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Chase complied with new policy, IPD says
By Chris Heisel and Kevin O'Neal
chris.heisel.@indystar.com
May 31, 2002
Officials said this morning that Thursday night's Downtown chase met the new rules for police car pursuits detailed earlier that day.
Terry Caudle, 44, of Indianapolis led police on a chase while attempting to flee a prostitution sting at Washington Street and Miley Avenue, police said.
Caudle is being held on preliminary charges of attempted murder, criminal recklessness, resisting arrest by fleeing, resisting arrest by force, and patronizing a prostitute, officials said.
"This chase was in compliance with the new policy," said Indianapolis Police Department spokesman Lt. Paul Ciesielski.
He said police chased Caudle not because of the prostitution charge, which would only be a summons, but because of the attempted murder charge and the resisting arrest charges.
The new policy calls for a helicopter to be requested and for chase vehicles to stop pursuit, if appropriate, after the aircraft has contact with the suspect car.
In Thursday's incident, a helicopter was summoned but did not arrive in time to help the pursuit.
The police officer chasing Caudle was attempting to terminate the pursuit at Maryland and Capitol but was unable to get his call out due to heavy radio traffic, Ciesielski said.
The new procedure requires officers to turn off their lights and sirens when ending a chase, but the state of the pursuing vehicle's lights and sirens is not yet known.
"The new policy does not eliminate accidents," Ciesielski said. "The only way to eliminate accidents is to eliminate chases."
Two motorists and a pedestrian were slightly injured after being struck by Caudle's car, according to police.
The motorists, Ellen and Cynthia Russell, were leaving Warren Central High School's graduation at Conseco Fieldhouse, when their red Ford Mustang was hit by Caudle's Ford Thunderbird, police said.
They were both taken to Wishard Memorial Hospital where Cynthia Russell was released early this morning and Ellen Russell was awaiting release by mid-day today.
The injuries suffered by the unidentified pedestrian did not appear serious.
The incident began Thursday night during an undercover prostitution operation, said Sgt. Russell Burns, IPD spokesman. A detective posing as a prostitute tried to arrest Caudle after he solicited her, but he peeled out in his car, nearly hitting that detective and another officer on foot, Burns said.
The chase continued into the Downtown area where Caudle struck the Russell's car and hit the pedestrian near the Hard Rock Cafe at the northeast corner of Maryland and Meridian streets.
The pursuit continued on foot with an IPD cruiser knocking Caudle onto its hood, said Chris Green, a waiter at the Hard Rock Cafe.
Caudle was then confronted by Andy Baker, a Hard Rock Cafe sound technician, who was carrying a gun.
"He asked me, 'Are you going to shoot me?' I said, 'If I have to,'" Baker said.
An IPD officer tackled and arrested Caudle shortly thereafter.
Changes in IPD's pursuit policy announced by Police Chief Jerry Barker Thursday morning were developed after an April 27 Eastside accident in which a suspect fleeing police hit another car, killing a 9-year-old boy and his mother.
The new policies give street officers more options to control pursuits -- including a new helicopter and more tire-deflating {inch}stop sticks{inch} -- and more power to stop chases they believe are dangerous.
However, supervisors also are to become involved soon after a chase begins to balance the need to catch someone who flees against public safety.
Highlights of the new policy are:
A $2.3 million helicopter that should be operational by October.
Officers launching a chase must immediately call in the code word {inch}pursuit,{inch} which will spur a dispatcher to link radio channels and assign a supervisor to monitor the chase.
All pursuits will be analyzed by supervisors.
Some aspects of IPD's pursuit policy remain unchanged under the new guidelines, including that ramming of a suspect's vehicle is not allowed and that pursuing officers must operate lights and sirens to signal to motorists. In addition, only two police vehicles may follow in a pursuit.
IPD officers are involved in several pursuits every week, on average. In 2001, the department logged 255 vehicle pursuits lasting an average of 3 1/2 minutes each.
Kevin O'Neal contributed to this story.
http://www.starnews.com/article.php?pursuitpm0531.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
By Chris Heisel and Kevin O'Neal
chris.heisel.@indystar.com
May 31, 2002
Officials said this morning that Thursday night's Downtown chase met the new rules for police car pursuits detailed earlier that day.
Terry Caudle, 44, of Indianapolis led police on a chase while attempting to flee a prostitution sting at Washington Street and Miley Avenue, police said.
Caudle is being held on preliminary charges of attempted murder, criminal recklessness, resisting arrest by fleeing, resisting arrest by force, and patronizing a prostitute, officials said.
"This chase was in compliance with the new policy," said Indianapolis Police Department spokesman Lt. Paul Ciesielski.
He said police chased Caudle not because of the prostitution charge, which would only be a summons, but because of the attempted murder charge and the resisting arrest charges.
The new policy calls for a helicopter to be requested and for chase vehicles to stop pursuit, if appropriate, after the aircraft has contact with the suspect car.
In Thursday's incident, a helicopter was summoned but did not arrive in time to help the pursuit.
The police officer chasing Caudle was attempting to terminate the pursuit at Maryland and Capitol but was unable to get his call out due to heavy radio traffic, Ciesielski said.
The new procedure requires officers to turn off their lights and sirens when ending a chase, but the state of the pursuing vehicle's lights and sirens is not yet known.
"The new policy does not eliminate accidents," Ciesielski said. "The only way to eliminate accidents is to eliminate chases."
Two motorists and a pedestrian were slightly injured after being struck by Caudle's car, according to police.
