I’m not going to judge the officer for the high-pitched screaming. It’s probably what I would have sounded like. But, then again, I haven’t had training. Has she? Being a LEO isn’t for everybody, obviously.
Thank God back-up arrived in time to ventilate this worthless POS.
He beat and stabbed an 88 year-old man 3 days before.
#SomeLivesDoNotMatter
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Screams for help from an Illinois police officer were captured on dramatic video as she struggled with a man wanted for murder in Pennsylvania.
The Lake County State’s Attorney released both dashcam and bodycam video Monday night from a shooting in July 2018 that involved a man wanted in Pennsylvania.
The officer fought for survival after the fugitive pulled a gun, so quickly there was barely time to react.
The life-or-death struggle in the predawn darkness happened on July 26 on a quiet gravel path.
In the video, Lakemoor Officer Brianna Tedesco approaches an SUV with out-of-state plates. The driver tells the officer that his name is James Dunkin.
“I just have to make sure you don’t have any warrants or anything, which I’m sure you don’t,” she tells him in the video.
But James Dunkin is in fact Kenneth Martell of Springboro, Pa. Tedesco writes down his plate number.
“They’re not finding a DL, a driver’s license record, for a James Dunkin. Do you have anything in the vehicle with your name on it?” she asks him.
Perhaps sensing he’s been caught, Martell pulls his weapon on the officer. The struggle over the weapon lasts an agonizing 20 seconds. Martell also attempts to grab a second gun.
As Tedesco’s backup arrives, an officer shoots Martell. He died at the scene.
DRT is quite satisfactory, as was the backup officer’s single and effective threat-neutralizing shot. It’s nice to see something other than a mag dump. We should all be very glad this turned out the way it did!
The back up officer could never get a job in a big city department where mag dumps are mandatory. Nice job officer, turn his head into a canoe with one shot and conserve ammo.
Screaming or not…that’s one tough broad!
Without hesitation she grabbed that sh1theels weapon and prevented him from killing her.
Nice shot by the arriving officer as well.
“Sir, what is your name?”
“Uh, James…”
::looks at box on seat::
“…Dunkin.”
“Can you spell that, please?”
“Uh…”
::looks at box on seat::
“D-U-N-K-I-N”
I watched the latest episode of Lethal Weapon last night, and I assume that every LEO would respond with the skill and professionalism Cole does.
🙂
FAKE!
We know that in America cops only kill niggrahs!
Right? RIGHT?
izlamo delenda est …
Gee, Tim, maybe this guy was a relative of Talcum X.
Damsel in distress:
Deputy arrives:
Damsel rescued:
Dastard dispatched, post haste.
Think there was a Dirty Harry movie like this.
I love a story with a happy ending.
From the sound of a gunshot, that was some serious caliber weapon!
Ome shot and done.
Excellent fire discipline but a double tap wouldn’t have been a bad thing.
I bet that female cop has put in her papers.
“Donut holes?….I thought you said bullet holes….my bad”
Gotta keep ’em VENTILATED! 😀
Don’t recall Dirty Harry, Kojak, Reid, or McCoy ever screaming like little girls, though. Helluva price to pay, for bein’ ‘stylish’… 🙄
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rcIJIWqYmo
And the last thing that went through his mind was?
“Doh”,,, besides the lead.
“I’m not going to judge the officer for the high-pitched screaming.” But then you went on and did. Women have different vocal cords than men, and you could hear that she had a naturally high pitched voice as she spoke to the suspect. She was a good officer who did a good job.
Ain’t he just Dunkin now?
He’s Dead Jim
Bet they both breathed a sigh of relief. Great work, great results.
what doesnt kill you only makes you stronger.
“As Tedesco’s backup arrives, an officer shoots Martell. He died at the scene.”
Best part of the story.
She seems like a very good officer – professsioal, alert, conscientious, compassionate. I commend her for her bravery.
Yet, there is a caviat. By nature women are not physically equal to men and since law enforcement is such a physically tasking job, most of the time, female officers will be overpowered by male perps. Females just don’t have the upper body strength, bone structure or endurance men have needed to fight off a male, especially the crazy ones. Sure there are exceptions, but not in most cases.
Also based on her very feminine emotional response (not a bad thing), it shows women have a different level of tolerance for incidents involving fear and risk. For example, you could count on one hand, women who race cars, bullride (OK, no puns please), skateboard. It’s just reality.
Good thing a MAN showed up to save the little lady.
Why would any woman want to do that kind of work? Call me sexist but they just don’t have the weight or strength. If they were snipers that would be different.
Maybe she was trying to use her supersonic voice to break glass. Good thing back up arrived.
Her screams alerted her partner.
They were crucial to her survival.
I just think she should’ve been much more prepared, less trusting, all along.
Good results though.
If she had no backup, her kids would be motherless today. That guy would have definitely shot and killed her. The fear in her voice was real. She was begging for her life.
Sorry for being blunt, but she was losing the arm wrestling thing and he wasn’t even out of the car. All he had to do was grab her uniform good and hard, reach for his second weapon (or use the first) and that would have been that.
This wasn’t a typical traffic stop. Isolated area, off hours. I know my senses would be on high alert and I wouldn’t have taken my eyes off his body movements.