A police officer in Northampton, England, commandeered a passerby’s bicycle to pursue – and nab – a drug-dealing suspect on August 23, 2023.
This footage captured by the officer’s body-worn camera shows him initially pursuing the suspect in a car and then briefly chasing him on foot, before asking a nearby rider to lend him his bike. Following a short pursuit, the officer flings the bike in the direction of the suspect to knock him down and complete the arrest, the footage shows.
Later, the officer returned the bike to its owner and thanked him for his assistance, the footage shows. “Mate, I caught him! Wouldn’t have caught him without your help,” the officer said.
On December 1, the suspect was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of “possession with intent to supply Class A drugs,” among other charges, the Northamptonshire Police said.
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14 Comments
I'm rooting for you, my friend!💕
love brits
Incroyable les ricains, il faud ça en France
If an American cop did this with the bike, it would be in a movie only lol
Crashed his bike
Groovy
Afterwards the Bike Owner was given a Fixed Penalty Notice for having bald tyres
This is why officers need ebikes like surron, cars are bulky. They could've even carried a surron in the back of the car just for that.
Thank you officers for keeping communities safer
Only proves cops this is why you don't let cops have you personal property.. the abuse is obvious. So is the disrespect
Nice!!
Did he legit just ghosty the man’s bike into a suspect? 😂 And all the dude gets is a thanks for ya bike mate. Don’t worry about the bucked tyre or scratches though, it was like that when I got it
What did he do? 😂
From now on, I’m only lending things out if people are wearing a bodycam so I can see how they handle my stuff