• 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

Corrections Products Surveillance Duty Boots Wireless Communications Light Bars View All Categories

Suspect Pursuit Products

Featured Product:

Push Bumpers from Troy Products

Suspect Pursuit Article

February 12, 2008

EmailPrintTalk BackRegisterBookmarkRSSWhat's This

2 cruisers damaged in state high-speed chases

By Kevin Harter
Pioneer Press

ST. CROIX COUNTY, Minn. — The St. Croix County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate a high-speed chase Saturday that resulted in minor injuries and damage to three vehicles, including two police cruisers, St. Croix County Sheriff Dennis Hillstead said today.

A 2005 Ford Crown Victoria driven by Woodbury police officer Jeff Gort, 47, was chasing a 2000 Dodge Durango east on Interstate 94 into Wisconsin Saturday about 2:43 a.m. when the crash happened.

The Durango, driven by Jared G. Boucher, 29, Somerset, swerved around two sets of Stop Sticks near Hudson as Wisconsin State Trooper Curtis Tomkowiak, 22, joined the pursuit in a 2007 Ford Crown Victoria, authorities said.

Traveling at speeds topping 80 miles an hour, the Durango ran another set of Stop Sticks put down about nine miles east of Hudson that deflated the vehicle's two front tires, authorities said. The driver came to a sudden stop at the 10.5-mile mark and blocked both eastbound lanes of traffic.

The Wisconsin trooper's car stopped behind and to the left of the Durango. And two St. Croix County squad cars that had joined the pursuit pulled behind and to the right of the Durango.

But the Woodbury cruisers, apparently unable to stop, struck the State Patrol car in the rear, officials said. The impact spun the trooper's car and pushed into the side of the Durango.

Boucher, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was taken to Hudson Hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries and released. He was then booked into the St. Croix County Jail and will make his initial court appearance Tuesday. He faces felony charge of fleeing, attempting to elude police, and a misdemeanor charge of operating while impaired.

Tomkowiak and Gort, who were both wearing their seatbelts, were also treated and released. Both squad cars were extensively damaged. The Durango suffered moderate damage, according to the sheriff.

Copyright 2008 The Pioneer Press





Back to previous page