Mississippi                                              December  2005
Police were transporting a handcuffed subject to a holding center when the subject escaped from the back seat of the moving patrol car.
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Washington                                            December  2005
Police arrested a man in connection with an auto theft.  The man was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a partitioned police car while officers interviewed witnesses.  The man was able to get his handcuffs in front of his body, wiggle his way through the protective partition into the front seat, and speed away.  The man led police on a short high speed chase before crashing the police car in a wooded area.  More than a dozen officers along with tracking dogs plus a helicopter using nighttime infrared equipment, found the man and captured him again.  Police estimate the wrecked police car damaged at about $5,000.00.
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Texas                                                     December  2005
Police were transporting a subject when he kicking out the patrol car window and escaped.
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Virginia                                                  December  2005
Deputies were giving a ride to a subject back to his residence.  The subject was in the back seat of a patrol car when he became combative and broke out a window of the police car.
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Michigan                                                December  2005
Police responded to a car stuck in the ditch but when officers arrived, the man attacked one of the officers.  Police arrested the man and placed him handcuffed into the back seat of a police car.  During transport to jail, the man was able to wiggle his handcuffed hands to the front of his body and bust out the police car's back window then he escaped.  Officers rushed to the escape scene and the man was eventually captured again and taken to jail.  Three officers were hurt during the event.
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Illinois                                                    December  2005
Police arrested two men after receiving a tip of drugs being stored in a garage.  When police arrived at the address they they saw a large bundle of marihuana in the middle of the open garage and a set of scales.  Officers handcuffed both subjects and placed them in the back seat of a police car.  During a search, one of the subjects kicked the window out of the police car.    
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Indiana                                                  December  2005
An officer responded to a car accident and arrested a teen who took the vehicle without permission and for possession of drugs.  The officers was talking to the teen's mother when the teen was able to escape the back seat of the police car by rolling down a window.  The teen was  recaptured a short distance away.
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New Mexico                                           December  2005
A lady was arrested for prostitution, handcuffed behind her back, and placed in the front seat of an unmarked police detective car to await transport.  While investigating the incident, the lady was alone in the detective's police car "for a brief moment," but was able to slip her handcuffed hands in front of her body, get into the driver seat of the detective's police car, and drive away.  The lady abandoned the detective's police car and fled on foot.  Officers quickly caught the lady and took her back into custody.  
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California                                               December  2005
Police were called to an accident and found three juvenile girls at the scene and a fourth girl had left the scene.  When the fourth girl returned to the accident scene, she was put in the back seat of a police car where she kicked out the rear window.  Police said the other three girls then tried to kick out the window of the police car they were in, but were removed before they could cause any damage.  
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South Carolina                                       December  2005
Police arrested a man who broke into a guest cottage and started living.  The residence own discovered the man and held him at gun point until officers arrived.  The man was handcuffed and transported in the back seat of a police car to jail.  During transport, the man wriggled free from one of his handcuffs.  When the officer opened the police car door at the jail, the man pushed the officer and ran.  The officer chased the man, but lost him.  The man broke into a home about four hours later and stole a handgun and jacket.  A resident there was awaken and reported the burglary.  A helicopter and more than 20 officers searched the area for the burglar.  The following morning a detective spotted the armed man who surrendered to officers peacefully.
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Arkansas                                                December  2005
Officers stopped a subject for a traffic violation, and the subject fled on foot.  Officer located the subject a short time later and found illegal drugs on him.  The subject was handcuffed and placed in the backseat of a police car.  While officers were searching the subject's room, the subject was able to escape from the police car and flee on foot.  Police were notified of a sighting of the escaped subject who attempted to hide in an attic.  After a short chase, the subject was captured again, and the subject was still handcuffed. 
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Pennsylvania                                         December  2005
Officers captured 2 subjects that attacked a elderly woman.  During a pat-down search; officers confiscated numerous packets, some containing a white substance and off-white substance, that field-tested positive for heroin and cocaine, plus two syringes and a spoon.  When placed into a police vehicle for transport, one subject kicked out and shattered the driver’s side rear window of the police car.
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New York                                               December  2005
Officers arrested a man for driving while intoxicated.  The man was handcuffed behind his back and placed in the back seat of a marked police car.  While officers were getting vehicle information from the man's car, the man was able to slip out of the handcuffs, get into the driver seat of the police car, and drove off.  Officers lost site of the stolen police car, but did find it abandoned a short time later.  The man fled on foot and was found about 45 minutes later during a search with many officers and tracking dogs.  The man was injured as he resisted arrest and was treated then released from a hospital and taken to jail.    
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Florida                                                   December  2005
Deputies responded to a call of an male intruder who climbed into a girl's bedroom window.  Deputies found out the man's name and attempted to talk to him at his house, but the man refused and was shocked with a Taser gun before being taken into custody.  As the man was being transported to the victim's house for a positive ID, he escaped from the police car.  The man was shocked with a Taser gun again near some woods and taken back into custody.
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Florida                                                   December  2005
Police handcuffed a woman and placed her in the back seat of a police car.  The woman somehow escaped from the police car and fled on foot.  About ten police units and a helicopter searched the area and officers went door-to-door, but did not locate her.
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Wisconsin                                              December  2005
Police arrested a naked man who ran through a lady's home and police found him hiding behind bushes.  When officers confronted the man, he attempted to fight, but was subdued with pepper spray.  After being handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a police car, the man repeatedly kicked the back window of the police car until it broke. Officers then had to use a stun gun twice to subdue the man.  The man was then taken to a hospital for treatment.  
