i said what do you mean? it showed me a badge but it said security right across it. i could tell he was not a police officer. the officer thinks that german is trying to curry favor with him but his claim just makes deaton more suspicious. i told him that that s not a police officer s badge. that made him upset. he threw the badge towards the windshield dashboard area. now in addition to leaving the scene of an accident, german is impersonating a police officer. a serious offense. deaton radios for backup. at this time i was telling control to have another unit step it up because i could tell that he was very frustrated and very upset at the time. officer malcolm tipton receives the call. i have worked long enough with officer deaton to know if he says step it up that means i need to get there now. he needs someone there. tipton hits his lights and sirens and punches it to the scene. back at the blue van, officer deaton tries to take control of the tense situation.
the officer thinks that german is trying to curry favor with him but his claim just makes deaton more suspicious. i told him that that s not a police officer s badge. that made him upset. he threw the badge towards the windshield dashboard area. now in addition to leaving the scene of an accident, german is impersonating a police officer. a serious offense. deaton radios for backup. at this time i was telling control to have another unit step it up because i could tell that he was very frustrated and very upset at the time. officer malcolm tipton receives the call. i have worked long enough with officer deaton to know if he says step it up that means i need to get there now. he needs someone there. tipton hits his lights and sirens and punches it to the scene. back at the blue van, officer deaton tries to take control of the tense situation. at the time, i had him step out of the vehicle because i could tell that he was very upset. he wasn t comply with my orders. i did
engages his dash cam. i got the vehicle up here. the blue van pulls over. officer deaton approaches the vehicle and identifies the driver as eric german, the 45-year-old is an intimidating figure. first when i make contact with him, i could tell he was much larger than i was. i could tell that he was in fairly good shape. almost from the start, deaton senses that german is going to be trouble. he was talking on the cell phone. i asked him to hang up the cell phone. then he grabbed his cell phone, hung up and threw it on the dashboard. that kind of made me aware that for some odd reason this guy is having a very bad day. it s about to get worse. as the officer questions german about the hit and run, the suspect makes a peculiar claim. he started telling me that he was one of us. i said what do you mean? it showed me a badge but it said security right across it. i could tell he was not a police officer.
survival mode. and you are going to do whatever you can to survive to make it home to your wife and kids. july 21st, 2010, middletown, ohio. officer jason deaton is finishing up on a call when dispatch alerts him to a nearby hit and run accident involving two cars colliding. dispatcher started dispatching myself and other units to be on the lookout for a blue van with a ladder on it. within seconds of the call, deaton sees the van drive by. he flips on his blue and red flashers which automatically engages his dash cam. i got the vehicle up here. the blue van pulls over. officer deaton approaches the vehicle and identifies the driver as eric german, the 45-year-old is an intimidating figure. first when i make contact with him, i could tell he was much larger than i was. i could tell that he was in fairly good shape.
step it up because i could tell that he was very frustrated and very upset at the time. officer malcolm tipton receives the call. i have worked long enough with officer deaton to know if he says step it up that means i need to get there now. he needs someone there. tipton hits his lights and sirens and punches it to the scene. back at the blue van, officer deaton tries to take control of the tense situation. at the time, i had him step out of the vehicle because i could tell that he was very upset. he wasn t comply with my orders. i didn t know what was inside that vehicle. and if i could get him to step out and get him into handcuffs, i kind of would feel i would have one step up on him. once out of the vehicle, german becomes combative. officer deaton pulls out his taser. i aimed it at him and asked him to step back, calm down.