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September 3, 2023 | 6:22pm
As deputies in Washington State pursued a gaggle of teenagers suspected of stealing a automotive final month, one deputy used an uncommon tactic that tricked the suspects into surrendering: barking like a police canine.
Deputies responded simply earlier than 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 18 to a name of a stolen car close to a cemetery on Chambers Creek Way in University Place, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department stated.
One deputy deployed cease sticks and waited for the stolen car, which sustained 4 flat tires after working over the lure, in accordance with authorities.
The suspects, nonetheless, continued driving and deputies needed to name off the pursuit.
The stolen automotive was discovered unoccupied and nonetheless working alongside Bridgeport Way. Deputies surrounded the world and started looking for the kids.
In a wooded space, one deputy noticed the group in a creek mattress, in accordance with bodycam footage of the incident.
“Stop, police! Don’t make us release our K-9!” the deputy might be heard yelling.
One deputy can then be heard barking like a canine, in accordance with the video.
After the deputy imitated a canine bark a number of instances, the 4 juveniles got here out of the creek mattress and surrendered.
“The kids actually believed there was a dog, and, in the end, they told the deputies, ‘Man, soon as I heard that dog, I gave up,’” Sgt. Darren Moss Jr. stated in a video posted to the division’s Facebook.
Moss recommended the deputies, giving them a “A+” for creativity in getting the kids to conform.
The video ends with the deputies putting the kids underneath arrest. No particulars concerning the suspects’ identities or what costs they might face have been instantly supplied.
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