Police in Long Beach today arrested a man who stole one of their cruisers and then led officers on a chase before surrendering.
Around 6:05 a.m., officers were conducting parking enforcement in the 800 block of West 12th Street when a man unrelated to the operation got into a police cruiser and drove off, according to Long Beach police spokesman Eric Stachura.
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“Officers located the vehicle in the area of Pacific Place and Wardlow Road, and a brief vehicle pursuit ensued,” Stachura said. “The suspect yielded to officers, and he was safely arrested.”
CBS Los Angeles reported that the vehicle was a black-and-white police pickup truck. They reported the suspected thief got on the police radio and talked with officers during the pursuit before eventually surrendering…