The motorists, Ellen and Cynthia Russell, were leaving Warren Central High School's graduation at Conseco Fieldhouse, when their red Ford Mustang was hit by Caudle's Ford Thunderbird, police said.
They were both taken to Wishard Memorial Hospital where Cynthia Russell was released early this morning and Ellen Russell was awaiting release by mid-day today.
The injuries suffered by the unidentified pedestrian did not appear serious.
The incident began Thursday night during an undercover prostitution operation, said Sgt. Russell Burns, IPD spokesman. A detective posing as a prostitute tried to arrest Caudle after he solicited her, but he peeled out in his car, nearly hitting that detective and another officer on foot, Burns said.
The chase continued into the Downtown area where Caudle struck the Russell's car and hit the pedestrian near the Hard Rock Cafe at the northeast corner of Maryland and Meridian streets.
The pursuit continued on foot with an IPD cruiser knocking Caudle onto its hood, said Chris Green, a waiter at the Hard Rock Cafe.
Caudle was then confronted by Andy Baker, a Hard Rock Cafe sound technician, who was carrying a gun.
"He asked me, 'Are you going to shoot me?' I said, 'If I have to,'" Baker said.
An IPD officer tackled and arrested Caudle shortly thereafter.
Changes in IPD's pursuit policy announced by Police Chief Jerry Barker Thursday morning were developed after an April 27 Eastside accident in which a suspect fleeing police hit another car, killing a 9-year-old boy and his mother.
The new policies give street officers more options to control pursuits -- including a new helicopter and more tire-deflating {inch}stop sticks{inch} -- and more power to stop chases they believe are dangerous.
However, supervisors also are to become involved soon after a chase begins to balance the need to catch someone who flees against public safety.
Highlights of the new policy are:
A $2.3 million helicopter that should be operational by October.
Officers launching a chase must immediately call in the code word {inch}pursuit,{inch} which will spur a dispatcher to link radio channels and assign a supervisor to monitor the chase.
All pursuits will be analyzed by supervisors.
Some aspects of IPD's pursuit policy remain unchanged under the new guidelines, including that ramming of a suspect's vehicle is not allowed and that pursuing officers must operate lights and sirens to signal to motorists. In addition, only two police vehicles may follow in a pursuit.
IPD officers are involved in several pursuits every week, on average. In 2001, the department logged 255 vehicle pursuits lasting an average of 3 1/2 minutes each.
Kevin O'Neal contributed to this story.
http://www.starnews.com/article.php?pursuitpm0531.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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By ERIKA REIF, Pilot Online
c May 13, 2002
HAMPTON -? A 22-year-old man called out of a party to talk outside shot two alleged attackers early Sunday, killing one of them, police spokesperson Cpl. Jimmie Wideman said.
The person shot and killed was 18-year-old Dwight Seion Phillip of Essex Park Drive in Hampton, Wideman said this afternoon.
The shooter and the other attacker were questioned Sunday and released without being charged, Wideman said. It appears that the shooter was acting in self-defense, he said. The CommonwealthOs Attorney will make a final determination about whether or not the shooting was homicide or justifiable homicide, he said.
The incident began at a home on the 3000 block of Bending Oak Drive, in a neighborhood behind the Hampton ArbyOs restaurant, Wideman said.
The 22-year-old was inside at a party when he was told that there were some people outside who wanted to talk to him. The 22-year-old met two men outside, and the three began arguing about a woman, Wideman said.
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The two men then jumped on the 22-year-old, knock him to the ground and began beating him, he said. The man on the ground pulled out a gun and fired multiple rounds, one of which hit Phillip in the torso.
The fatally injured man ran across the street and into a neighborOs backyard, where he collapsed and died, Wideman said.
About 40 to 50 people at the party either witnessed the incident or had information about it, and there were no significant discrepancies among them as to what occurred, he said.
All three men involved live in Hampton.
Erika Reif covers the Peninsula for Pilot Online. Reach her at 757-850-8728 or ereif@pilotonline.com
http://www.pilotonline.com/peninsula/pn0513hom.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
By BILL MONTGOMERY
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer
An armed Guven Fine Jewelry co-owner stopped a mid-morning robbery of the business across from the Mall of Georgia.
Two men entered the store around 11 a.m., drew handguns and "smashed several of the glass cases, loading up with some jewelry," said Gwinnett County police Capt. Ray Dunlap.
"These guys said several times they were going to kill me," said store co-owner Isa Guven. "I told them, 'Don't break the case, I'll give you the key,' and one of them said, 'Shut up or I will kill you.'"
Guven said he retrieved a revolver from the rear of the store while the bandits were loading jewelry and "fired one shot into the wall to see if the gun was working."
He said he followed the men outside and confronted them "face-to-face" as they started to flee in a pickup that police later said was stolen.
"They fired a bullet at me, and they missed," Guven said, adding that he fired several shots toward the pickup, aiming for the tires.
Dunlap said Guven managed to hit a tire on the stolen truck. Police soon caught up with the suspects and arrested them after a brief chase, Dunlap said.
Patrick Tennyson, 29, of Decatur, and Ramone Dickens, 23, of Oklahoma City, were being held by police and likely will be charged with armed robbery and theft by receiving a stolen motor vehicle, Dunlap said.
Guven said the bandits had loaded a black shopping bag with engagement rings, some necklaces and bracelets -- all of which apparently was recovered.
http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/metro/0602/04jewelry.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878