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Police responded Tuesday afternoon to reports of an officer who was injured after being run over by another officer during an altercation with a man on a bicycle near 14th and Fremont streets. The officer was transported to University Medical Center with a knee injury, and the man was treated and released.
Published Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 | 5:04 p.m.
Updated Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 | 8:03 p.m.
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A Metro Police officer was transported to University Medical Center with moderate injuries Tuesday afternoon after another officer accidentally ran over him while responding to a call Tuesday afternoon in downtown Las Vegas.
Metro Sgt. Richard Strader said a patrol officer stopped a man for traveling the wrong way on a bicycle at 4:10 p.m. at the intersection of 14th Street and Fremont Street.
Witnesses told police the man and the officer got into an altercation for an unknown reason, Strader said.
A nearby officer responded to the scene to assist the first officer. As he drove toward the two, he clipped the other police car and rolled over the officer’s leg as he was wrestling with the bicyclist on the ground, police said.
Both the man and the police officer were taken to the hospital. Their names were not released.
The bicyclist was treated and released with minor injuries, and the officer suffered a knee injury.
Strader said the bicyclist will be charged with driving on the wrong side of the road, and other counts are pending.
I am really proud of this officer for not using deadly force when most other officers would have!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, no kidding, totellitasitis. The combative bike rider can count his lucky stars that he didn't get shot in the back five times as did Erik Scott or get shot in the face with a .223 rifle round as did Trevon Cole.
Bob,
This type of scenario (minus the whole getting run over by another officer part) is far more common than shooting. Metro handles between 4,000 and 5,000 events A DAY, probably 50-100 of which have combative subjects of some sort. There have been some shootings that aren't as clean as anyone would like, but shooting suspects is far from the "norm" at Metro.
I hope the officer gets better quickly, and am actually glad the suspect is alright. Maybe his bumps will teach him not to fight with cops in the future ;-).
Long before Mosher lead the posse that executed Scott, he killed another citizen. Mosher testified in that case that he had no choice but to fire on the man because he was afraid the suspect was going to run into him with his car. Why didn't the first officer simply shoot the arriving cop rather than risk injury to himself? That was what a hero like Mosher would have done.
Once again Metro makes this city proud. Stopping dangerous bicyclists from terrorizing the valley. Don't even try to argue that wrong-way cycling is a victimless crime. It's a gateway offense that could ultimately lead to more heinous acts like wheelies or pedalling with no hands. Keep up the good work there Dougie.
Next the fools will be shooting one another.
Our police force is not the brightest in the land...here in the Dumbest City in the Land...
...but at least we're consistent.
Boys with toys...and badges & fun tasers.
All the cops should just go home and not enforce any crimes. Then there wouldn't be any crime in the valley. At least this seems to be bghs' thoughts....Which crimes should be enforced? Only violent crimes? Only crimes that affect you? Even the crime that seem "victimless" need to be enforced. We don't know what else was going on with the bicyclist, that promted the police to stop him...Believe it or not, very minor offenses lead police to greater crimes....I had a friend that stopped a car that was playing music really loud, and the driver was a fugitive from California who was wanted for murder. "Victimless crime" gets a really bad guy off the street.
So snap judgements bghs, lead to stupid comments like the one you posted above.
And since you weren't at the Costco, and obviously didn't watch the inquest, then how can you say that the officers did anything wrong?
@devil.dog...harrassing our citizens over things like loud music and the direction of their bicycle travels is not what I expect from my police force. Using such insignificant violations as a excuse to go fishing is pretty close to harassment in my opinion. How many people did your friend harass that were not wanted?
And I did watch the inquest, but I never said anything about the officers doing anything wrong.
Best wishes to the officer on his recovery.
Driving his bike the wrong way? What
Hey can someone explain how this situation escalated to the point where it ended in an altercation for riding a bicycle the wrong way, Heck you should ride your bike in the direction he was because of all the distracted driving that's not being enforced.
Riding a bicycle the wrong way is a hazard for bicyclist and drivers.
Perhaps it is time for driver's training refresher courses for all Metro officers.
@bghs1986:
I for one don't consider it harassment when they are merely enforcing laws on the books.
