These Minnesota cops just reeled in a big one… literally.
On Saturday afternoon (Aug. 30), officers tried pulling over a 2000 white Toyota Tundra towing a U-Haul trailer after the driver ran a red light at Yankee Doodle Road and Denmark Avenue in Eagan. Instead of stopping, the driver hit the gas and led officers on a chase that wound its way into St. Paul.
One of Eagan PD’s Chevy Tahoes was equipped with a brand-new tool called The Grappler, which is basically a heavy-duty net designed to snag a fleeing vehicle’s back wheels and bring the chase to a safe stop. This was the department’s very first time using it (also the first agency in the North Star State to use it), and sure enough, it worked like a charm…