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Maryland                                                December  2005
Two detectives were transporting a suspect in connection with a first-degree murder charge.  The suspect was handcuffed behind his back and in an unmarked detective's unit when he became combative and kicked the steering wheel, causing the detective to lose control temporarily. The suspect opened his door and rolled out of the police vehicle and was struck by the rear tire, but he managed to escape.
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Oklahoma                                              December  2005
A deputy arrested a subject for public drunkenness and other charges.  The subject was put in the back seat of a caged patrol car while deputies tended to others at the location.  When the deputies returned, they found a rear side window kicked out of the patrol car.       
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Texas                                                     December  2005
As a patrol car arrived in the jail’s sally port, a prisoner opened the back door of the patrol car and fled on foot before the sally port closed.  They thought the locks malfunctioned or the suspect neutralized them while entering the patrol car.
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California                                               December  2005
Police arrested a man for driving under the influence after running into several parked cars in a parking lot.  Once the man was handcuffed and put in the back seat of a police car, he became extremely combative.  The man urinated in the police car, managed to shift his handcuffed hands to the front of his body, and he kicked out a window of the police car, badly damaging the door.  
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Washington                                            December  2005
While officers arrested a driver for DUI, the passenger was waiting in a patrol car where she kicked out the rear window of the patrol car. 
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Connecticut                                            December  2005
Police investigated a drunk driving crash which trapped two occupants inside the vehicle.  One other passenger which was not trapped, was arrested after being uncooperative at the scene and then kicked out a rear window of a police car. 
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New York                                               December  2005
Police arrested the driver of a vehicle which crashed into another vehicle and fled the scene.  The man was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a police car where he became combative and nearly kicked out the back window of the police car.    
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South Carolina                                       December  2005
Officers arrested a man for shoplifting and on outstanding warrants.  The man was handcuffed, shackled, and placed in the back seat of a caged police car.  While being transported, the man was able to escaped by breaking down the back door of the police car and he fled on foot.  Officers searched the area and captured the man a short time later.
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Kentucky                                                December  2005
Officers encountered a juvenile, who was on court-ordered curfew.  When the officers told the juvenile he had to leave because of the curfew, the juvenile then became belligerent.  Officers took the juvenile into custody for the violation and placed him in the back seat of a police car where the juvenile kicked the inside of the cruiser causing damage to the police car door handle.  
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Kentucky                                                December  2005
An officer stopped a subject for reckless driving.  The officer instructed the subject to get out of the car which he did, but shortly after that; the subject jumped back into the car and attempted to drive away.  The officer jumped in the driver's seat, on the subject before he took off.  The officer was dragged about 500 feet with one of his legs hanging out of the car and was treated at the hospital.  
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South Dakota                                         December  2005
An officer arrested a subject for DUI, handcuffed the subject with his hands in front and put him in the back seat of a patrol car.  The subject was able to get out of the back seat of the patrol car and run away while the officer was searching the subject's car.  When the arresting officer and another officer went to the address the subject gave, they saw him in the house with a firearm and the subject fired off.  A Special Response Team was called in and officers evacuated some residences in the area.  After several hours of negotiation, the subject surrendered peacefully; about 8 hours after the traffic stop.
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Pennsylvania                                         December  2005
An officer arrested a man for drunk driving.  During transport to jail, the man kicked out the passenger side rear window of the police car. 
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Wyoming                                                December  2005
Police fought with and arrested a man who broke into a woman's apartment and physically attacked her.  After officers arrested the man, he was placed in the back seat of a patrol car where he kicked out a window.
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Michigan                                                December  2005
Police responded to a call of a man who ran over a mail box.  An officer saw and man running into an apartment.  When the officer went to the apartment, the man tried to push the officer out.  Both men fell through a storm door and the man had to be subdued.  Once inside the police car, the man repeatedly tried to kick out a window and bent the door frame.    
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Missouri                                                  December  2005
A man was arrested for a probation violation.  The handcuffed man was being transported in the back seat of a police car when he claimed he needed to vomit.  When the officer pulled to the shoulder and opened the police car door, the man lunged at the officer knocking him back.  The man fled on foot and the officer was unable to catch him.
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Utah                                                       December  2005
An officer was going to arrest a subject for three outstanding warrants on drug-related charges.  The officer told the subject of the warrants, and the subject asked if he could put his slippers on that were in the back of his car.  Instead of getting the slippers, the subject fled down an incline off the freeway, over a barbed wire fence and through a field. An officer chasing the subject got caught on the barbed wire and was submerged in 4 feet of cold water, and had to be treated for hypothermia.
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Ohio                                                       December  2005
A trooper stopped a vehicle that matched the description of being involved in a break-in.  Two men and a woman were detained in police cars while officers searched the premises.  The one man kicked out the Plexiglas divider in one of the police car between the front and back seats, opened the front door of the police car and fled.  He was not handcuffed and had not been arrested yet.    
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Alabama                                                December  2005
Police arrested a subject for drug charges and while handcuffed, kicked out a window in the back seat of a police car.     
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Florida                                                   December  2005
An inmate was being transported to a hearing when the private security van he was riding in broke down.  The van driver was at gas station parking lot getting the transport van repaired when a prisoner jumped out and escaped while a guard was loading prisoners up.
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Utah                                                       December  2005
Police arrested a man who was trying to use stolen checks and who had outstanding warrants.  After being handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a caged police car, the man managed to get out of the patrol car and fled foot while the officer talked to another suspect.
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Ohio                                                       December  2005
Police stopped a vehicle during a normal traffic stop, and saw drugs, scales, and masks in the car.  During the traffic stop, the officer also found a weapon and body armor, but both suspects fought with, then fled police on foot when officers attempted to arrest them.
