All language subtitles for High Speed Chase S02E01 1080p WEB h264-FREQUENCY

[siren wailing]

[Damian speaking]

This guy was
completely out of control

and needed to be stopped.

[Damian speaking]

Adrenaline's up.
Heart rate's up.

[officer 1 speaking]

You feel like
you're in a video game.

[officer 2 speaking]

[officer 3 speaking]

We gotta get back
up to him

and make sure
he doesn't kill somebody.

[officer 4 speaking]

[shift commander speaking]

[siren blaring]

[Damian] On March 6th,
I was on shift
at the flight unit.

About 4:30 p.m.,

we received a call
of an altercation
between two males

that ended up
in one of the males

stealing
the other male's vehicle.

[dispatcher] Southbound
on Douglas...

[Damian] It's important
for a quick response,

being that it was
a robbery call
and in progress.

[dispatcher speaking]

-[radio beeps]
-[Dep. Plumb speaking]

[Eagle speaking]

-[radio beeps]
-[Dep. Plumb speaking]

[Damian]
Even several miles out,

with the equipment
that we have,

I'm able to start looking
on the ground.

[indistinct radio chatter]

[Damian speaking]

[Damian] I see
couple of red cars,

but they're not
Chevy Malibus.

It can be a bit like
finding a needle
in a haystack.

That kind of just adds
to the pressures
that are involved.

I could see the driver's door
flapping open and closed.

I'm pretty confident
the vehicle is the one
that we're looking for.

[shift commander speaking]

[Damian speaking]

[indistinct radio chatter]

[Damian speaking]

Given his aggressive driving

without any officers
actually in pursuit of him,

I wonder if he knows
that we're actually
tracking him from the sky.

The speed limit
is around 35 miles an hour.

[Eagle speaking]

[Damian speaking]

[Damian] Driving at this high
rate of speed
is dangerous

because the other drivers
aren't expecting it.

This was
a Sunday afternoon,

the beginning
of spring break.

I know that there's
a lot of people here,

especially out on the beach.

[indistinct radio chatter]

[Dep. Plumb speaking]

[dispatcher speaking]

[Dep. Plumb]
As I'm hearing this
go out over the radio,

I look towards the computer

and try to get
some of that information

as the BOLO is coming out,

so I know exactly
what I'm looking for.

Any type of call like this

has the ability
to transition locations
very quickly.

[siren blaring]

[Damian speaking]

[Eagle speaking]

[Damian speaking]

[Dep. Plumb] I'm starting
to get closer,

closing that gap
with the suspects.

I can hear the helicopter

continuing to call out
the behavior of the car.

I've listened to him
1,000 times on the radio.

He's obviously
calm and collected,

but you just--

You can tell the inflection
in his voice
is a bit different,

and he's a little more
worked up.

This guy has to be
driving absolutely crazy.

-[Damian speaking]
-[Eagle speaking]

[Eagle speaking]

[Damian speaking]

I start to wonder,
how far is this guy
really gonna go?

[radio beeps]

[Damian speaking]

[Eagle speaking]

[Damian speaking]

[Dep. Plumb]
In Pinellas County,

all of the beaches
are barrier islands.

There's only a certain number
of bridges to get there.

So, a suspect can easily
find themselves trapped

on an island
with no way out.

[Damian speaking]

[dispatcher speaking]

[Damian speaking]

The suspect
is driving erratically

with no one around him.

So, in my head,
the first thing
I'm thinking

is either alcohol,

or drugs.

[siren wailing]

[Dep. Plumb speaking]

[officer speaking]

[Dep. Plumb] We work out
a plan for my partner

to set up stop sticks,

right at the city line
on Gulf Boulevard,

and for me to go
to the end of the bridge

the vehicle is coming over.

[Damian] With knowing
that there's
more deputies responding

and that
they're getting closer,

it's making me
a little bit more confident

that this is gonna
get ended pretty soon.

[siren blaring]

[indistinct radio chatter]

[Dep. Plumb] I see the vehicle
coming over the bridge

and it passes me.

Extremely fast.

[indistinct radio chatter]

I'm thinking, you know,
my partner's safety
is in jeopardy.

[Damian speaking]

[siren blaring]

[tires screeching]

[Damian speaking]

Unfortunately,
the suspect saw and...

he swerved
into oncoming traffic

and really increased
his speed

to avoid those stop sticks.

