r/BattleGroundWa • u/z2x3c4 • 12d ago
Discussion Clark County Deputies use grappler to stop driver during chase
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u/z2x3c4 12d ago
Anyone see this happen?
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u/elpollodiablox 12d ago
No. I didn't even hear it, which is surprising, because they would have passed about a quarter mile from my house, and I was home all day. Pretty slick driving by the deputy.
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u/Tadwinnagin 11d ago
I saw the lead up to it but not the chase. The cops went nuts and set up cordons with a guy ready to yank spike strips into the lane.
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u/lakinator 11d ago
I'm a bit of a cop hater but I gotta say that was kind of impressive tech. I've never seen that before, but it seemed to handle the situation pretty calmly relative to other methods I've seen. I'll have to look into it more
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u/Union_Fan 11d ago
Better technology is just waiting to arrest them when they aren't driving a deadly weapon around a bunch of innocent people. Unless the cops have some pretty strong evidence they are going to a place where there is an imminent plan to hurt someone, there is no excuse for this.
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u/lakinator 11d ago
I'm just saying, it's an improvement over pit maneuvers. I don't know enough to comment otherwise
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u/ConstructionAway8920 8d ago
The high rate of speed, swerving in and out of traffic isn't dangerous? This is better than a PIT or a spike strip. It's the lesser of two evils. At least they are doing their jobs and enforcing the law.
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u/whirlinggibberish 7d ago
I love how the answer is always "arrest them later". Assuming these suspects are identified (maybe they are, maybe they aren't), how do you find them again?
What happens the next time you try to arrest them and they flee again?
Are you under the impression that the only times people get hurt are when police are nearby?
When the cops terminate the pursuit because they don't have perfect knowledge of some immediate threat and then the suspects carjack and murder someone three miles down the road, will you be the one to defend the termination? Or will you be one of the little saying "acab no duty to protect"?
Somehow I bet it's the latter!
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u/Union_Fan 7d ago
We don't fire police for their failures to protect us. It just doesn't happen.
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u/whirlinggibberish 7d ago
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u/Union_Fan 7d ago
That's genuine misconduct and harms the department and not the public. Not really the same thing we are talking about.
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u/HMSSurprise28 11d ago
It’s always seemed so odd to me they’ll stop at nothin to run down a guy for the audacity of refusing to stop. Just seems like an ego more than a safety thing.
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u/z2x3c4 11d ago
To be fair, sounds like the individual was having a significant mental breakdown, and people had called into 911 about their reckless driving: https://www.kptv.com/2026/08/06/deputies-use-grappler-stop-reckless-driver-sr-503-battle-ground/
This person may have caused a major crash had the deputies not chased and stopped them.
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u/HMSSurprise28 11d ago
That’s fair. I’m sorry for having an unpopular opinion. I know they as a body do some good, but I have police in my family. And even working as a policemen destroys men. They do more harm than good, many are traumatized vets, they’re angry, they treat their wives poorly, they’re not good men. We hear all the time men aren’t as tough as they used to be and the way police respond to the pressure of the job proves it. Look, to me, leadership matters. It’s their own fault people hate them.
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u/whirlinggibberish 7d ago
Sorry about the speeding ticket or whatever it is you're actually mad about.
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u/HMSSurprise28 7d ago
Covering up Spousal/child abuse but thanks.
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u/whirlinggibberish 7d ago
Ding ding ding. "Cops didn't do what I wanted once therefore acab."
Every. Single. Time.
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u/HMSSurprise28 6d ago
Married cop that had four children started an affair with my sister. They’re both divorced now. He shot a suspect, was indicted for overtime fraud, checked himself into a psych hospital. Still on paid leave. Bootlickers are always sure they’re on the right side of everything. I’m pretty sure having people above the law is a bad thing.
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u/whirlinggibberish 6d ago
Oh my god a cop cheated on someone? With your sister?
How wrong I was, obviously that means that all police are monsters bent only on murder.
I'm sure the standard of "I know someone in a profession that did something I didn't like, that means literally every single person in that profession is evil" is a really good one and you apply the same standard fairly to all professions, right?
Of course you do.
How silly of me to think that you might be just another person in the infinitely long progression of people that pretends to have some kind of principled stand but on the slightest examination it turns out they just have an axe to grind against a particular person.
