STORY
BEHIND THE POEM “ON SPECHT”
.
George
Specht and his partner Adam Macgregor were on patrol recently. A radio broadcast was made about a
robbery/pursesnatching of a little old lady, which had occurred in
another
patrol district. The description and the
plate number of the suspect vehicle were broadcast, and numerous units
from our
District began looking for the vehicle.
.
George
and
Adam found it. They also found two
suspects in the car. As soon as they
pulled up, one of the suspects bailed out of the car. George
tried to block his exit with the police
car, but missed. Adam bailed out of the
car and began a foot pursuit, while George arrested the other suspect.
.
Adam,
and
the guy he was chasing began to run around a house, and around, and
around…George
said they went by at least four times. The
suspect run out into the middle of
.
Adam
eventually broadcast on the radio that he had lost the suspect, and
containment
was set up so that the dog could start tracking when he arrived. Before that happened though, the suspect,
thinking Adam had left, popped out of the bushes where he had been
hiding. Adam tackled him, and arrested him
there.
.
George
walked back to the stolen car and the other suspect and much to his
dismay,
suspect and car were gone. After another
search, the car was again located, with the suspect still securely
handcuffed
to the door post. Apparently he got back
into the car, stretch across, got it started and managed to drive away
again
after George left him.
.
When
asked
how he managed it, he just said “I have long legs”.
.
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