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Florida                                                   November  2005
Officers arrested a man on a warrant for firearm and drug violations while on probation.  The man was handcuffed and being transported to jail when he was able to slip one hand out of the handcuffs and roll the window down of the police car.  When the police car turned the corner, the man jumped out of the window of the police car and ran.  He was found hiding under a broken down RV but would not come out on his own.  A police dog was sent under the RV with the man being bitten twice.  The man was transported to a hospital, then jail.
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Connecticut                                            November  2005
A woman was arrested and placed in the back seat of a police car.  The woman slipped a handcuff off hand, reached into the front compartment from the back seat and opened the rear passenger window.  The woman reached outside and opened the police car door.  The woman fled on foot, but was captured a short time later. 
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Texas                                                     November  2005
An officer was transporting a subject to jail shoplifting.  The subject used his own handcuff key to remove his handcuffs and get away.
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Georgia                                                  November  2005
Officers arrested a man for drug and weapon charges.  The man was in a police transport van being transported to jail when the man picked a lock on the back door of the transport van and fled on foot.        
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Ohio                                                       November  2005
Police arrested a man who was attempting to kill his wife with a gun.  The man kicked his wife, then got a rifle and fired several shots at her.  When deputies arrived, he was reloading the rifle.  During transport, the man tried to kick a window out of the police car.
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Montana                                                 November  2005
A man was arrested for drug paraphernalia and outstanding warrants.  The man was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a patrol car while the officer interviewed another person.  The arrested man kicked out the window of a patrol car and fled on foot, but was captured.
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Illinois                                                    November  2005
Police arrested a man who refused to pay a cab fare and causing a disturbance.  When police arrived, the man ran at officers and had to be restrained by officers.  One officer used a Taser in an attempt to restrain the man.  After being placed in a police car, the man kicked and broke out a police car window.  The man then tried to hop away from officers after he was placed in leg restraints.    
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Maryland                                                November  2005
A prisoner was being transported to another facility when he jumped out of a transport van when the van stopped at an intersection.  The prisoner fled on foot and not captured.
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Colorado                                               November  2005
A drunken driver was arrested a put into the front seat of the patrol car due to a K-9 which was in the back seat.  While the deputy was inventorying the subject's vehicle, the subject managed to contort his handcuffed arms from behind his back, unbuckle his seatbelt and drive off in a patrol car.  Other officers gave chase, with the subject hitting several mailboxes and a fire hydrant.  The chase ended three minutes after it began on a dead end road.  The subject got out of the patrol car with his hands still handcuffed and was taken back into custody.  The police dog was shaken but unharmed and the patrol car had to be towed.  Sheriff's Deputy said, "it was not a laughing matter."  "Nobody's looking at it as being funny. It's a serious thing, and we want to make sure it doesn't happen again."
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Tennessee                                             November  2005
An officer arrested a lady involved in a robbery.  The lady was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a patrol car while officers were speaking with the lady's father.  While the officers were talking to the lady's father, the lady managed to escape from both the handcuffs and the patrol car.  After escaping the patrol car the lady stole her father’s pickup truck.  2 officers attempted to pull her from the pickup, but she sped away, dragging the two officers for a short distance before they fell to the pavement, slightly injuring both officers.  Officers chased the lady in the stolen pickup with the lady colliding with a patrol car head on.  The stolen pickup was “spun out” by a deputy with some patrol car damage.  The lady was taken into custody for a second time and taken to a hospital then to jail.  After the accident and spin out, both of those officers were treated at a hospital.
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Iowa                                                       November  2005
A deputy tried to stop a man for a traffic violation, and the man did not stop.  The man continued to flee and drove through a fence, backed into a patrol car, through a deep ditch, crossed a road, and struck an embankment, then taken into custody.  A trooper took the man to the hospital for an examination, but the man fought the trooper at the hospital.  Another officer assisted the trooper and was transporting the man on to jail.  During the transport, the man tried to kick out the rear window of the patrol car.
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South Dakota                                         November  2005
Police arrested a drunk driver in a stolen vehicle which led them on a chase.  The driver was arrested and placed in the back seat of a police car where he broke out a window of the police car.  
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Connecticut                                            November  2005
While police were investigating a shooting, they arrested another man on narcotics charges.  While in the back seat, the man tried to kick out the windows of the police car. 
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Texas                                                     November  2005
Police went to arrest a man for drunk driving, but the man fought officers.  The man kicked one officer and spit on another.  After being handcuffed and placed in a police car, the man tried to kick out a police car window.
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Wisconsin                                              November  2005
A teenager escaped authorities while he was being transported to a juvenile detention facility.  The teen slipped his hands out of handcuffs, slipped off his boots, and took off running after the deputy stopped the patrol car outside the detention facility.  
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Illinois                                                    November  2005
Police responded to a hit-and-run accident and later located a vehicle matching the description.  The female driver was arrested for driving under the influence.  During the arrest, a juvenile was also arrested for obstructing a peace officer and aggravated battery to a police officer.  After being handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a police car, the juvenile kicked the back window out of the police car.   
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Alaska                                                   November  2005
A DUI Enforcement Team tried to stop a vehicle for an equipment violation.  As a trooper activated emergency lights and siren, the vehicle kept driving with the driver looking back at troopers.  The vehicle finally stopped and troopers attempted to arrest the driver who resisted. After his arrest, he kicked out the passenger side, rear window of the patrol car.  Damages were estimated at $400.   
