PALMDALE – Two men were arrested late Wednesday night after leading sheriff’s deputies on a chase through residential streets in Palmdale.
Deputies responded to 27th Street East and E. Avenue R-12 at approximately 11:35 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17, regarding a possible reckless driving suspect under the influence, said Lt. Jeffrey Rhea of the Los Angeles County Sheriffs’ Department’s Palmdale Station.
When deputies approached the suspect’s vehicle, which Rhea described as a white Mazda, the suspects drove away and led deputies on a slow-speed pursuit through residential streets of east Palmdale.
During the pursuit, deputies saw one of the suspects throw an object out of the car, Rhea said.
Near Avenue R and 55th Street East, deputies caught up with the suspects and arrested them. They also recovered a firearm they believe belonged to the suspects, Rhea said.
Rhea said charges against the suspects were still pending and the case is under investigation.
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Scottish says
The deputies have to apply a chill them and grill them approach to law enforcement. Chill them and grill them means to put drug dealers on the map or on record. Any suspicious vehicles are stopped and drug dogs are taken to sniff vehicles while another deputy checks the driver’s license. If a scent is picked up and drugs found they get arrested to be on record.
Tim Scott says
Great theory, except we all know that any process where deputies are entrusted with choosing what vehicles are “suspicious” is just cover for “go pick on the brown people.”
How many times have you had to explain to your boss that you are late for work because you got pulled over on some half baked pretense and then spent forty-five minutes on the side of the road getting sniffed at by dogs? If your heritage is actually Scottish we can assume the answer is zero, but you of all people should be appalled my this because you are probably only here because your ancestors three or four generations back were driven from their homes by similar “law enforcement” tactics.