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>> the dog was charged with this message. go find help. >> this dog takes a bite out of a cop's bumper. >> as you see, he's playing. he's not being aggressive. >> and this suspect seems to take a bite out of the evidence. >> he swallowed it. swallowed it fast, too. tense situations! he fired seven shots very quickly. >> heartbreaking stories.
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>> and moments that have to be seen to be believed. . >> a police officer's day may include violent confrontations. for an officer in a patrol car, the dash board on camera is the silent witness catching the action. our firz video begins in new mexico with an amazing high speed chase and a shootout
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caught on multiple dash cams. >> i started hearing injured. that's when i knew he had blood coming from his face. >> in may, 2007, sergeant jackie bud of the san juan county sheriff's office in aztec, new mexico, is the first back-up to respond to an incident that begins in a nearby town. that's where lionel gets into a confrontation. >> his party was trying to leave in a vehicle.
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>> shots were fired at bloomfield police. at some point, he was able to drive out and around partially taking out a sfens an then drive out to third street and headed north! by the time bud gets to the scene, everyone is gone. bud rushes to catch up with the suspect who has two others in the car with them. he notices the rear passenger door opening.
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>> it's hard to believe he has no serious injuries. the situation in the get away vehicle escalates. the passenger, a woman, fires from the front seat of the suspect's car. >> i'm thinking to myself, okay, i didn't have any rounds come through my windshield. i didn't hear any impacts on my vehicle so apparently, life is good. >> the chase continues on. >> at the time i had caught up to the pursuit, the pursuit wasn't high speed at all. the suspect's vehicle's tires had already been punctured. >> at one point, it looks as though the chase is other. as claude drives through the residential area of the reservation, he stops an the
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female passenger runs from the car into the house. my concern was making sure everybody was safe.
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>> it's just basically where the patrol vehicle kind of nudges the suspect vehicle one way or the other and it causes the suspect's vehicle to sfin out. >> at that moment, another officer rams his vehicle into claude's car. >> then i hit there. he went up as he was off balance and came back and started firing at me. i leaned over my computer and began firing my weapon directly at him through my windshield. there were several officers that were firing rounds at him. i saw that he was down, he wasn't moving anymore. he didn't have the gun in his hand. i got out of my unit and was going to engage him again and noticed that i had been hit.
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>> sergeant falk is hit three different times. he's immediately taken to a hospital. >> i could have easily been killed. his son.
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>> coming up, a robber chowing down on the evidence? a van steam rolls a patrol car. >> when i saw the world coming at my face, that was a very scary moment. >> and a german shepherd saves the day. >> he's telling you something wrong is happening in my house. >> it makes a person wonder actually what their pets are really made of. >> when kaukt on camera, dash cam diaries continues. ich 4g ltp has the most coverage? this isn't real difficult... pretty obvious to me. i'm going to have to say verizon. verizon. that's right! the choice is obvious. verizon's superfast 4g lte network is over three times larger than any other 4g lte network.
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that's right. while police pat him down, the suspect is chewing on what could be the note handed to the bank teller. >> we had no clue he did it until we saw the video. >> officers daniel biyata and alan chernowski have been working for years. >> i had picked up had occurred in streetsborough which is the to the east of us. >> a witness gets a good description of the suspect's car and the twinsburg police force spreads out knowing the bank robber is headed their way. >> it was a gray car with a license plate and i saw one and radioed it in. >> minutes later the officers kept up with the suspect and shut down the freeway. >> with the suspect by the side of the read they want to make sure they're not going to get
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any surprises. >> any time there is a bank robber in a vehicle it could go one of many ways. >> we handcuffed him. as we laid him on the hood to make sure there's no weapons on him. >> i was patting him down and faking everything out of his pockets. >> the officer is searching his front left pocket. he's throwing change and paperwork. out of it so he knows he cleared it. one thing was a folded up piece of paper. >> with the cops focused on a weapons search, the suspect seizes his opportunity. >> he reaches out and swallow t it. he swallowed it fast, too. >> but everyone without the note, the twinsburg police find plenty of evidence in the suspect's car. >> on the passenger floor
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boards, we compressed a bag full of money. on the driver's side, we found a loaded handgun on the floor boards which had been right at his feet. >> the suspect, john ford, is convicted of this robbery and two others there the akron area. surveillance video in the wang seals the case against him. the note the bank robber used to hold up the teller is never found. coincidence? >> we're not aware of exactly what the note was. we know that it meant something to him, enough to eat it. so i would imagine it was the bank note, but it could have been a shopping list. >> backing up in tight spots is one thing. but pushing it to the limit like this is quite another. especially if the guy behind you is a cop in a patrol car. >> i saw the bumper jump up. and at that point, i saw the wheels. when i saw the wheel coming in my face, that was a very scary moment. >> that's what happens the night
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of july 22nd, 2010. to patrol officer seth carson in bethesda, maryland. and it's all caught on his police dash cam. the fiasco starts when officer carson who was out patrolling gets word an attempted armed robbery has taken place. and that three suspects are on the loose in a white suv. >> 15 officers flooded the area. we're trying to find the vehicle that robbed the individual. one officer thought they'd seen him in an apartment complex. >> officer carson is right at that apartment complex and spots the van. >> my intentions were to make a right-hand turn when the traffic pulled up. >> a chase ensues and officer carson radios in a description of the car with the plate numbers and quickly discovered it's a stolen van. >> i knew we were headed to one lane.