[Dep. Plumb speaking]

Adrenaline's up,
heart rate's up.

Like, this is as crazy
as the helicopter
was saying.

[indistinct conversation]

[Damian speaking]

[Dep. Plumb]
He's taking risks
to get ahead of me

that I'm just
not willing to take.

I need to really focus,

pay attention
to what I'm doing,

because one mistake
could be fatal.

[Damian speaking]

I thought that
he was looking

maybe for a place
to jump out and run on foot.

I zoom in on the suspect
to see if maybe
he's got a weapon.

[Dep. Plumb] Him being able to
successfully carjack
a Corvette

is very dangerous for us.

They sit much lower
to the ground,

they are much faster
than us,

and they have
way better handling.

It will be nearly impossible
for me to keep up with him.

[siren blaring]

[Dep. Plumb speaking]

[Damian speaking]

[Dep. Plumb] So,
the first thing in my head
is, "All right,

I need to hammer down.
I need to speed up.

I need to get there."

[siren blaring]

[Dep. Plumb speaking]

[Damian speaking]

As I start to
close the gap,

I'm thinking,
I can try to ram into him.

Or PIT it.

And as I pull up,

he's able to get
into the vehicle...

right as I'm attempting
to PIT him.

You miss the PIT
by a couple of seconds.

It's so frustrating.

[officer] Control,
he just passed by me.

[indistinct
radio conversation]

[Damian speaking]

[shift commander speaking]

The shift commander
has come over the radio

and given us instructions

that we can stop this guy
any way we need to.

That's not as easy
as people would think.

He's able to
go around medians

by going
in the wrong direction.

I'm just not able to do that.

I need to make sure
that I'm not gonna hit anyone,

I'm not gonna cause
any more damage.

[Damian speaking]

[Eagle speaking]

[Damian speaking]

[Dep. Plumb speaking]

Now he's heading towards
probably one of the most
densely populated

pedestrian areas in the city.

And at that point,
really, nobody is safe.

[siren blaring]

[Damian speaking]

My adrenaline is starting
to go a little bit.

I need to remind myself
to calm back down

so that I can give
good information
to the deputies on the ground.

[Eagle speaking]

[Damian speaking]

[Dep. Plumb] You feel like
you're in a video game.

But obviously,
out in the real world,

people die and you can't
come back to life.

You just--
it's such a hard thing to do,

drive by an accident scene

not knowing if anybody's hurt.

I'm still the lead car

and I'm the only one
behind him.

[shift commander speaking]

[officer speaking] Go!

Get out of the way, please.

[Dep. Plumb] I think
the pressure of being alone

during a pursuit is...

It's very heavy,
it weighs very heavy on you.

[siren blaring]

[Dep. Plumb speaking]

Now, he's not really able
to drive as fast,

which is a benefit to us.

But, the driving becomes
a bit more erratic.

He has had
so many near misses.

It's terrifying.

The road is getting
more narrow.

The number of people
are increasing,

which makes a PIT maneuver
far more dangerous.

[Damian speaking]

[Dep. Plumb] A PIT
is just going to have to
happen at some point.

[officer speaking]

[Dep. Plumb] I can see
in the distance
lights coming at me.

So, a couple more
marked cars

and an unmarked car
coming at me.

They're much bigger
than me.

They have much better
front bumpers.

[officer speaking]

[shift commander speaking]

[officer speaking]

[Eagle speaking]

[shift commander speaking]

[siren blaring]

[Dep. Plumb speaking]

The suspect vehicle
is able to get closer
to the wall,

go off the road,

narrowly miss one of the
Marine unit pickup trucks.

[crashes]

Only clipping it.

I'm just so frustrated.

He's left
a trail of destruction,

multiple car accidents,

and we just aren't
catching a break.

[Damian speaking]

[Dep. Plumb] He's able to
beat two PITs.

And he must just be feeling

like he can get away
with anything at this point.

What is it going to take
to get this guy stopped?

[Dep. Plumb] On the sidewalk,
past the car.

[Damian speaking]

[Dep. Plumb] He is now
basically on a rim,

which has caused his vehicle

to start fishtailing
and losing control.

I'm thinking,
"You can't fail."