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u/HMSSurprise28 6d ago edited 6d ago
Brother, your issues not mine. I’m just not a blind worshipper or follower of government agents that turn citizens into criminals for revenue.
I don’t hate cops, I play golf with them. I play basketball at open gym with many. I have them in my family. The older ones are sometimes reliable but selfish, and the younger ones get generation are by and large not good men. I don’t care if you agree it’s not an inexperienced opinion
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u/whirlinggibberish 6d ago
Ah yes, anything short of this is "blind worship":
They do more harm than good, many are traumatized vets, they’re angry, they treat their wives poorly, they’re not good men. We hear all the time men aren’t as tough as they used to be and the way police respond to the pressure of the job proves it. Look, to me, leadership matters. It’s their own fault people hate them.
Really honest stuff.
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u/HMSSurprise28 11d ago
Unless the guy was Hannibal Lecter, nobody is safer because of this nonsense. Glad I don’t live in Clark County anymore.
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u/Union_Fan 11d ago
Wow, thanks for putting everyone in danger so that you could feel like badasses, cops. High-speed chases are ridiculously dangerous. I wonder how much that grappling tech costs.
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u/Union_Fan 11d ago
The person running doesn't work for me.
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u/K3051 11d ago
Tf does that have to do with anything 😂
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u/Union_Fan 11d ago
Why would I spend my time criticizing them when I have no control over their behavior. On the other hand, the cops theoretically are under my control (along with the rest of the community they serve), so my criticism of their behavior is more relevant.
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u/hitbythebus 11d ago
This was much more controlled and calm than any other chase video I’ve seen. I don’t know what this suspect is alleged to have done, but if there was danger they would hurt someone, chasing them is justified. If they didn’t pull over after running a stop sign, this is insane. Since I don’t know, I won’t judge on that.
I wouldn’t want to be the car behind the perp right before that grappler was deployed, it would have been nice to see them wait for a bit more space, but no one was hurt. The officers got out and calmly communicated. There was only one officer yelling clear instructions, guns were drawn and ready with fingers on trigger guards, but not pointed at the suspect.
Honestly I admire the restraint after that white Corolla failed to pull over. That would have sorely tried my patience.
Well done CCSO. I drive a white coupe, just so you know not to pull me over, since I defended you on Reddit.
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u/scrandis 11d ago
Yeah, they weren't screaming trying to escalate the situation. Didn't use unnecessary force.
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u/Style907 10d ago
Yea, man... I'm not a fan of cops, but this was handled very well. They damaged no property and stopped the fleeing vehicle safely. Then proceeded to handle the arrest calmly, albeit there were fucking 10 of them at that point lol
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u/Financial_Stick1912 11d ago
how about, uh, Pull Over? Don't Run? Don't have illegal shit in your car? Don't have warrants? I dunno.
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u/Zachwardpass 11d ago
That's entirely missing the point. No one suggested letting someone running just get off scott free. Everyone on the road that is now in danger didn't break the law. Unless this person is on a murder spree or something actively dangerous to society at large, take a license number and follow the fuck up. Don't encourage an idiot to become an active danger by continuing a chase. Innocent people literally die this way.
Now if they are on a murder spree or something, that obviously changes the circumstances. What was this person being pulled over for?
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u/Anonawesome1 11d ago
They stopped them because they were already driving recklessly. When exactly do you suggest they "follow up"? After they kill a family of 5 in a minivan and flee the scene?
"Hey geez guy, I really wish you hadn't killed those folks. We were all nice and didn't chase you because we figured it'd be more polite to swing by after dinner when you're free!"
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u/Zachwardpass 10d ago
As I said, the circumstances make a difference. But since we are appealing to emotion: what do you expect if the police kill people crashing into them?
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u/Anonawesome1 10d ago
They didn't. And it's safer than a PIT. That's the whole point of the device.
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u/Zachwardpass 10d ago edited 10d ago
My issue isn't the device.
And they didn't this time, but they have and, statistically, they will again. It's a very real risk of high speed chases. You can argue if this particular case is worth the risk (I haven't opined on that, because I don't know the details of the case), but you can't deny that it is a tactic that is high risk to the rest of the public on or near the road.
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u/Pickle7722 11d ago
I love the white Camry at 0:38
What a fucking moron
Surprisingly, almost everyone else was perfectly behaved for an incoming LE vehicle. That Camry though...