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my dash cam can't show, but i can see a vehicle coming across that bridge. i knew no other car could get through it. there was nowhere to go. >> the driver tries to maneuver around an oncoming taxi but, instead, hits it. it seems like these guys have no choice but to give up. >> just when i thought it was over, i'm telling dispatch there's nowhere for him to go. >> but, instead, the driver puts the van in reverse and guns it. >> i saw wheels coming in my face. pretty much when i saw the wheel coming at the windshield, i didn't know if the car would cave in, i didn't know if i would have a roof when i was done. even when the car flipped over, they were still hitting the gas. >> officer carson jucmps out of his car and with another officer, grabs the three suspects. aside from cuts from broken glass, no one was hurt. >> the windshield was pushed the whole way down. >> all three suspects are
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arrested. among the charges are armed robbery and motor vehicle theft, malicious destruction of property and two counts of resisting arrest. looking back on that incident, officer carson realizes what a dangerous situation he was in and how lucky he is. >> i'm just happy that when it's all said and done, i walked away from it. >> coming up, a driver plows into an overpass at 100 miles an hour. >> the driver was three lanes over from where the crash had occurred. >> a shootout from the back of a taxi. the tale of two very different dogs. the dog was a ways in. >> look at his tail. it's up and he's having a great time in the police car, taxpayer money. he doesn know that. when "caught on camera: dash cam
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what you're watching is not a stunt from an action-packed movie but a real-life car crash with 19-year-old brennan eden, a student from mason, ohio, at the wheel. >> it just was a freakish, freakish accident. >> it's early in the morning on august 23rd, 2010, an officer from sugar creek, ohio, from dayton is scanning i-675 for traffic hazards when suddenly he sees a car flying fast through the air. sergeant james williams, a crash reconstructionist rushes to the scene. >> the first thing i noticed wa what appeared to be the engine compartment on fire which is opposite from where the crash occurred. then i noticed the occupant compartment in the center median and then the right side of the vehicle sitting underneath the bridge. >> the car is totally demolished with pieces scattered all over the highway. >> the driver was three lanes over from where it occurred. >> miraculously eden is alive. he is rushed to the hospital by helicopter. >> so i described it at a bifold wallet.
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he was bent in half. it's amazing that he's even around. he hit the drainage ditch and went airborne glancing off the guardrail at that point. i would say he was going well in excess of 100 miles an hour. >> eden's mother is stunned. >> from what the police and the doctor told us, we really feel this is a miracle that brennan is alive. >> as it turns out brennan was pulled over by police just an hour before the crash. >> brennan had alcohol inside the car, trace amount of marijuana with him and also a device that was used as a pipe. >> sobriety tests shows brennan is not under the influence but he receives a summons less than
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an hour later he ends up here. after the accident eden's license is suspended for two yees for reckless driving. eden is lucky to got a second chance. >> based on the manner that he was ejected and distance and circumstance, he should not be alive today. >> it's january 10th, 2009 and state trooper ian henry is patrolling interstate 90 outside albany, new york. in the westbound lane he spots a speeding taxi and takes off after it. eventually the trooper catches up and pulls over the cab. >> this was a state cab which was unusual all the way from connecticut. pretty expensive cab ride. >> the trooper talks to the driver and then focuses his attention on the passenger in the backseat who has two duffel bags with him. one has clothing in it.
