and carol s suv brings it to a stop. are you stopped, sir? yes, sir, i m stopped. once the vehicle finally came to a stop, i just jumped out of the vehicle. i threw the cell phone in the car, and i ran over to the officer that was in front of me in his suv. and he came out, and i told him thank you for saving my life. it s okay, man. the ride is over. it s good. take a deep breath. you re standing on the ground. you re not hurt. everybody is fine. we did this. just chalk it up for us. jeter later notifies ford. the company has told msnbc our inspection of the vehicle uncovered no defects that would have led to the situation. in general, we are not aware of a safety issue with this cruise control system. thanks to officer carol, jeter is alive and well, another person saved by a brave decision to do what needed to be done.
it looks like deputy meyer is on his own until backup arrives. but as ramos watches, he knows he has a decision to make. assist the officer or stay out of the way. i said to myself, i have to do something. i was worried about the guy grabbing the officer s gun and shooting all of us. so what does he do? ramos enters the fray and several other men follow his lead. i grabbed his two wrists so for him to pull out that taser. i deployed my taser. he had no problem at all taking the taser. the taser has minimal effect. so deputy meyer tries again. the whole time on the video when i m in the front the taser is deployed in the upper chest area. this time the taser subdues the suspect and myers is able to get the cuffs on him. it seems like it took forever for my backup to get there.
danger to assist the officer? i was patrolling the western part of the city. deputy kevin meyer of the broward county sheriff s office is on his morning patrol. the dispatcher came across the air advising there was some sort of disturbance inside the mcdonald s. deputy meyer responds to the call. the manager approached me and pointed the gentleman out saying he had stolen property from a patron inside the store. the security video shows the manager pointing to 29-year-old patrick davis. i had a feeling he was up to no good. just minutes earlier customer jose ramos observed davis behaving strangely. you know when somebody is not normal. he was not normal. his eyes were wide open and staring just into nothing. and now deputy meyer notices something else. when i looked at it has, they
lauderdale/hollywood airport. getting through the line, this woman forgets her rolex. what would you do if like this man, you spot a $6500 watch lying there? run after the owner to return it? give it to airport personnel? or play finders keepers? so what does he do? even though there is no audio to the video, you can almost hear his thoughts as he is looking at the watch. and it s almost like there is the devil on one side of him and, you know, the good samaritan on the other side of his shoulder. and off he goes. he may not have planned it, but now he s a thief with a brand-new rolex. 40 minutes go by before the woman realizes her watch is missing and unreported. broward county sheriff s office officer bryant montgomerie gets the case.
police spot gatlin jeter s out of control vehicle barreling down highway 190. his life and the lives of others may hang in the balance. how fast are you going, sir? i m going about 60 miles an hour. i tried the gear shift, emergency brake, regular brake. the first to respond to the call is rocky carol, a patrolman from sam houston university. i medially grabbed a set of keys. i left out of the driveway with lights and sirens. a fellow officer follows carol. his dash cam is also trained on the chase. i m in a green ford expedition. i don t want to kill anybody. i tried turning the ignition. it wouldn t work. i tried the dashboard. that wouldn t work. i tried all i thought i could do to try to get the car stopped. as patrolman carol s car sets out to find jeter, jeter is facing a life or death decision. how to keep from hitting somebody and killing them and himself. what would you do?