Adrenaline's running,
heart rate's high.

I know that this could be
the only attempt we get.

As I move in for the PIT...

[crashes]

and strike the rear
of his vehicle...

It pushes him
into a white vehicle.

What I couldn't see
at the time

was that there were
two pedestrians
on the sidewalk

on the other side
of the white vehicle.

And there's a mom
and a stroller

walking across
the parking lot.

[Damian speaking]

It looks clear as day,

like, they're about to
get crushed.

And all of my fears
that I've had
the entire pursuit

just flash before me.

I thought he was gonna
hit the people.

All right, he just signal 4'd.

By some miracle,

the white car never struck
the pedestrians.

It was that sigh of relief.

They were able to
get out of the way.

Uninjured.

[Damian speaking]

But the suspect
narrowly missing

that mother
and the baby stroller,

it really put into
sharp contrast

of how reckless
this guy was.

As the suspect goes towards
the back of the apartment,

I knew that
it was a dead end

and he really had
nowhere to go.

[officer speaking]

[man] I don't know.

[officer] I got the fence.

[Damian speaking]

It's pretty dense foliage
that grows along
the shoreline.

I lost sight of him
for a second.

[officer speaking]

[Dep. Plumb] I'm now
in the mangroves,

running after somebody

with a whole new set
of unique challenges.

The mud is up to my knees.

You don't know what kind
of animals are in there.

And you're trying
to make your way

through small, rooted trees.

I'm thinking,
"Does he have a weapon?

Is he under the influence
of drugs?"

His actions
have already shown us

that he's willing to do
anything.

[Damian speaking]

I was relieved to see
the suspect reemerge
from the foliage.

19931 Gulf Boulevard.

19931, he's in the mangroves
all the way out
by the edge of the water.

I was listening, so knew
I was just north of him

so he was kind of
running towards me.

And this guy
was completely out of control

and needed to be stopped.

[Damian speaking]

[Dep. Plumb]
I've got all this gear.

All of it's going to become
immediately useless

if I get in the water.

And he's going to have
the upper hand.

He's bigger than me.

He's erratic.
He's unpredictable.

[James speaking]

[officer 2 speaking]

[James speaking]

[bleep]

[James]
My concern was, you know,
does he have a weapon?

We had a few guys
that had less lethal out,

which was our tasers.

And then we had a few guys

with their
service weapon out also.

[Damian speaking]

[officer 1 speaking]

[James speaking]

I observed the suspect pulling
something out of his pocket.

And then he started ingesting
whatever the substance was.

Generally, people do that
with drugs

that they're trying
to get rid of.

[officer speaking]

I don't think he had
any comprehension

of what he was really doing.

[officer speaking]

-[officer 1 speaking]
-[officer 2 speaking]

[officer 2 speaking]

[officer 1 speaking]

[officer 3 speaking]

[officer 4 speaking]

[Dep. Plumb]
That's another thought that
you have to really process

as you're coming up
to take somebody into custody.

That last unknown risk that
you've not been able to quell.

Trying to haul you in.

[man speaking]

[James speaking]

He almost seemed defeated,
like he knew

he was just going
to be taken into custody.

[Damian speaking]

[indistinct shouting]

[bleep]

He was punching at us.
He was kicking at us.

He was grabbing
different deputies.

Um, just nonstop fighting.

[indistinct conversation]

[officer speaking]

[bleep]

[officer speaking]

[Dep. Plumb]
Unfortunately, in a boat,
it's very unstable.

It's like a fish out of water.

-[bleep]
-[man groans]

[officer 1 speaking]

[officer 2 speaking]

[officer 3 speaking]
Get handcuffs on his arm.

[officer 4 speaking]

[panting]

[dispatcher speaking
indistinctly]

It was a great feeling
that this whole chaos
was over with finally.

[officer 1 speaking]

[officer 2 speaking]

[Damian speaking]

[Dep. Plumb] I cannot believe
all of that just happened.

And you have
that sigh of relief.

[James] He was speaking
to one of the deputies,

and he did admit to consuming
cocaine and marijuana

at some point in time.

Whether that was
before the chase,

during the chase,
we weren't 100% sure.

-That Mustang was catching
on fire, so...
-[officer] Yeah. All right.

[dispatcher speaking
indistinctly]

What have you got?

