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This isn’t the first time someone’s run from me at work.  It’s not even the first time someone has just completely gotten away from me, but it was fun enough to want to write about.

To set the scene, my partner and I had a juvenile driver with alcohol in his system detained and waiting for his parents.  While we were waiting, the juvenile’s younger brother walks up to us out of nowhere.  By out of nowhere, I mean there are no pedestrians around here, ever.  There are no cities within 10 miles and nobody just walks around out here.  So, he walks up, eyes red and puffy and a little disoriented, he may have had the munchies as well.  We detain him and take his driver’s license for identification. 

My partner cuffs him and places him in a caged vehicle as he’s a mouthy little guy.  He complained of being claustrophobic and unfortunately my partner lowered the windows for him.  So, now I’m way up at the front of this situation, explaining to the juvenile driver that his license is suspended, blah blah.  All of a sudden I look up and my partner is sprinting away yelling, “STOP!”

So, here is this young punk, with a stupid little eyebrow ring who is high as a kite who managed to get one hand out of his handcuffs, opening the door of the truck by reaching out the rolled down window.  He gets out and starts running for the hills (and there are alot of hills around).  He’s waving his one cuffed hand around above his head yelling, “I’m running!”

My partner gives chase for a couple hundred yards until the suspect jumps down a 10 foot cliff into a sandy wash.  I had to stay with the other suspects to make sure they didn’t boogie.  Now, remember that we have his driver’s license and backpack in our possesion still and you’ll see the big picture problem with him actually getting away.

I read a great book recently called, “The Last Lecture” which I highly reccomend.  There’s one line in there this is very apt, “Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted”.  That’s true.  Based on this one here, I’m sure my partner will not ever roll down the windows of a caged prisoner.  One of the other times that I had people boogie on me I learned how to better position my dirtbike when I make stops with it.  That was a good long term experience gainer for me.  This one was just funnier to watch.

Yes, the young man does now have a warrant out for his arrest, so good for him.