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California                                               November  2005
A man was arrested after he was found trying to get cash with a fraudulent credit card.  Deputies made contact with the man who fled on foot, but apprehended a short distance later.  During a vehicle search, deputies located a loaded semi-automatic weapon, drugs and drug paraphernalia.  The man was placed in custody and into the back of a patrol car, where he kicked out a window of the police car.  
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Michigan                                                November  2005
Officers were called to a residence about an out of control person under the influence of drugs or alcohol.  Officers went inside the house where the suspect was holed up in a bedroom sitting on a television set that was on the floor.  When officers tried to get him to come out of the bedroom he swore at them and lunged at one officer.  Police struggled briefly with the person and used a Taser to subdue and handcuff him.   When the officers got the suspect to the patrol car he became combative again and kicked one of the officers in the head then tried to kick out a window of the police car while in the back seat.    
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California                                               November  2005
Police chased a man for about 3 hours before officers were able to put spike strips down and the driver finally surrendering.  Once arrested the man was placed in the back seat of a police car where he kicked a widow out of the patrol car. 
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Virginia                                                  November  2005
Officers were dispatched to a bar for an assault.  While police talked with a woman, a man took off on foot and was chased down by police.  After being handcuffed and placed in the police car, the man kicked the right rear window out of the police car.
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Wyoming                                                November  2005
A woman was pepper sprayed and arrested after a second biting attack in three days.  When an officer told her that she was under arrest, she hit him on the head with a vehicle's arm rest and fought with other officers.  The lady continued fighting after she was removed from her car and then bit the same policeman on the leg.  Police pepper sprayed her as she continued struggling and put her into a patrol car.  After being put in the patrol car, the lady tore off weather stripping and damaged the inside microphone as she tried to kick out a window.
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California                                               November  2005
A arrested a man who was threatening a couple with a knife and being uncooperative.  The man was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of the patrol car.  While being transported to the jail, the man tried to kick out the patrol car window.  The deputy stopped to check on the man, but as the deputy was getting ready to open the back door of the patrol car; the man kicked it open into the deputy.  The  deputy suffered arm, wrist and other injuries, but no broken bones.  
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Tennessee                                             November  2005
A juvenile detainee was able to opened his leg shackles and handcuffs with a paper clip during transport.  When officials opened the transport van doors to unload the detainee, he was able to escape and fled on foot.
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West Virginia                                        November  2005
A woman was arrested for shoplifting and driving drunk.  After she was handcuffed and placed into the back seat of a patrol car, the woman kicked the Trooper several times in the chest and arms.  
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Alaska                                                   November  2005
Police arrested a man after he refused to leave a hotel.  The man fought with police and was handcuffed then placed in a police car where he kicked out a window out of the police car.  
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Oklahoma                                              November  2005
A burglar who stole loaded guns and a uniform of a state law enforcement officer.   Stolen were: two shotguns, a semiautomatic rifle and a .40-caliber pistol plus a "State Agent" jacket and body armor.       
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Texas                                                     November  2005
Robbery detectives arrested a man on a warrant and placed the handcuffed man in the back seat of the detective unit.  The detective then called for a patrol car to transport the man to jail.  During transport to jail, the man was able to slip his arms out of the handcuffs.  As the officer opened the police car door to removed the man from the back seat, he fled on foot.  The man was captured over 3 hours later.
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New Jersey                                            November  2005
Officers arrested a subject who was impersonating an officer.  The subject cursed at officers and resisting being handcuffed.  After being handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a patrol car, the subject laid down in the back seat and attempted to kick out the window.  Officers opened the police car door and ordered him to stop, but he kept kicking; so they had to subdue him with pepper spray. 
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Florida                                                   November  2005
Police arrested three teens who were shooting at vehicles with pellet and paintball guns.  While in the back seat of a police car, the teens tried to escape by pushing down the police car window, reaching out to the handle, opening the door, and running away.
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California                                               November  2005
Officers responded to a noise complaint and arrested an intoxicated female who shoved one of the officers.  The female was handcuffed and placed into the back seat of a police car where she managed to get out of the handcuffs and escape the police car.  The female was captured after short chase.
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Texas                                                     November  2005
A subject was arrested for striking his grandfather and injuring him.  The subject was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a police car and transported to jail.  When the officer open the back door to remove the subject, the subject jumped out and fled on foot.  The subject was captured a short distance away.  One officer was slightly injured.
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Pennsylvania                                         November  2005
An officer located and arrested a man who attacked a girl and fled on foot.  During court, the man was combative and additional officers were called to court.  After court, the officers placed the man into the police car where the man slipped out of his waist restraint and kicked out the rear driver's side window of the police car.  Damage to the police car is estimated at $1,154.00. 
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Connecticut                                            November  2005
Police were responding to a noise complaint when an officer discovered an intoxicated 16-year-old boy in the road.  The officer placed the boy in custody and into the back seat of the police car.  The boy kicked out police car's rear window, and started spitting on the officer and police car. 
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Louisiana                                               November  2005
Police arrested a man while fleeing on foot from the scene of a home burglary.  The man was placed in the back seat of a police car, while officers investigated the incident.  During that time, the man kicked out a rear window of the police car and ran away.  The man overpowered a person and took their car leading police, from six jurisdictions, on a high-speed pursuit.  Officers managed to stop the stolen vehicle, but the man shot himself.  He was admitted to the hospital.      
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California                                               November  2005
Officers arrested a man who had no driver's license and a felony warrant for cultivating marijuana.  The man was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of the patrol car.  While an officer was taking inventory of the man's car, the man kicked out the rear window of a police car and attempted to escape. 
