• Login
• My Profile
• Help

Search

Products Police Products Accident Reconstruction AEDs AFIS Ammunition Antennas Apparel Badges Bags and Cases Ballistic Shields Batons Bicycles Biometrics Body Armor Books and Training Materials CAD Cameras Cargo Storage Collectibles Communications Communications Interoperability Computer Forensics Concealable Armor Consoles Correctional Armor Corrections Products Crime Scene Investigation Crisis Communications Data/Information Sharing Software Dispatch Equipment DNA Forensics Duty Boots Duty Gear Emergency Lighting Emergency Preparedness Emergency Response Emergency Response Software EOD Evidence Management Eyewear False Alarm Management Financial Services Firearm Accessories Firearms Firearms Storage Fitness Flashlights Footwear For Cops, By Cops Forensic Supplies Gas Masks GIS/Mapping Software Gloves Gun Cleaning Gun Racks Handguns Headsets Helmets Holsters In Car Video Investigation Investigation Software Jail Management K9 Police Training K9 Products Knives Laser Traffic Enforcement Less Lethal License Plate Readers Light Bars Medical Supplies Mics Mobile Computers Mobile Data Motorcycle Accessories and Gear Motorcycles Mounts Night Vision Outerwear P25 Radios Partitions and Barriers Patrol Cars Personal Protective Equipment Personal Shields Personal Transportation Vehicles Police Robots Power Distribution Precision Rifle Prisoner Transport Projectiles and Launchers Public Safety Software Public Venue Protection Push Bumper Radar Radio/Wireless Networks Radios Report Writing Software Restraints Riot Gear RMS Satellite Communications Scheduling Search and Rescue Secure Communications Shooting Range Equipment Shotguns Sights and Scopes Simulation Software Sirens Software Specialty Vehicles Sprays and Aerosols Storage Surveillance Tactical Apparel Tactical Armor Tactical Entry Tactical Eyewear Tactical Footwear Tactical Headsets Tactical Medical / TEMS Tactical Products Tactical Video TASER Technology Thermal Imaging Traffic Enforcement Training Training Gear Training Products Training Services Training Simulators Undercover Undergear Uniforms Vehicle Equipment Vehicle Graphics Vehicles Video Analysis Video Surveillance Weapon Lights Wire Tap Systems Wireless Communications Wireless Handsets Wireless Networking WMD Equipment

• PoliceOne Email

Suspect Pursuit Resources

ALERT International National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Police Driving Vehicles & Accessories Forum (Secure) More Links Submit A Listing

Featured Product Categories

License Plate Readers Wire Tap Systems In Car Video Emergency Lighting Vehicle Graphics View All Categories

Suspect Pursuit Products

Featured Product:

Push Bumpers from Troy Products

Suspect Pursuit Article

August 25, 2007

EmailPrintTalk BackRegisterBookmarkRSSWhat's This

Fla. deputy suspended for running red light during pursuit

By Stephen Thompson
The Tampa Tribune

PINELLAS, Fla. — A Pinellas sheriff's deputy begins a four-day suspension today after sheriff's administrators determined he ran a red light during a chase and crashed into another vehicle, injuring a woman.

Deputy John Bradshaw ran the light at 38th Avenue North and 49th Street in St. Petersburg at 1:30 a.m. Sept. 22, according to sheriff's internal affairs documents released Wednesday. Bradshaw's cruiser struck a Toyota 4Runner driven by Grace Mariano Umali. Riding as a passenger was Umali's son, the sheriff's office said at the time.

Umali's injuries were described as not life-threatening. Her 3-year-old son, who was in the car, was not seriously hurt, the sheriff's office said at the time. Bradshaw broke his left leg.

Earlier in the evening, Bradshaw spotted a white Buick Regal traveling erratically. He started chasing the car after the driver failed to pull over for a traffic stop, sheriff's officials have said.

The pursuit began near Ulmerton Road and 49th Street North and proceeded south on 49th. Deputies placed stop sticks in the road at 46th Avenue North to blow out the tires, sheriff's officials said.

Farther south, at 38th Avenue North, Bradshaw's squad car collided with Umali's 4Runner. The squad car struck a utility pole and the 4Runner flipped, coming to rest upside down, sheriff's officials said.

Bradshaw was driving at least 57 mph, the internal affairs documents say.

Farther south, the Buick Regal stopped because its tires had blown, sheriff's officials said. A woman with a 2-year-old stayed in the car, but the five male occupants bolted, sheriff's officials have said. Three of the men were arrested that night; two others eluded authorities.

Bradshaw was disciplined for policy violations including one that requires deputies to obey laws.

Reporter Stephen Thompson can be reached at (727) 451-2336 or spthompson@tampatrib.com

Copyright 2007 Tampa Tribune

Back to previous page