The pursuit of the Phoenix area ends with police using Grappler to stop the car
The chase began in North Scottsdale and took police to various parts of the valley. The driver involved in the chase was eventually arrested. Stephanie Bennett of FOX 10 reports.
PHOENIX – The suspect was arrested after an incident that took police officers to Phoenix in many parts of the Phoenix area.
According to a statement issued by a sergeant. Andy Williams, officers responded in the Cave Creek and Deer Valley Roads area around 2:30 p.m. for a vehicle blocking the roadway.
“They found an elderly man unconscious in a vehicle blocking the roadway. Officers noticed weapons and what looked like drugs in the vehicle,” the statement said.
Sergeant Williams said that when the car woke up, he crashed his car back and forth into the police cars and eventually managed to start. Officers did not pursue the car, but a police helicopter was used to monitor the car, while detectives from the Phoenix Police Tactical Support Bureau responded.
“The vehicle was eventually caught and stopped near 48th Street and I-10,” the statement said. “Fewer deadly munitions and police K-9s were used to safely detain the driver of the vehicle.
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What is the grapple device used in the accident?
In 2016, we reported on the Grappler police armor, which was created by a man from Peoria who was disappointed by the number of innocent people injured or killed during high-speed pursuits.
“The options right now are to face a suspicious vehicle to place spikes on tires or use a pit maneuver or some kind of derby-style process to stop a vehicle and the police officer is often chained to a suspect vehicle.” said Leonard Availability in 2016
The Grappler police bumper works by using a heavy nylon net that can be lowered from the front of the pursuing police vehicle at the push of a button to grip the rear tire of the suspicious vehicle, wrapping around the axle. Within a few seconds, the case stopped in a controlled manner, without the police having to cause a collision.
“Well, when you have a vehicle, 7,000 pounds of steel, traveling on the road with an unpredictable suspect there, it’s important to stop the vehicle,” Stoke said in a telephone interview with us on April 29.
Stoke said the technique used to deploy Grappler during the chase was “tutorial”.
“It was the perfect scenario. The perfect Grappler performance,” Stoke said. “We only had a few stories where some of the uses were on a control camera and so it was limited, but to be on live TV is quite exciting.”
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