A Star police officer was chasing an e-bike in March when he ran a stop sign and collided with a local man’s car, according to a claim.
The claim, made against Ada County and other jurisdictions by a passenger in the car, includes police documents that allege county Sheriff’s Deputy Jesse Norris slowed his police car to 10 to 15 miles per hour at the stop sign before continuing and ultimately crashing. The city of Star contracts with Ada County for its police force.
At the time, Norris’s emergency lights were on but not his siren, and the driver of the car that Norris hit didn’t have a stop sign, a Meridian police report said. The driver, an 87-year-old man from Star, and his passenger were taken to the hospital by a relative, according to the report…