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Georgia                                                  November  2005
Officers searched for a man who fled from police as he was being transported to jail.   The man was arrested on charges of marijuana possession and child cruelty charges.  The man had plastic restraints on his hands when he jumped from the police car when an officer opened the door to escort him and two other inmates inside the jail.  During the search, eight public schools were placed in a lockdown mode.  The man was taken back into custody without incident about 4 1/2 hours after the escape.        
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Missouri                                                  November  2005
Authorities from multiple agencies assisted in a search of a prisoner who escaped from jail by stealing a patrol car.  The prisoner was in jail for first degree assault and armed criminal action following a murder.  The prisoner was restrained in handcuffs and placed in the front seat of the patrol car.  The prisoner managed to remove his handcuffs and lock the patrol car's doors after deputy exited the patrol car.  The prisoner found and pressed the button to open the garage door, then sped away in the stolen patrol car.   A department spokesman said "as embarrassing as the situation may be, we need to take this and make it a learning example for all of us and what can happen and better our department from it."  
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Texas                                                     November  2005
A man was arrested for possessing a handgun and assault on a family member.  Deputies arrested the man who became combative.  The man kicked the rear window out of the patrol car he was being transported in causing damage to the window frame.
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Michigan                                                November  2005
While officers chased after a subject on foot, a subject stole their police car.  The police car was found abandoned, but the police shotgun had been stolen from the stolen police car.    
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California                                               November  2005
After fighting with security personnel at a casino, police arrested a lady and placed her in a patrol car.  She began banging on the metal cage and kicked an officer.   
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Alabama                                                November  2005
During serving of a search warrant, officers discovered a meth lab.  A man secured in the back seat of a deputy's patrol car was able to escape and flee into a wooded area.     
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Alabama                                                November  2005
Residents saw a man break into a home and steal several items.  Officers stopped the man's car a short time later and found stolen items in the car.   The man resisted arrest, and when officers put him in the patrol car the man kicked out a window.     
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Arkansas                                                November  2005
Police arrested a subject who tried to rob three other men while pretending to be armed.  Police found the subject being held down by one of the victims.  During transport to jail, the subject became violent and began kicking the door of the police car. 
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New Jersey                                            November  2005
Officers attempted to arrest a man for disorderly conduct when the man fought officers.  Officers were able to handcuff the man and put him in the back seat of a patrol car.  The man slipped his hands from behind his back and kicked out the right rear window. 
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Pennsylvania                                         November  2005
Police picked up two men for a burglary and they were handcuffed then placed in a police car.  While the officer were gathering more information, one of the prisoners was able to slip out of one of his handcuffs before opening a safety window between the back and front seats of the patrol car.  The man got into the driver seat of the police car and sped off.  An officer chased the stolen police car and that officer crashed their police car through a fence, into a house and the police car burst into flames.  The prisoner ditched the stolen police car and fled on foot.  The officer's injuries are not considered life-threatening. 
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Maine                                                     November  2005
An officer stopped a subject for speeding and during a driver's license check, found the subject was in violation of bail conditions.  The officer attempted to arrest the subject who fled on foot and then fought with the officer when caught.  The subject was handcuffed with his hands behind his back and locked in the back seat of a police cruiser while the officers searched the subject's vehicle.  During the search, the subject was able to escape from the police cruiser and fled the scene.   
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Arkansas                                                November  2005
Police arrested a lady for public intoxication and carrying a weapon after fighting with police.  The lady was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a police car.  The lady began to kick the window and door of the police car.  Officers told her to stop kicking the police car window, but she continued so officers hog tied the lady to prevent the kicking. 
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Ohio                                                       November  2005
Officers arrested a man for theft and assault and placed him in the back seat of a patrol car.  During transport to jail, the man  became extremely combative in the back seat of the patrol car, continued to kick the rear of the patrol car, and scream.
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Texas                                                     November  2005
Deputies were transporting a 16 year old male to a juvenile center when the subject was able to escape.  The subject lost his clothing and was able to flee from police naked.
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Connecticut                                            November  2005
During the arrest of a woman for violation of a protective order, the handcuffed woman struck two police officers and attempted to kick out a police car window which caused damage. 
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Ohio                                                       November  2005
Deputies arrested a subject who entered a home by force and threatened a boy.  While the subject was in the police car, he kicked the left rear passenger door, forcing the window off its track.
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Texas                                                     November  2005
Two prison guards shackled a prisoner and placed him in the back of a van to transport him to the hospital after he complained of not feeling well.  When they got to the hospital, the restraints were there but the prisoner was no where to be seen.  Authorities believe the prisoner was able to slip through a van window without being detected.
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Ohio                                                       October  2005
Officers went to a subject's home to question him about a telephone harassment complaint.  Officers smelled marijuana smoke when the subject opened the residence door.  The subject refused to let officers in, so they returned about an hour later with a search warrant and found about three pounds of marijuana inside the residence.  The subject was handcuffed and placed in a police car, but he escaped through a window.  The subject was found a short time later in a neighbor’s garage.
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Colorado                                               October  2005
Police chased a woman in a station wagon up to the house after becoming suspicious of her erratic driving.  The woman was arrested attempted to escape.  The woman also attempted to escape from the police cruiser twice and did get away when officers were searching her purse, but was captured a short distance away.
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Wisconsin                                              October  2005
Police arrested a man who was drinking in public.  The man threw a beer bottle against a wall where it shattered, sending shards of glass flying toward officers and private vehicles parked on the street.  The man ran from the scene and after being caught, refused to cooperate when officers handcuffed him.  They placed him in the back seat of a police car and, while they wrote up the citation, the man began to kick out the rear window of the police car.  Officers had to use pepper spray to subdue the man.   
