Let me see if I got this straight. Officer arrests woman for trespassing, cuffs her and places her in the back of his police car. Officer leaves engine running and stands outside his vehicle to complete the investigation. Woman manages to slip her cuffs from behind to front and disables protective screen separating the front from the rear of the police car. Woman crawls undetected over front seat and drives off leaving officer standing in the dust.
What’s wrong with this picture? Well, there’s a bunch of mistakes. Two come to mind right away: (1) When the officer left his patrol car, he kept the engine running, something officers often tend to do. (2) The officer did not keep his prisoner in sight at all times.
CUFFED WOMAN STEALS POLICE CAR, LEADS COPS IN 100 MPH CHASE
Managed to slide open the prisoner screen that separates the front and rear areas of the patrol car
Associated Press
September 25, 2010
PORT ARTHUR, Texas — A handcuffed woman was accused of swiping a Port Arthur police car and leading officers on a chase at speeds topping 100 mph. Police Chief Mark Blanton told KFDM-TV that nobody was injured in Friday's chase involving a woman arrested on a trespassing charge at the Port Arthur campus of Lamar State College.
Blanton said a witness told police that the woman managed to slide open the prisoner screen that separates the front and rear areas of the patrol car, crawling from the rear seat into the driver's seat. The officer was outside the running vehicle, completing his investigation.
The chase lasted about 10 miles on Highway 69 until the patrol car's tires were shredded by spike strips thrown on the road by other officers.
Port Arthur is 80 miles east of Houston.
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