[Dep. Plumb] Luckily for us,

Deputy Mitchell made it back
to the roadway.

And was quickly able to put
out the fire on the Mustang.

[deputy speaking]

A man faces
more than 30 charges

after a wild police chase
in Pinellas County.

The sheriff's office says that
Kenneth Lunford

led them on a chase
in multiple stolen vehicles
on Sunday.

Investigators say it started
when Lunford stole

a man's keys
following a drug deal.

Authorities were able
to catch him after he crashed

into an Indian Shores
parking lot and then
ran into the water.

No one was seriously hurt.

This is hands down
the most wild

and chaotic pursuit
I've ever been a part of.

He's in the water.

The goal of any pursuit
is to end it peacefully

and without
anyone being injured.

And that's exactly
what we did.

[Dennis] Fairburn is a metro
Atlanta area.

You got a lot of highways
that goes through Fairburn.

It's busy
all throughout the day.

My name is Dennis.

I'm a Corporal
at Fairburn Police Department.

What I would typically do
in Fairburn on shift is

I would look
for traffic stops,

look for anything that's been
broken into over the night.

One of my favorite things
is honestly the adrenaline.

I'm an adrenaline junkie.

You never know what kind of
call you're going to go to,

you never know
what you're going to get into.

Around 11:30 a.m.
I received a alert

of a stolen vehicle
in the city of Fairburn.

[Sean]
I remember hearing the call
come out over the radio.

All the patrol officers
that were with me

in the police department
were running out the door

because we wanted
to get in on the action.

[engine accelerating]

-[siren wailing]
-[officer speaking]

[Dennis] I was hauling butt
to get there.

Just to get to the area,
I was doing 100.

As I approached
the intersection,
I looked to my left

and looked to my right.

As I looked to my left...

...I located the vehicle

that matched
what the alert said.

I could see that
there was two people in there

that I knew of for sure.

I didn't want them to know

that I knew
that their car was stolen.

So what I did was
I went to the next street

and I turned around.

I made sure that
I kept eyes on the vehicle

and letting my colleagues know

where I was
and where the vehicle was.

[Sean] It was relatively close
to the police department.

We came out
of the parking lot.

We had made a left
onto a four lane highway

and started to go
through downtown area.

[Dennis speaking]

There's always strength
in numbers

and that was just
the game plan there.

The more officers
we could have there
to trap the car in,

a better chance we had
of stopping a pursuit.

Pacheco was approaching
northbound on highway 29

and then Captain Israel
was on West Campbellton
facing east.

And Vanloo, he actually
came on Highway 29.

[officer 1 speaking]

[officer 2 speaking]

Vanloo pulled forward
in front of the vehicle

to which then
I pulled forward as well.

[police siren blaring]

I thought for sure we had him.

The car started
going in reverse.

I said, "Here we go."

Officer Pacheco immediately
put his vehicle back in drive

trying to make sure the driver
couldn't go forward again.

But the suspect pushed his car
out of the way

and went up onto the sidewalk.

The passenger was on
the rear passenger side.

I saw him get out
of the vehicle.

He took off running.

[horns honking]

Any pursuit,
there's a certain level
of danger.

You just never know
what dangers are there.

[sirens wailing]

[officer over radio]
I'm clear. I'm catching up.

We're going southbound.

About 100 miles an hour.

[officer speaking]

[Sean]
So I jumped the sidewalk
with the patrol vehicle.

I wasn't quick enough
and he got down by me

and the driver
continued to accelerate
at a high rate of speed.

My main concern,
of course, was public safety.

Got to get back up to him
and make sure

he doesn't kill somebody.

[indistinct radio chatter]

The dangers that you can
run into is obviously

hitting another
citizen's vehicle.

You have to pay attention
in trying to assure

that I'm not going
to hurt anybody.

Honestly, you just have
to rely on your sirens.

[sirens wailing]

[officer speaking over radio]

[Sean] Going south
on Highway 29,

our speeds
were well above 100.

If you hit another vehicle
going that fast,

the likelihood of a fatality
is... it's there.

It's a very real possibility.

There was
so much risk involved.

[Dennis speaking]

While I was attempting
to catch up to the vehicle,

I just breathed
and I told myself
to calm down,

relax, look around me,
be aware of my surroundings.

