By Joanna Putman
Police1
NEW YORK — NYPD body-camera footage captures the intense moments when a suspect struck a Community Response officer with a stolen vehicle before leading officers on a dangerous foot pursuit through the streets and across rooftops, the New York Post reported.
The Aug. 18 incident began when officers pulled over a stolen white sedan, according to the report. The suspect initially complied with the stop but then reversed onto the sidewalk, narrowly missing a child, and struck a building’s metal shutters.
Your Community Response Team officers risk their lives on a daily to reduce crime in NYC. During an attempted car stop of a stolen vehicle, this dangerous criminal decided to not only jeopardize the life of these officers, but the public. As the officers try to get him out of… pic.twitter.com/rWYCCvLsfF
— NYPD Deputy Commissioner, Operations Kaz Daughtry (@NYPDDaughtry) August 19, 2024
Despite officers’ commands to exit the vehicle, the suspect accelerated, pinning one officer between the sedan and a parked car before fleeing the scene, video shows. The suspect drove several blocks, hitting multiple cars, before abandoning the vehicle and attempting to escape on foot.
The pursuit led officers across a train line and building rooftops, and onto a second roof where the suspect was eventually apprehended, according to the report.
“Your Community Response Team officers would not let him get away after he tried to kill one of their own,” said NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry.
The suspect was found lying on the second rooftop, where officers took him into custody. He faces nearly a dozen charges, including attempted aggravated murder, reckless endangerment and grand larceny auto, according to the report.
The officer struck during the incident was treated for non-life-threatening injuries at a local hospital.
“Another stolen car recovered, another violent criminal off your streets, and most importantly, your cops go home to their families,” Daughtry wrote.
The Honor Roll organization arranges group bike rides for retired LEOs as well as friends and family of fallen officers to raise money and show support
The Taylor Police Department’s RADDOG strutted onto the field carrying a baseball in a special holder; players met it on the mound before ceremonially starting the game
Deputy Brandon Cunningham, 30, had been with the Paulding County Sheriff’s office for just over four years and was the father of two
The man had been charged with aggravated murder in the Aug. 9 death of Smyth County Deputy Hunter Reedy as well as with four counts of attempted murder
