Do you think you could outrun the police?

I believe in the ghetto, what that woman did is referred to as “holding you down when the blocks hot”

No, but when you pick the police 800m champion like I did when I was younger you probably will

I jumped into a 5k race at the last minute only to find out it was 80 percent cops and people in the police academy. I won the race (my first win ever) by over a minute. I kept looking over my shoulder expecting someone to pass me, but it never happened. I was 54 at the time and my time was just over 19 minutes. Cops are slow, that why they have guns and tasers.

I have known overweight out of shape dudes fueled by drugs and adrenaline outrun police. Not that this is always gonna work for people.

The fastest New York 5th avenue mile police runner was Anthony Morales with a 4:42. Considering I was a sprinter, If i can lose him in the first 600 meters, I'm good. If he hangs on then I'm finished. Anyone else I'm safe.

I've had to outrun a machete-wielding robber and irate dog owners who didn't like it when I defended myself against their attacking canines. Neither stood a chance. I had adrenaline and many years of running experience on my side. Lucky that neither had a firearm. Unless a police has trained for long-distance running, they're not going to last for more than a few hundred meters.

Yes, you may be able to physically outperform many cops, but what you can't outrun is a radio, and all the backup coming. Add in K-9's, perimeter set-ups, and even things like doorbell cameras belonging to helpful citizens, and helicopters (which some agencies do have), and you'll have a tough time outrunning the police for very long. If you're lucky, you'll take off on a cop like me, who after a couple decades, doesn't get into foot pursuits anymore. Unless you've killed someone, I don't get paid enough and it isn't worth the headaches these days.

In general, slow. Be careful though. Joe Falcon became a cop. I believe David Mack was too. Even I was a sub 15 5k guy back in the day, and I wasn't the fastest cop around. There were a few top regional guys, Brian Harshman comes to mind, that happened to also be cops.

A guy I know, former British xc international, came home to see a guy hoofing it out the back door with an armful of loot. He jogged behind the guy until the guy basically collapsed onto the pavement in exhaustion, and then performed the citizen's arrest.

Of course, that's probably every serious runner's dream come true.

Imagine getting chased by officer Joe Falcon down the street

But if you are smart enough to zig & zag while you're running you probably won't get a fatal wound. And yes, when I was a teenager, I would run from the police.

I'd run from them when I saw a squad car rounding a corner. I wasn't engaged in any illegal activities. I'd run, just because they thought I was up to no good. Actually, I was justing messing with them. I'd stop after a short chase, 200-400m and then stop. They'd always ask me why I was running from them. I'd always respond, "Is there a law against that?"

That really grinded their groins. But no crime was committed so off I went. This was a long time ago, in a small white farm town in central Illinois. I wouldn't not encourage todays teens to attempt doing this prank today.

But, yea, the cops in my town hated me.

If it is a minor infraction then you can probably get away but not certain if it is worth the risk. If it is a major infraction then it may be worth the risk but your odds of getting away go down significantly.

Play stupid games….

It's not hard to elude a cop, but they won't forget. If you live where that cop patrols, you may have to run again.

Learn to elude them before they even see you.

Yes. I did this many times when I was younger. One time I was chased directly from behind by car (about 8 meters back) while I slow trotted across a long field in the rain. The key was keeping my cool and realizing that they had to stop the car to get out and that they didn’t want to do this. And yeah I trusted that they were not going to shoot me or run me over—but mileage may vary from town to town on this! Anyway, I saved my energy and waited for the woods to sprint. And I knew the woods better than practically any human alive so knew I’d be fine once there.

Car was directly behind me for a good thirty seconds. The field was pitch black except for the giant spotlight thrown out by the car’s high beams and waves were sloshing out from it’s tires. It was very dramatic and one of my life’s clearest memories.

Why was it chasing me? My friends and I used to play “tag” with cops, taking off running at random any time they came near. They almost always took the bait. Took about 20+ chases before one of us was finally caught and arrested..which was the end of that game.

Name or STFU.

It's not like it won't be known to his community that he is a cop, so there is no reason not to say who.

America, where it is considered better to shoot a non-violent criminal in the back then have them evade arrest.

David Mack was a crooked cop and a very stupid bank robber. Even if he somehow kept the stolen $700,000, he forfeited the chance at a police pension from his retirement until his death, and spent a long time in the greybar hotel.