-Sometimes they do try
to drive very recklessly...
-[officer speaking]

...to try to get us
to cancel chasing them.

[Sean] We have
to stop this driver

before they strike
somebody head on.

[indistinct chatter]

[Dennis] The vehicle
already had damage to it.

There are things
falling off of the car,

so I had to avoid those.

[Sean] There was
a lot of dust.

We have a landfill
in our small country town,

and the trucks
were coming out

at that time of day,
and there was a lot of dust.

And at one point,
we were doing good

just to see
each other's vehicles.

[Dennis speaking]

The cars had to duck and weave
and go into opposite lanes

of travel themselves
to avoid being struck.

[Dennis speaking]

I think the driver
was honestly just trying

to get me to cancel the chase,
um, and be very reckless.

But due to how clear
the roadway was

and the traffic,
I was able to continue.

PIT maneuver is causing a
car accident to end a pursuit.

I was very excited
to do the PIT

because it was going
to be my first one.

But I also had to assure that
I didn't hurt anybody else.

[officer speaking]

[Dennis speaking]

[Dennis speaking]

Due to the suspect being
erratic and very reckless...

I was not able to safely
do a successful PIT.

I wasn't upset or anything.

It just has to be right
because I don't want

to mess up
or injure anybody else.

He went on the opposite side
of the road

and was traveling
head-on into traffic.

[Dennis] The driver
clearly does not care

about anyone or anything.

He's just trying
to get away from the police.

[indistinct chatter]

[sirens wailing]

[Dennis speaking]

The vehicle's going
up and down

causing extensive damage.

I thought the vehicle
was going to be disabled,

to which the driver was going
to be running on foot.

At the moment,
the only people in danger

are the people
inside that stolen vehicle.

So I took the opportunity

to shoot ahead
and block off traffic

so no other citizens
would be in danger.

[sirens wailing]

[indistinct chatter]

[Sean speaking]

[indistinct]

[Dennis speaking]

[indistinct chatter]

[Dennis speaking]

[indistinct chatter]

[Sean]
When the vehicle got back
on the roadway, I was stunned.

I did not think
the vehicle would be able

to continue to drive.

It looked like at any moment
it could fall apart.

[sirens wailing]

[indistinct radio chatter]

The next goal
to stop the pursuit

was just wait
for an opportunity

to safely conduct
a PIT maneuver.

When you're going down
a road like that,

it is very hard
to set up a PIT maneuver

due to the windiness of it,

the narrowness of it.

Speeds on those country roads

in those
35 mile per hour zones

would have been dangerous,

you wouldn't be able
to see oncoming traffic

around those curves or bends

while trying
to execute that maneuver.

[indistinct]

[sirens wailing]

[dispatcher speaking
indistinctly]

[Dennis speaking]

I was going to attempt
a PIT maneuver.

I thought the driver
was going to turn left.

However, the driver decided
to take a right,

so I was unable
to make contact.

[dispatcher] Copy.
A right on Collinsworth.

[Dennis speaking]

The initial contact
on the vehicle,
it was not enough.

[indistinct chatter]

[tires screeching]

[dispatcher] Copy.
A right on Collinsworth.

[Dennis speaking]

[indistinct]

[Dennis speaking]

-[thuds]
-[tires screeching]

I made contact
with the vehicle,

spun the vehicle out.

-[thuds]
-[tires screeching]

The vehicle went
into the ditch.

[officer speaking]

[sirens wailing]

[Sean] Our goal
is to make sure

they don't jump out
of the vehicle

and take off running
and get away on foot.

[bleep]

[Sean] We know they were doing
anything to run away,

so now you don't know

if they're going to continue
to fight with you.

Are they done?

Are they in need of immediate
medical assistance?

[sirens wailing]

[officer] [indistinct]
They're in custody.

I felt relieved. I felt good

because we got
a suspect in custody.

Nobody harmed. Nobody hurt.

I mean, you can't get
any better than that.

He does not want
to be caught,

and there's definitely
a reason why.

[tires screeching]

[crashing noises]

[sirens wailing]

[indistinct radio chatter]

Now we're dealing
with a madman.

[indistinct radio chatter]

-[gunshots blasting]
-[glass shattering]

[man]
We need an ambulance now!

In my mind,
I was ready for a shoot-out.

[gunshots blasting]