about 3 years ago, i was a parole officer (now a lieutenant at a correctional facility), we were doing "night visits" on parolee's and attempting to apprehend fugitives.
we knocked on a known wanted felons door. when asked who it was we said "parole officers". the female said "hold on a minute." obvious stall tactic.
the police sgt we were working with stepped around to the back of the building to cover any escape route. sure enough, this recently released prisoner comes out the back door and proceeds to get into a fight with him.
we're on the front porch, hear yelling, and before we can get to him i see a man in under wear sprinting down the street. game on.
we chase him about 2 blocks and he rounds a corner. we take it wide. the others i was with saw another person running about a block up. i know he hasn't put that much ground on us but they go after some random guy running. i slow down.
he saw the other two sprint by him as he hid on a porch, and not knowing i was there, proceeded to sprint my direction while looking at them. i drew my weapon, what with a 210 lb fleeing convict closing in on me at about 10 feet, he see's me and turns a 90*.
as he runs across the street, we both run right in front of moving vehicles. damn close to being hit by a car, tires squealing and everything. tunnel vision got the best of both of us.
he trips on the curb, and falls into a row of bushes. me thinking i'm ray lewis, attempt to wrap him up while he's on the ground. i have no clue why i did this but i went full out dive to get on top of him. he rolls to his left and i am left trying to wrap him up while flying face first into some dead trees.
i eventually catch him though. while squad cars pull up sideways, and i'm cuffing him, i look up to my buddy and quote the movie "superbad" by saying "he's the fastest kid alive! he's the fastest kid ever!" i knew he would see the humor in it. who didn't find it funny were the 5 or so other police officers who were calling the pursuit off. me saying that was repeated to dispatch and echoed back through everyone's radio. i look up and see an extremely gorgeous blonde from the police department staring at me and shaking her head like i was some sort of fool. which i was.
there were several other "Oh sh*t" moments that happened, but that was my best/funniest one. nearly struck down by a car chasing a felon, then proceeding to make an *** of myself.
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