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>> the passenger was somewhat hesitant to show him the second duffel bag but trooper henry was able to see an assault rifle amongst the clothing there. >> the passenger grabs the rifle before henry can get at it. the trooper quickly backs off leaving the taxi driver in the car. >> the trooper made that choice to retreat because really that was all he could do at that time to save his life in case the passenger started immediately firing. better to have one person than two people die. you know, you just can't stay there and spend a minute trying to get somebody out of the vehicle. >> the passenger turns out to be 23-year-old darryl brown from hartford, connecticut. the cops later find out he's a member of a gang called the
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bloods and his flying hart forward because he was involved in a carjacking the knife before. >> he seriously injured the man involved and he was made to believe from a third party that he had killed the person so he thought he was dealing with ray homicide as well. >> he jumped in a taxi and told him to head for the albany area. >> he told the driver to keep driving. >> he would let him know when he got there. you can see him wading his hands putting his head out the side window then in a dramatic move he makes a run for it. >> he shouted to let him go with him. >> trooper henry while retreating to the rear is telling the cab driver, put your hands up, i want to see your waistband. he wanted to make sure he wasn't a co-conspirator or a buddy. >> he opens fires and shoots out the back window. >> he fired seven shots very quickly.
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he knocked out the back window and peered around then his eighth shot knocked out the video cam of the trooper's camera. at this point all the other police departments are picking up on the radio what's going on and we're getting a quick response. >> the interstate is shut down and police position themselves with a taxi in their line of fire after a 40-minute standoff he was silenced by a sharpshooter and dies two days later. miraculously everyone else is safe. >> the only person that died that day was daniel brown and he initiated the entire incident. it just is amazing someone can fire that many rounds and not have a concern for the public or police and have it as contained as it was. we are certainly grateful for that, as well. >> coming up, one dog leads police to a burning home. >> buddy saves us, i would say. buddy saves our home.
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it was just a miracle. >> while another takes police for a totally different kind of ride. >> look at his tail. it's up and he's having a great time in the police car. >> when "caught on camera:dashcam diaries" continues." [ intercom ] drivers, to your marks. go! [ male announcer ] it's chaos out there. but the m-class sees in your blind spot...
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>> who welcome back kaukt on camera. humans aren't the only ones who step into the limelight here. next are two of man's best friends, remarkable dogs with two very different tales. >> even in april it's a dark night when this trooper is on the back roads. he just received words about a fire on someone's property. >> we had quite a bit of snow on the ground yet the roads were all ice covered. it was dark and visibility was poor just because of low light conditions. >> at an intersection he decides to go straight. >> something caught my eye about 100 yards in front of me. as i came to the crest of a hill i saw there was a german shepherd in the middle of the
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road. >> shanigan discovered something different about this dog. he spends much of his time with his four-legged pals so when he sees in canine out on the road he knows the dog is there for a good reason. >> there was that split second where immediately we connected and there was some type of second nature that i was falling back on and following the dog on a hunch. >> the german shepherd is a 5-year-old dog named buddy. >> it was just the body language of the dog, the way he would look over his shoulder giving me prompts to speed up or slow down, the speed of my engine and i was totally focused on the dog. >> the trooper follows the
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german shepherd and incredibly the dog turns up the driveway that leads to the fire where a building is engulfed in flames. >> buddy stopped at the end of the driveway quit running and came around to my vehicle and greeted me at my driver's side door and started to nudge me in the palm of my hand. >> the property is owned by tom and lynette heinrichs who live with their 23-year-old son ben, buddy's best pal. >> i would say buddy has pretty much been shadow. when ben leave, buddy leaves. you could tell that buddy was ben's dog because he was right there with him and he listens to him real well. ben is definitely the master. >> the night of the fire, buddy is right beside ben who's working on his car in the shed when gasoline ignites. the blaze leaves ben with first and second-degree burns. >> one of my parts had fallen into the tank of gas and splashed up on my heater and ignited catching me on fire. i ran outside in the snow. told buddy we need to go find help. >> buddy obeys, that's when he
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runs to the road and meets up with trooper shanigan. >> i am very proud for what my dog did leading the state trooper to our house and by doing so, he saved our house. >> but buddy isn't finished. he runs back out to the road again. >> i had a firefighter that had come to up to me during the whole episode and told me they had followed a german shepherd in from the same general location that i had met the dog. the dog led two different people in to the same location doing almost the very same thing. >> the fire is so intense, it could have spread to the heinrichs' home if it hadn't been for buddy and his heroic act. the family says buddy's actions are totally out of character. >> the reason it's hard to believe he's always so shy and always kind of skittish around people. i just didn't think he'd do it. >> it makes a person wonder what actually what their pets are really made of. you know, well, what did we do to have him do this for us?