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Georgia                                                  October  2005
Officers responded to a call of a man who was fighting with his girlfriend.  The man ran off in one direction while his girlfriend took off in another direction.  At some point while officers gave chase on foot, the man jumped into an empty police car and drove off.  The man then got on the police radio in the police car and started making threats.  He advised over the radio that he had unhooked the shotgun in the police car and was going to kill everybody.  The threats triggered an intense manhunt over an eight-square-mile area. At one point, up to 100 officers were helping in the search.  Officers arrested and recovered the stolen shotgun and police cruiser. 
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Illinois                                                    October  2005
An officer found a man asleep in a van.  The man was handcuffed and became combative, attempting to kick two of the officers at the scene.  The man was then further restrained with leg irons and placed in the holding cage of a police car.  While confined inside the police car, the man managed to elevate his feet and kick one of the police car's windows, bowing it outward from the impact.  An additional restraint device was then attached to the man's feet to immobilize them.  
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Washington                                            October  2005
A Trooper had a man in custody and handcuffed in the back seat of the patrol car when the man kicked out the back window. 
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Kentucky                                                October  2005
Police arrested a man for trafficking a controlled substance.  The man was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a police car.  While being transported to jail, the man was able to roll down the window and jump out of the police car.  The suspect open the window even though his hands were cuffed.
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Massachusetts                                        October  2005
Police arrested a subject for breaking and entering.  The subject was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a police car while the officer went to speak to the reporting party.  The subject was able to removed the plastic shield between the front and back seats while handcuffed, crawled into the front seat and escaped through the cruiser's front door. 
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Massachusetts                                        October  2005
A Trooper arrested a subject who was charged with motor vehicle violations and giving a false name to an officer.  The subject was placed in a patrol car for transport to court when the Trooper went back inside to get another prisoner.  The man was able to get out of the patrol car and fled on foot.  The subject car jacked another person and later turned himself in. 
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Wisconsin                                              October  2005
Police arrested a man and a woman for public drunk.  During transport to jail, the woman kicked out the separation screen (between the front and back seats) and yelled, forcing the officer to stop and try to secure her. 
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Texas                                                     October  2005
Deputies arrested a subject with outstanding warrants.  The subject was placed in the back seat of a patrol car.  While deputies were dealing with a tow truck that arrived, the subject crawled over the front seat and escaped.
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Pennsylvania                                         October  2005
An officer transported a subject to a wrecker service to get his car.  The subject, who wasn't in custody at the time, was sitting in the back seat of the new, marked police car when the officer stepped outside the police car.  As the officer return to the police car, the officer noticed the subject had slid through the small plexiglass window separating the front and back seats, put the car in gear and drove north.  The stolen police car was finally found abandoned and the subject turned himself in at a police station.
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Vermont                                                 October  2005
Police arrested a lady who was under the influence.  The handcuffed lady was placed in the patrol car where she began repeatedly smashing the windshield.  The lady then kicked the interior of the cruiser, damaging the passenger's side door, and the radio to the car while being transporting to the police station. 
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Georgia                                                  October  2005
Deputies arrested a man after a call about violating a family violence order.  The man was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a police car.  While the officer was gathering witness information, the man began kicking the police car windows and banging his head on the police car's cage.  The man was able to free himself from one of the handcuffs, hit two deputies, and spat in the face of a female deputy before kicking her in the knee.  The man was subdued with pepper spray. 
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Texas                                                     October  2005
A deputy arrested a 17 year old boy at a juvenile party.  The boy, was placed in the back seat of the patrol car where he kicked the police car causing damage to the top part of the patrol car's rear door and the steel cage separating the front and back seats.
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Iowa                                                       October  2005
A deputy arrested an intoxicated man and placed the handcuffed man in the patrol car.  While the deputy was assisting other officers, the man was able to get out of the patrol car and escape.  The man was later found at a residence.  
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New Jersey                                            October  2005
An officer arrested a subject for hitting a woman.  The handcuffed subject was being transported to jail, when he kicked out a back window of the patrol car.   
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Alabama                                                October  2005
Officers arrested a combative man who was causing a disturbance.  The man was placed in the back seat of a police car where he banged his head on the window and kicked out a back window of the police car.    
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Texas                                                     October  2005
After being arrested, a man kicked out the back window of a police car.
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California                                               October  2005
Police stopped a woman after she ran a stop sign, and driving at night with the vehicle headlights off.  Officers handcuffed her, placed her into a patrol car, and shut the doors.  While police were searching her car, she somehow managed to escape.
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Michigan                                                October  2005
Police arrested a woman for cocaine possession.  The woman was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a police car and transported to jail.  While being taken to jail, she complained of being hot and getting sick, so an officer lowered the police car's rear window.  Just before arriving at jail, the woman slipped her handcuffed hands from back to front, reached through the open window to unlock the police car's rear door and ran off.  A citizen spotted the woman and called police who captured her again.  
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Maine                                                     October  2005
Police arrested four juveniles.  One juvenile kicked out a police car window and tried to escape.  Another juvenile managed to bring her handcuffs out from behind her back, open the police car door, and start to run away. 
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Alabama                                                October  2005
Officers arrested a subject who was driving a stolen jeep.  The subject was captured in a wooded area and placed in the back seat of a police car.  The subject was able to escape, steal the police car, and attempted to run over two deputies who fired shots.    
