Day One, Part 3: Chase to the Falls

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Entry posted by thecitiescenter · August 14, 2014

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Still digesting your burger and fries, you hop back into your cruiser and begin your afternoon patrol.

As you head north on Jim Walls Blvd. you notice a purple hatchback vehicle ahead that just made a U-turn on a red light.

"So much for my break," you think to yourself. You radio in your location and inform dispatch that you are about to make a traffic stop. As you get closer to the suspect vehicle, you notice the license plate, "California: C U LTR" You quickly punch the license plate into your computer to check for wants.

Computer: CA LIC: C U LTR ... 2004 Renault *** REPORTED STOLEN ***

"Great..."

You immediately turn on your emergency lights. You see ahead that the driver is looking at you in his rear view mirror. Instead of pulling over, the suspect vehicle speeds up.

Here we go... queue up the police chase music... you radio in for back up.

The suspect tries his best to lose you, but its not working.

Soon you find yourself on River Drive Bridge. The suspect vehicle is easily going 60 miles per hour as traffic is coming heads on in the opposite direction.

"This is dangerous..."

You notice that the driver of the suspect vehicle is starting to lose control of his car. He brakes suddenly and then...

BOOM!

The suspect vehicle crashes head on into oncoming traffic.

You were so caught up in the adrenaline rush that you hadn't noticed that your back up was right behind you.

Instinctively, you come to a screeching halt, get out of your car and draw your gun.

Your backup pulls up next to you and you see your fellow officer Ben Wong. Officer Wong immediately pulls out his weapon and aims it toward the suspect vehicle.

Officer Wong: I got you covered Roger!

You: DRIVER, get out of the car with your hands in the up!

At first the driver does not comply.

You: I SAID DRIVER, GET OUT OF THE CAR, HANDS UP... NOW!!!

The suspect, a man who you'd guess was about 20 years old gets out and puts his hands in the air facing you.

You: TURN AROUND, FACE THE OTHER DIRECTION AND WALK BACK TO ME SLOWLY WITH YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR!!!

The suspect walks back toward you, you instruct him to get on the ground face down. As your fellow officer covers you, you approach the suspect, cuff him, stand him up and search him.

You find a knife, the suspects wallet and a plastic bag containing pills.

You hand the suspect over to Officer Wong and then approach the other vehicle.

It's not pretty.

You see an older gentleman who is unconscious. His airbag deployed but he's not moving and his head is face down in the airbag.

You radio in for an EMT and soon the Fire Department arrives. As the firemen work on the other driver, you begin to set up road flares and re-direct traffic.

As the scene clears up, you question the suspect. He tells you that he ran because he was "scared". Other than the pills, you find nothing else illegal in his car.

Officer Wong offers to take him to jail for you as you clean up the traffic mess.

Your first police chase. Crazy... you hope that the other driver will be ok, and the firemen assure you that his chances are good, he'll be fine. You'll head over to the hospital later to get a statement from him as he can't really talk right now.

...

The rest of your afternoon is pretty routine. You visit the hospital to take down the other drivers' statement and later issue a couple tickets here and there, nothing out of the ordinary. As 6 pm approaches, you call it a day, looking forward to going home and seeing your wife.

...

Later that night... a couple hundred miles away in Oakland...

Suspicious Man 1: You got the stuff?

Suspicious Man 2: Yeah, hot off the boat, boss. Was a pain to get here from Mexico, but its here.

Suspicious Man 1: Good. You've done well.

Suspicious Man 2: Yeah. My boys have everything set up. A little town called Lytton. Quiet place, no one will suspect. That's where it will go down. Now all you gotta do is gimme my payment, and I'm outta here.

Suspicious Man 1: Lytton huh? Sounds like such a nice place (smirk) with white picket fences, manicured lawns and all... Oh right, your payment. I almost forgot. Here you go. (Pulls out a knife and stabs the other man repeatedly).