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we didn't teach him that. how did he do that? >> perhaps the best person to answer this is cesar millan, host of "dog whisperer" and author of "cesar's rules." >> animals are not afraid of life. they just have an internal understanding about fear of fire, fear of earthquake, fear of natural disasters so they're in tune to mother nature, you know, especially dogs who get to live in the woods. >> looking at the dash cam video
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cesar sees how he communicates with the trooper. >> a stray dog in the road and he does this, you know, he's not concerned about anything else except who you are. but a dog that's expressing this is telling you something wrong is happening in my house. the dog was charged with this message and dogs do listen to our message, and this case is go find help. >> i'm really speechless. i didn't think my dog was that smart to do what he did. >> this example of heroism. >> since his act he has received numerous awards and accolades. >> we need to recognize the value of our animal companion. >> at a special ear money he receives a stainless steel dog bowl with the state trooper badge as well as doggie treats. >> buddy saved us, i would say. buddy saved our home. it was just a miracle. >> he'll always be there for me and i'll always be there for him. >> and for trooper shanigan honoring him means a great deal. >> i think that our animal companions do deserve a lot of
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credit for many of the things they do every day. for the heinrich family for their own dog to step up and do something that people rarely get to experience but i think was fortunate enough to be caught on a camera. this example of heroism should open our eyes -- >> if buddy proves dogs can be heroes, winstons proves dogs will be dogs. the 2 nrld pit bull mix is caught on camera chomping away on the bumper of a chattanooga, tennessee, police car. >> this almost has his whole bumper ripped off. >> on march 14th, 20 10shgs the naughty winston unlocks the gate from his home and ends up here where he discovers a new doggie treat. the police tried prying loose the 80-pound dog by moving the patrol car back and forth but winston just won't let go. >> do you want me to take action or just sit here and wait. >> hang on for a minute. do you have the video on recording this. >> that's correct. >> so what is it about this bumper that winston so thoroughly enjoys.
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is it the smell, the taste? it's neither according to the dog whisperer cesar millan. >> if he was smelling an animal he would be peeing on it or rubbing himself against it, not chewing. this is the smell of plastic that triggers a memory to him. they're not born wanting to buy a tire. they just get encouraged. the dog learned to release his frustration on that object. >> from the sidelines other dogs seem to be cheering on winston. >> as you see, he's playing, he's not being aggressive, this is why the other dogs are not attacking him. if he was aggressive, the other dogs would -- see. now they're going to a chase behavior because the car is now a toy. they're playing the car. >> believe it or not the dash cam video lasts for almost an
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hour. >> now he's trying to chew his tire as he drives off. >> look at his tail. it's up and he's having a great time on the police car, taxpayer money. he doesn't know that. he's just having a good time. see look at this guy right here. >> they try to catch it on foot but winston remains steadfast so what would the dog whisperer do? >> i stop the car and i put a leash on the dog or i redirect him with food. stop it. ask him to lay down in front of the bumper. you know, so he learns to relax in front of the bumper. >> finally, the animal center arrives and takes winston away. then his owner comes to pick him up. >> we're glad that he's getting
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to come home and get back to his old life. free of all the excitement. >> but winston isn't off the hook yet. charged with being a potentially dangerous dog winston is ordered to attend both obedience school and a canine good citizen class. in september 2010 he graduates. as for the damage to the patrol car, winston's family paid a hefty fee. >> he did act very badly, but that was not his typical behavior and we're sure that he will be a model citizen from now on. >> and he was, sadly winston died of heart failure on october 15th, 2010, but we're sure he's on his best behavior in doggie heaven. coming up, a chase that even the cops can't believe. >> behind a drunk driver that's really -- >> took it to the whole next level because now he's putting many more people's lives at stake. >> but next, two officers pay
