Could you out run a police officer?

A bunch of the PSU XC and Track guys outran dozens of police (the Mifflin Streak). Of course, they were chasing about 30 streakers. So the ratio of cops to runners was about 1:2. The only guy who got caught was a javelin thrower, and he easily shook off the cop. I heard he threw him onto the hood of a car.

As an ex trooper, when someone ran from me and it was apparent that he could not out run me, I would let him go for awhile and then tackle and cuff him. That was when things got interesting. I would run him back to my cruiser. You never heard so complaining. On a serious note though, you have to remember criminals are like the average cop too, they are just as fat and out of shape as well.

Justin C.. wrote:

No Thanks

K-9

Stun Guns

Bean Bag Guns

Real Guns

Back-up

Helicopters

Cars

Wow, what did you do?

Mrs. Butterworth wrote:

Hot Diggity Dog wrote:

I bet you couldn't out ride this horse:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-xR1HErmH8

LOL, ~1 min some guy uses the opportunity to break away from the peleton

I like the pathetic "cycle fight" that was linked on the side.

arroyo runner wrote:

A direct quote from an arresting officer back in my high school days:

"Can't outrun a Motorola son." I didn't think it was remotely funny at the time.

Classic!!!

There is a cross country 5k in my town every year called the foot pursuit 5k. It's open to everyone, but there is also a team competition between police departments from the surrounding towns. Of course they're going to send their best runners because of bragging rights. Not one police officer has broken 19min in three years. The course is used for a few of the local cross country teams and every year hundreds of high schoolers run under 19min. Cops are slow and lazy. Only if someone with authority would see this thread and decide to hire a running coach and get them in shape. I would be thrilled if the cops in my town could outrun the criminal stealing my running shoes.

the key to running from the cops is to take off in the opposite direction from where you want to be headed

then after you are out of sight, you double back and head home

that way when the radio you local, they say you are headed "south" instead of north

I remember there was a UC-Berkeley runner turned cop I used to run with (Kimball G.). He was a 1:48 (relay) 800-meter runner. When he was on duty I got to watch him run down some hippie near the Greek Theater where they have a lot of concerts. That hippie was pretty quick too--I don't think he expected to get caught. It took about 200+ meters for KG to catch him, but he ended up getting tackled and roadkilled on the pavement by 170 pounds of pissed off cop. Pretty funny.

Officer Michaels: [out of breath] He's a freak...

[panting]

Officer Michaels: He's the fastest kid alive...

Politicus Finch wrote:

There is a 5K in phoenix where you race active FBI agents. If you beat them you win prizes.

Like what, free phone tapping, and free search of your personal records?

I've always said that 800m runners are ideally suited to outrun the cops.

Are you kidding me. What do you train for?

Regionals...Nationals? I trained to outrun cops and potentially become a ninja. If you cant outrun "the man" then why bother.

But in all seriousness, there was nothing I loved more then a Saturday night gone wrong after a tough race and a few beers.

You feel like the friggen Flash.

At the first hint of trouble when its clear something is going down and there is that time lapse where your window of opportunity for either running or submitting to your wrongs is open, you always choose the run option. Your friends (usually runners) should no this is the unspoken default option. I cant tell you how many times I've been chased into and out of the woods, around a lake, down a road and once even over a roof throughout my four years of college.

With my worst injury being a really f***ed up knee and my worst chase ending in "some questioning" the next day by campus safety (pussies) I wouldn't take back a single chase.

God I love running from the cops.

In the suburbs of Seattle it takes a fairly egregous violation for the cops to actually get out of the car and chase you. Even when they do get out its generally not more than a 20m pursuit.

That said, I know two former runners in the Seattle police force. One ran 9:00 for 3000SC at Univ of Washington (and is only a few years out of school), and the other is in shape to run at least one 4:50 mile. The second guy is a bicycle cop, and is quite proficient on the bike (23mph rides for 2 hours are not uncommon.) I can't wait for some cyclist that thinks he's a superhero to try to out-bike this guy.

nyrr stages a firefighter vs. police officer race every year. unfortunately, outsiders are not allowed.

Every weekend in high school my xc team would have sleepovers and we would f*** with people at night we called it nightmonkeying. We would launch fireworks ding dong ditch, set up cones, and throw snowballs at cars. We out ran the cops so many times it was absurd. Some notable stories: I outran three cops at once going thru the woods at night. Another time i shoved a cop off me with a 40 and out ran his ass. Ive ran next to a cop car going thru a parking lot before i dusted the cop in the woods.

My greatest triumph was in college when i was pool hopping the cops came. I was wasted and had no shoes on. I scaled a 12 foot fence out ran a staty and 3 cops and by the time i heard the k9 bark i was a mile into the woods almost home. However my friend got caught and we all got charged. so the moral of the story is no matter how good you are at runnin your only as good as everyone around you.

Im not as fast as a lot of people (prs: 100-11.6 400-51.9 800-1:57 1500-4:07 5k- 15:55) but i can cut, accelerate, and jump like no other.

Don't TAZE me bro!!!!

I wonder if David Mack chased a lot of people down.

How about the days when Lasse Viren was a "police officer"? If I saw him coming I'd opt to stay and fight rather than keep running.

it wouldn't be hard to out run just about all cops if they are on foot... but usually, people who run try to hide and quit running and that is when they get caught. just keep running, don't stop until you put a great deal of distance on them... that is the key. stopping and hiding will lead to nothing but trouble. trust me, i know.