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Pennsylvania                                         October  2005
Police arrested a lady for prostitution and was transporting the lady in the back seat of the police car.  The officer rolled down a back seat window after the lady started to cough and complain about having trouble breathing.  The handcuffed lady reached out the window and opened the car door.  The lady fled on foot, but was captured a short time later.
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Rhode Island                                          October  2005
Police arrested three intoxicated subjects.  One subject kicked at the back door and window of the police car.  
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Oklahoma                                              October  2005
An officer stopped a stolen vehicle which was weaving in and out of traffic.  During the traffic stop, a man stopped at the traffic stop and told the officer the subject had just stole gasoline. While the officer was getting information from the man, the subject returned to the stolen vehicle and drove off.  The subject crashes the stolen vehicle and fled on foot.  After about a 4 hour search, the subject was spotted and arrested.       
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Virginia                                                  October  2005
Officers arrested a man who stabbed his wife multiple times during an argument.  The man was arrested and placed in the back seat of a deputy's patrol car, kicked out one of the back windows.  
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Illinois                                                    October  2005
A corrections officer was transporting a 15 year old to a detention center when the boy slid his cuffed hands between the cage in the back seat and began choking the corrections officer.  The officer stopped the vehicle, and the boy began punching the back window, then laid across the back seat and smashed the window with his feet.  The boy then crawled out of the car ran a short distance before the officer and a citizen apprehended him again. The boy was injured, the officer refused treatment.  
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California                                               October  2005
A man stopped for speeding was found to have also kidnapped and beat his ex-girlfriend.  The man faked a series of seizures before he was arrested.  After being arrested, the man kicked the window out of a patrol car.
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Utah                                                       October  2005
Police arrested two intoxicated subjects who broke out a store window.  Officers had to fight one subject, but was able to handcuff him and placed him in the back seat of the police car.  While in the police car, the subject took a large bite out of the vinyl police car seat damaging it.  During that time, the other subject tried to run from the scene; but was captured.  The second subject was placed in a different patrol car where he kicked the passenger side door, breaking the armrest and causing about 500 dollars in damage.  Salt Lake City Police Detective said, "We deal with combative individuals quite a bit, but a lot of times they're cooperative with officers. These two were more combative after they were placed in cuffs and placed in the back of the vehicle, and then we had to put leg restraints on them to keep them from restraining the inside of the vehicles and damaging them any further."
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Connecticut                                            October  2005
A man was caught selling drugs and arrested.  The handcuffed man was able to slip an arm out of his handcuffs, escaped from the back seat of a patrol car and ran away.  Officers caught up with the man who swung the handcuffs at them, the man was shot with a Taser as he continued to resist; but was finally arrested again. 
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Michigan                                                October  2005
Police arrested an eleven-year-old girl who attacked another child on a school bus.  After being taken into custody, the girl was placed in a police car where she kicked out the passenger side window and bent the frame of the police cruiser.  
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New York                                               October  2005
An officer was shoved when officers tried to intervene in a fight.  The subject was arrested and placed handcuffed in the back seat of a police car where he kicked out two back windows.    
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Texas                                                     October  2005
Police were investigating an accident where the subject ran another vehicle off the road.  The intoxicated subject was arrested and placed in the back seat of a patrol car.  The laid down in the back seat, then kicked out a back window of the police car.
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Florida                                                   October  2005
Police arrested a man who kidnapped a boy and the boy's father wrestled to the ground until police arrived.  After being placed in the back seat of a police car, the man tried to kick out the window's of the police car.
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California                                               October  2005
Officers arrested a woman and a man in a wheelchair for shoplifting and placed each subject in separate police cars.  While the officers searched the couple's vehicle, the man slipped off the handcuffs, crawled through the window in the security barrier that separates the front and back seats, and sped away.  Officers found the police car abandoned later.
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Alabama                                                October  2005
Officers were transporting a woman from one jail to another when she asked officers to roll down the back window.  As officers were stopped at an intersection, the woman slipped out of the handcuffs and bailed out of the window and fled on foot.  
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Alabama                                                October  2005
An officer arrested a man for driving while his license was suspended.  The officer put the handcuffed man in the back seat of the police car and inventoried the man's vehicle finding marijuana and a handgun.  During the inventory, the man was able to escape from the back seat of the police car and fled on foot.  
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Missouri                                                  October  2005
Officers arrested two men at home for drug trafficking and distribution.  After being handcuffed, one man attempted to run.  
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California                                               October  2005
A handcuffed subject was the back seat of a police car in the police parking garage when the subject was able to squeeze out of one of the police car's windows.  The subject waited in the garage for a few moments until one of the entrance gates opened, and then fled on foot.  A patrol officer spotted the handcuffed subject and arrested him again.
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Louisiana                                               October  2005
Police arrested a subject connection with a residential burglary investigation. While the deputy was transporting the subject for booking, the subject was able to jump out of the patrol car's window when the deputy stopped at a stop sign.
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Pennsylvania                                         October  2005
Police attempted to stop a man who rammed his vehicle head-on into another patrol car.  The officer was injured and after being taken into custody, the man kicked out a rear side window of a patrol car.
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Texas                                                     September  2005
An officer handcuffed and detained a male and female for fraud and possession of a stolen vehicle.  While the officer searched the vehicle, the female was able to slip out of her handcuffs and steal the police car.  The female almost ran over a back-up officer at the scene and later abandoned the police car and fled on foot.
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Wisconsin                                              September  2005
Police were escorting a subject to jail in the back seat of a police car when the subject suddenly kicked out the rear passenger window and dove head first out of the moving police car.  The subject was properly handcuffed and was able to contort his body enough to "step through" his locked arms and bring them from behind his back to his front.  He eluded authorities over 24 hours. 