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the ultimate price in the line of duty. >> what happened was so senseless. it was senseless. >> and a police chief that will never forget. >> it was the worst day of my life ever. we were totally caught unprepared, and we won't be again. >> when "caught on camera: -- cam diaries" continues. today we're going to play a little game. which 4g lte map has the most coverage? this isn't real difficult... pretty obvious to me. i'm going to have to say verizon. verizon. that's right! the choice is obvious. verizon's superfast 4g lte network is over three times larger than any other 4g lte network. now get one, two, or even three-hundred dollars off a new smartphone depending on the smartphone you trade in on america's largest, most reliable 4g lte network. that's powerful. verizon. now get a free lg g2, with a 13-megapixel camera. ♪ stacy's mom has got it goin' on ♪ ♪ stacy's mom has got it goin' on ♪
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west memphis, arkansas, will never forget. particularly its police chief bob pauder. >> on that day in may officer bill evans is patrolling the interstate and pulls over a white van with an out-of-state plate. inside are jerry cane and his 16-year-old son, joe. >> the license didn't appear right when he stopped van. then when he checked it, the paperwork started out an order. it wasn't issued by the state. >> instead, the paperwork is issued by the department of heaven, a bit suspicious, evans calls for backup and a second officer arrives on the scene. >> i think they realized that it was up. there was two officers there then and they were in trouble. >> off camera, jerry cane pushes officer evans down an incline
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and then on the -- cam cane's son joe appears with a gun. >> bill is stumbling down this incline. he shoots at him. he didn't have time to get his weapon out. he hit him many times in the body, in the back. >> at that point, the second officer tries to help evans with the 16-year-old turning his weapon on him. >> officer down, officer down. 277 westbound. >> a delivery driver witnesses the whole scene. >> these guys just shot a police officer. >> through the statements of the driver, this kid was very methodical, very slow, knew exactly what he was doing and he handled that ak-47 like a military person would. >> the father/son team calmly gets back in the van and takes off leaving the officers bleeding on the ground. >> shortly after more police arrive and find that officer evans is alive but just barely. >> and there was about three officers standing over him and they were saying, bill, you're going to be okay, you're going
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to be okay. there was quite a bit of blood around and then i saw another officer lying on his back. one of the sergeants stopped me and said don't go up there. >> sadly that second officer lying on the ground is the son of the police chief, 39-year-old brandon paudert. >> i saw brandon when i pushed him aside lying on his back facing straight up with his pistol in his right hand. to find your son in the condition i found him no parent should ever have to endure that pain ever. >> officer bill evans dies later at the hospital but brandon is dead at the scene. >> it was the worst day of my life ever still. we'll be affected till the day we die by brandon's death. >> with the suspects on the loose, an all-out planhunt begins. >> 911. >> there's a white van here and
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here at walmart. >> less than a mile from the shooting, the white van is spotted in a walmart parking lot. gunfire erupts between the suspects and the van and other police officers. then out of nowhere comes mike neill, an arkansas wildlife officer who has his police scanner on. >> i pulled my m-4 up and i was driving towards the suspect. i was holding the steering wheel with my left hand and the m-4 with my right and i drove straight towards him. i made the decision at that point to ram the van to shut it down. >> the suspects begin firing spraying neill's truck with bullets. within a matter of minutes it's all over. jerry cane and his son joe are dead. whether it's mike neill's gun that silences them are is the certain. other officers were also firing them. >> it went right above my head.
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i took multiple rounds into the grill, the hood, through the dash, the windshield. everywhere i was sitting in the truck was shot. there's no reason i shouldn't have been shot. >> it's obvious that mike neill was a hero in this case. had those two got out of that van and got in walmart, there is untold how many lives would have been lost. >> still, the question remains why all this happened in the first place. the west memphis police discover that jerry and joe cane were radical right members of the sovereign citizens movement, the canes traveled america giving seminars on how to avoid following some of the laws of this country. this video was posted on youtube by one of the seminar's participants who wanted to spread their message. >> you're being lied to just so we can wrap our hands around your throat is there they don't have to go by any rules of this country. they misinterpret the constitution. they say that the federal laws do not affect them, that they have their own laws.
