KCPD chief: \'We were fortunate\' parade chase ended as it did

KCPD chief: 'We were fortunate' parade chase ended as it did

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KCPD chief: 'We were fortunate' parade chase ended as it did

KCPD chief: 'We were fortunate' parade chase ended as it did

The Kansas City, Missouri, mayor and police chief on Thursday praised law enforcement’s response to an allegedly impaired man who led officers on a chase at 50 to 60 mph along the Chiefs Kingdom Champions Parade route.

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KCPD chief: 'We were fortunate' parade chase ended as it did

THEIR TRIP OVERSEAS.BUT FIRST TONIGHT -CHARGES FILED AFTER APOLICE CHASE AND CRASHALONG THE ROUTE OF THECHIEFS VICTORY PARADE.THE CHASE MADE SCARYMOMENTS FOR CHIEFSFANS AS THE SUSPECTDROVE DOWN GRANDBOULEVARD BEFORETURNING ONTO PERSHINGROAD.NO ONE WAS HURT IN THISINCIDENT THANKS TOQUICK ACTIONS BY LAWENFORCEMENT.41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER ANDRESGUTIERREZ FOUND OUTMORE ABOUT WHAT LED TOTHE INCIDENT.ONCE POLICE ARRESTEDTHE DRIVER HEREPERSHING ROADTHEY TOOK HIM TOTRUMAN MEDICAL CENTERWHERE THEY DREW HISBLOOD FOR TESTING.ACCORDING TO CHARGINGDOCUMENTS--THERE HE ADMITTED TOUSING COCAINE AND METH.TODAY--HE'S AT THEJACKSON COUNTY JAILMEANWHILE THEOFFICERS WHO ENDEDTHIS CHASE RECEIVEDSOME WELL-DESERVEDRECOGNITION.CHIEF RICK SMITH/Kansas city, mopolice departmentI CAN'T THANK THESEOFFICERS ENOUGH FORTHEIR THEIR DECISIONMAKING THEIR ABILITIESTHEIR SKILL TO GET THISENDED CORRECTLY.

THEYDID A HELL OF A JOB.PRAISE FOR THE OFFICERSWHO STOPPED THISDRIVER FROM HURTINGTHOUSANDS OF FANSBEFORE THE CHIEFSKINGDOM PARADE.MAYOR QUINTON LUCAS/KANSASCITY, MISSOURIIF YOU THINK ABOUTYESTERDAY, YOU SEE ANAMAZING EXAMPLE OFWHAT WENT RIGHT.PROSECUTORS CHARGING42-YEAR-OLD ADDAEDOYLE WHO ALLEGEDLYWAS UNDER THEINFLUENCE OF DRUGSWHEN HE BLASTED HISCAR THROUGH A SIX-FOOTBARRICADE AT THE STARTOF THE PARADE AND LEADPOLICE ON A CHASE.OFFICER JTHAND/INDEPENDENCE POLICEWE DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WASLIKE A TERRORIST ATTACKOR IF IT WAS DEE FORDTRYING TO GET A JUMP ONA GOOD SEAT.ON GRAND BLVD, POLICESAY DOYLE FIRSTENCOUNTERED A MEMBEROF THE CLAY COUNTYSHERIFF'S OFFICE.DETECTIVE JEREMYFAHRMEIER/CLAY COUNTYMISSOURI SHERIFF'S OFFICESO MY FIRST THOUGHTWAS JUST GRAB STOPSTICKS, SO THAT HECOULD GET SLOW DOWNOFFICER JT HAND WITHINDEPENDENCE POLICE,ALONG WITH K-C-P-DMAJOR SCOTT CARON ANDCAPTAIN DARRELBERGQUIST WORKED TOSLOW DOYLE DOWN BYBOXING HIM INAS THEY NEARED THEMASSIVE CROWD BYCROWN CENTER OFFICERHAND EXECUTED THE PITMANEUVER.OFFICER JTHAND/INDEPENDENCE, MOPOLICE DEPARTMENTWE SAW THE OPENINGTHAT LITTLE GRASSY AREATHAT PEOPLE WEREN'TSTANDING IN.

SO KNEWTHAT WAS A GOOD AREAFOR ITOFFICER JTHAND/INDEPENDENCE, MOPOLICE DEPARTMENTI'VE ACTUALLY HAD NOTRAINING ON THE PITMANEUVER.

I'VE SEEN ITON TV ONCE OR TWICE.NO ONE, NOT EVEN THESUSPECT WAS HURTALTHOUGH THINGS COULDHAVE TURNED OUTDIFFERENTLY.CHIEF RICK SMITH/KANSAS CITY,MO POLICE DEPARTMENTWE CAME THIS CLOSE TOHAVING A POLICEINVOLVED SHOOTING ATTHIS INCIDENT.

I MEAN,THERE WAS MANYOFFICERS THAT WEREBOTH ON THE GROUND.EVEN TALKED TO A COUPLEOF OUR SNIPERS THATWERE DEPLOYED.

THEYHAD THE SAME THOUGHT.NOW THERE WERE DUMPTRUCKS SECURING THEPERIMETER AROUND THEUNION STATION.WE ASKED TODAY ANDTHEY DIDN'T HAVE THOSEWHERE THIS BREACHOCCURRED.THE POLICE CHIEF SAIDTHERE'S NOT ENOUGHRESOURCES TO DO THATON THE WHOLE ROUTE.BUT THEY'LL BEREVIEWING THEIR PLANSFOR THE FUTURE.LIVE IN KANSAS CITY.ANDRES GUTIERREZ.

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