A Washington police officer recently received a nice assist from a local resident in a pickup truck. When the suspect he was seeking to contact took off on a bicycle, the citizen helped him make the arrest.
In bodycam video taken on Jan. 31, Lynnwood Police Officer John Merica is seen leaping from his cruiser and giving chase on foot after a suspect with more than $30,000 in outstanding warrants. (Yes, that’s his real last name, and it’s awesome.)
The suspect, who was on a bicycle, was able to quickly put some distance between himself and Officer Merica. As the officer ran down the street, never giving up the chase, a local resident in a blue Fordpickup truck pulled over to the side of the road in front of him, beckoning Officer Merica to jump aboard…