driver to exit the vehicle, which he refused. As I opened the vehicle door, he used his right hand to pull the door shut. The driver displayed no indications of cooperating with my instructions, so I placed the driver’s left wrist in a handcuff. I then reopened the door, which the gate code pedestal prevented it from opening all the way. The driver immediately shut the door and continued being resistant to my verbal commands. The driver was then observed moving his right hand towards the steering wheel in the location of the engine start button. As I continued to control the driver’s left wrist, he was able to turn on his ignition, put the vehicle into drive and proceeded into motion. Due to the circumstances and the risk of injury, I released the handcuff and run back to my patrol unit. The vehicle made a U-turn and began traveling westbound towards San Mateo. Once inside my patrol unit, I notified New Mexico State Police dispatch of my observations, engaged my emergency sirens and began pursuing the vehicle. As I was pursuing the vehicle, both the driver side tires began shredding further and the rims were causing sparks. The vehicle was observed traveling at approximately forty (40) miles per hour. The vehicle was observed making a wide radius turn and slighting side swiped the concrete barrier with the driver side. The vehicle returned back to the roadway and began traveling northbound on Pan American for a short distance. The vehicle made another U-turn and began traveling southbound from that intersection. At this point, I have other New Mexico State Police units arriving in the area to provide me with assistance. I then positioned my patrol unit alongside the rear passenger bumper of the vehicle in a manner to administer a pursuit intervention technique (PIT) maneuver. The vehicle began slowing down and then came to a stop and no vehicle to vehicle contact was made at that time. The vehicle proceeded back into motion, and at that time, Officer D. Savage gained a position advantage, and he successfully administered a pursuit intervention technique (PIT) maneuver on the abovementioned vehicle. The male driver was observed exiting the driver of the vehicle and began running away from the presence of the Officers on scene. As I was giving chase and closing distance, the male driver approached the raised curb, and he was taken to the ground by Officer A. Pulido. The male subject was then secured in handcuffs. The male subject was the searched incident to arrest, and nothing was discovered at this time. The male subject was then assisted to his feet, and he was escorted to Officer A. Pulido’s patrol unit. The male subject was later identified as being a Mr. Stephen Watts, (Defendant). No injuries were sustained by any of the parties involved.