I don't know how many times I'm stuck next to some idiot that has his crap music up so loud you can't hear yourself think.. let alone hear an emergency vehicle.
If not the police enforcing these things then who? I certainly am not going to tell some punk to turn it down, because most times they will get ignorant. Let the cops handle it.
So stop considering everything harassment, or our society will be overrun with the kind of trash that thinks breaking laws, no matter how minor, is acceptable.
bghs,
You cannot pick and choose the laws that you want enforced because a few see tham as "harrassment."
The laws were enacted for the protection and welfare of the populace as a whole.
If some jerk was driving down your street at midnight blasting his stereo for an hour, would you call the police because you were annoyed with him? I would think that would be a prudent issue to report. Riding the bike the wrong way is a danger to both the rider and drivers. A bike rider is required to follow ALL traffic laws. If you think that officers are harrassing citizens for violation of the law, then lead the charge to change the laws, not the way that they are enforced, these officers are doing their jobs, and you say that they are not, because you don't like that laws they enforce.
And you did in fact say the officers did wrong shooting Erik Scott.
"Mosher lead the posse that executed Scott" is this not inflamatory and condemming officers for their actions?
BTW, a lot of major criminals are located and arested due to minor "routine" traffic violations.
Many "routine" traffic stops turn into major arrests because officers often find wanted drivers/passengers, drugs, guns and stolen property in vehicles and on people committing minor offenses.
If you need proof of how a "minor infraction" can solve big crimes, see how a patrol officer's "routine" traffic stop idetified a murder suspect, and the officer didn't even know it!
http://www.lvrj.com/news/one-arrested-in...
By enforcing the traffic laws, this officer helped solve a really horrific crime.
As kids we were taught we SHOULD ride against traffic so we can see what's coming at us. Never quite understood why that changed... too many distracted drivers on cell phones so I would prefer to SEE the enemy as they approach. As for the cops in this whole case scenarie - the word KEYSTONE comes to mind - not to mention the amount of cop cars lining up the streets (couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this on a the newscast). And they also created a motorcade and brought all traffic to a stop while the ambulance was enroute to hospital - heck, the last time I rode in an ambulance there were no cops around stopping traffic for me :( What a fricken joke.
One last thing... the next time this bicyclist is on the road he'll be driving his new BMW which he'll buy with the money he makes from the lawsuit he's sure to file against Metro. I mean honestly folks, a cop who clips another cop car ... maybe HE should have been given a ticket for not maintaining control of his vehicle huh?
Lv1 and Devil Dog...Cops "pick and choose the laws they enforce" all the time. If they were actually concerned about the safety issues with wrong way bike riders and stopped every one they came across, they would have time for nothing else. I doubt anyone can make it through the day without violating some arcane law, but I doubt any of us would stand for being detained every day by a cop fishing for a warrant arrest.
The ugly truth is the ones who "think breaking laws, no matter how minor, is acceptable" are the ones in uniform. Cops in this valley have shown they have no problems lying under oath, arresting citizens on bogus charges as a mode of revenge, slanted photo arrays son they can arrest the guy they have rather than the guy that did it. Killing innocent people because they were homeless, Mexican or just because they were married to gal they were sleeping with. And while most cops aren't guilty of these atrocities, they are complicit through their silence.
And I would never even consider reporting someone with their stereo one too loud. In fact, I would hesitate to call the police in almost any situation. I would not be able to live with the guilt if I was the one that called the cops only to see them escalate an innocuous event to the point where they convinced themselves the only solution is to take a life.
Well at least they aren't crashing into citizens this week.
Oh, it's only Wednesday - never mind.
Can you imagine how sucky this cop's life is going to be for the next few months? Every time he goes to work... "Hey there Mario Andretti...."
I don't know about your co-workers, but mine would never let me live this down.
I'm glad everyone is alive.
@azsk8fan
You are right I was taught the same thing and the reason being there would be two sets of eyes on situation as opposed to the one that's texting, I mean how many bicyclist have been struck from behind and died and didn't have a chance to react to the car coming for them in the last 8 months.
And can someone tell me this how is it more dangerous for a driver to meet a bicyclist head on as opposed to with the flow.