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>> at the time of the murders, no one at the west memphis police department had heard of the organization. >> we were totally caught unprepared and we won't be again. >> the chief is informing other law enforcement communities about the sovereign citizens ag. the chief is informing other law enforcement communities about the sovereign citizen's movement and he is on what many view as a controversial mission, arming his police force with more powerful weaponry and changing police procedure so what happened to his son and fellow officer won't happen again. >> we're arming our police officers with ar-15 rifles. when an officer does a traffic stop, a backup officer will be in front of his patrol car with an ar-15. i know we will catch some heat from some in the community. but i don't care. i'm here to save officer's lives. >> if each officer doesn't realize they are going to war they are living in a false
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world. >> reflecting on his son's death and the dangerous situations they face every day, he is convinced if they had the right information and right ammunition the outcome would have been different. >> brandon would have had an ar-15 could have taken this 16-year-old punk out. coming up -- a cop on a slow-speed chase can't believe who's at the wheel. >> i was dumfounded. you are kidding me, right? >> when "caught on camera, dash cam diaries" continues. ♪ [ male announcer ] we don't just certify our pre-owned vehicles. we inspect, analyze, and recondition each one, until it's nothing short of a genuine certified pre-owned mercedes-benz for the next new owner. [ car alarm chirps ] hurry in to your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for 1.99% financing
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911, where's your emergency? >> i'm behind a drunk driver that's really bad. i'm in greenfield. she's going off -- she is about off the road. >> patrol officer anthony newmeister is following a drunk driver and it's all caught on
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his dash cam. >> the vehicle was over the road, left to right. i got in behind it. >> he is in for the surprise of his life when he eventually catches up with the car after a 25-minute slow-speed chase. >> i was dumfounded. i was -- you are kidding me, right? >> it is august 29th, 2009, in greenfield, indiana. and the seemingly intoxicated driver is oblivious and just keeps on going. the vehicle stops at a stop sign, the officer thinks the driver's about to pull over. instead, the cargo goes right through traffic, just missing two other vehicles. >> oh. >> i thought he was going to get hit. i thought it was going to be bad. i knew there was going to be some sort of chase. >> as the pursuit continues the
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driver becomes even more reckless, switching lanes numerous times, going over the median and heading straight in to oncoming traffic. >> this is somebody who took it to the next level. because now he's putting many more people's lives in stake and driving the wrong way on a two-lane highway that has a 60 mile an hour speed limit. that's when it got interested as far as this isn't just a regular thing that we see now and then. this is the real game and try to end it before somebody gets hurt. had the potential to get really ugly. >> by this time, squad cars from at least four different counties are in on the chase. one gets ahead of the out-of-control driver and throws down a spike strip in the driver's path t deflating one of the tires. >> the vehicle comes back to the right lanes and slowed way down, went off to the right side of the road and veered off and went down in to the field. it ended. >> the chase is over.
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officers order the suspect to get out of the car. but no one comes out. carefully they go to the vehicle and find boy hunched down on the floorboard. >> make sure he is okay. asked him what happened. at the time were asking where's the other person and we're asking yourselves we didn't see anybody run. >> police believe there has to be another person, someone else had to be driving the vehicle. and then -- >> it clicked that that kid was driving the car. >> the driver of the chase that had officers from four counties and a k-9 community after him was no drunk driver. it was a 9-year-old boy who could barely see above the steering wheel. >> i never experienced anything like that. i think i was just shocked. i wasn't sure what to think about it. the kid was cool, calm and collected. more than me.
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>> what mad the little guy do an impulsive thing? >> he was mad at mom and dad. mom and dad made him come in and get ready for bed. he didn't like that. so he was going to leave. the took the vehicle and left and he was going to a friend's house and had two or three dollars in his pocket and that was going to get him wherever he needed to go. his worry wasn't running from the police. his worry was i am trying to stay around the speed limit. i didn't want to speed. >> a call was made to the parent who had no idea what happened. they thought their son was asleep in the other room. little did they realize he was keeping several police forces busy that night. >> i remember looking at him and said, pretty sure you are going to get grounded, young man. >> the 9-year-old was charged with fleeing and resisting law
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enforcement. the jooufl was released to his parents, ordered child counselling and put on probation. since his infamous escapade no, further incidents have been reported. >> a lot of people could have got hurt. 9-year-old kid gets hurt or killed in a car crash while the police are chasing him, i don't want to begin to think where that would have went. at the end of the day it worked out. nobody got hurt. the only damage to the vehicle was a flat tire and the 9-year-old with went home. i don't think there is a better ending to a situation like that. >> officers of the law step in when people or situations get out of control. whether they are facing robbers or rambunctious dog or mischievous 9-year-old and when they do it in front of a dashboard camera, we may all witness the challenges they face every day. i'm contessa brewer. that's all for this edition of
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"caught on camera." everyday situations spiral out of control. >> it was just devastating, you know? it was just brutal. >> things escalate quickly from calm to chaos. and pushing the limits can sometimes spell disaster. >> oh, my god! >> i saw him lifeless. i was really scared. >> when the boundaries are crossed between right and wrong, clever and foolish, humble and arrogant. >> whoa, whoa, whoa. >> things can go too far.

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