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Nevada                                                 September  2005
An officer saw two females fighting and one lying nearby with a head injury.  The officer stopped and broke up the fight with assistance from a security officer from a local club.  The females were handcuffed and placed in the patrol car, when one of the females slipped her handcuffs off and attempted to kick the windows out.  While being re-cuffed, she punched the deputy.
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Ohio                                                       September  2005
An older woman waited inside a police car for her vehicle to be towed from a ditch.  While the officer was out of the police car, the woman drove off in the police car.  The police car was found abandoned and the woman captured as she tried to take another car.
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Massachusetts                                        September  2005
Police arrested a man who broke into a house and attempted to strangle a woman while she was trying to dial 911.  The woman's husband pulled the suspect off and the suspect assaulted the husband.  Police found the man and after a struggle, arrested him.  While in the back seat of the police car, the man kicked out a rear side window of the police car.  
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Michigan                                                September  2005
A deputy arrested a subject for driving under the influence and placed the handcuffed subject in the patrol car.  While talking to the man's passenger, the man escaped from the patrol car and fled without being located.
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Ohio                                                       September  2005
Police arrested a subject who chased a man with an ax and threaten to shoot other people.  While in custody, the subject slipped his handcuffs from behind his back and kicked the police car's door open to escape.  Police used pepper spray after he refused to cooperate and tried to get away again.  The subject was slightly injured.
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Georgia                                                  September  2005
A deputy located a boy sleeping under a tree and gave the boy a ride home.  The deputy left the boy in the patrol car while he went to make contact with the boy's parents.  The deputy had left the patrol car running and the air conditioner on to keep the boy cool. When the deputy went to the door, the teen slipped into the front seat of the patrol car and drove away.  Other officers chased the boy who lost control and crashed the patrol car before being taken into custody. 
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Florida                                                   September  2005
A deputy arrested a delusional for assault.  The lady hit her husband then kicked the deputy as he arrested her.  Several deputies arrived to escort the lady to a patrol car, where she started banging her head against the cage and trying to kick out the window.
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California                                               September  2005
Officers stopped and arrested two intoxicated people.  Once placed in the police car one of them started kicking causing damage.
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Vermont                                                 September  2005
Officers arrested an intoxicated man who was furnishing alcohol to minors.  While sitting in the back seat of the police car, the man tried to kick out the back window of the police car.
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Illinois                                                    September  2005
Police arrested a man for domestic battery and placed him in the back seat of a police car, where he tried to kick out the window.  
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West Virginia                                         September  2005
An officer arrested an intoxicated man who was involved in a motor vehicle crash.  While being handcuffed, the man resisted arrest and broke free.  The man swung at the officer and struck him in the mouth with a handcuff, chipping off part of a tooth. Once the man was placed in the police car, the man tried to kick out the rear window.
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New York                                               September  2005
After a subject was arrested for driving under the influence and placed in a police car, the subject's friend opened the police car door to let the subject out.  Police were able to captured and arrest again the subject plus the friend. 
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Michigan                                                September  2005
An officer arrested a man following a drug raid and placed the handcuffed man in the back seat of a police car.  While the officer was searching the area, the man was able to escape through a window of the police car.
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Pennsylvania                                         September  2005
Police arrested a man for endangering children.  After being taken into custody and placed in the back seat of a police car, the man kicked out a window of the police car and escaped.  The man then tried to steal a truck and eventually taken into custody
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Pennsylvania                                         September  2005
Officers arrested the subject for disorderly conduct.  After being handcuffed and put into a police car, the subject kicked out a police car window and damaged the door frame.
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Florida                                                   September  2005
A deputy arrested a subject who had an outstanding warrant, driving while his license was suspended, and giving a false name to a law enforcement officer.  The subject was placed in handcuffs and put in the back seat of a caged patrol car with window bars, while deputies searched the subject's home.  Deputies found stolen credit cards, cocaine and other items.  Deputies returned to the patrol car to find the subject had escaped.
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Mississippi                                              September  2005
Police transported a handcuffed subject to court and when the officer opened the police car door, the subject fled on foot.
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Maine                                                     September  2005
An officer arrested a subject who was intoxicated and assaulted a woman.  The subject resisted arrest so the officer used Mace to subdue him and placed the handcuffed subject behind the cage in the back seat of the police car.  During transport to jail, the subject asked the officer to open a window for air because of the effects of the Mace.  When the officer opened the window, the subject tried to jump headfirst out of the window while the police car was moving at 55 mph, but his feet became entangled in the cage.  When the officer slowed the police car, the subject fell headfirst onto the pavement.  The subject suffered a large cut to his head, and was taken by ambulance to the hospital where he was treated and released to jail.
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Virginia                                                  September  2005
An officer detained three male students after they had walked away for a learning center .  One of the males became combative and other officers arrived on the scene to assist.  When the student was informed he was under arrest and was placed in a squad car, he then began kicking on a back window of the squad, causing damage to it.  
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Florida                                                   September  2005
Officers attempted to arrest a subject who had stolen checks and attempted to cash one.  When officers arrive, the subject who was in her vehicle gunned the engine and ran into a police car attempting to get away.  The officer converged on the vehicle and fired a taser at one of the two subjects inside but missed.  One subject fled on foot, but was captured.  The other subject was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a police car.  While the officers were gathering information, someone yelled that one of the subjects were escaping.  One of the subjects had  slipped her handcuffs, broke the plexiglass divider between the front and back seats of the police car, crawled over the divider, and getting into the driver's seat of the police car when she was stopped.
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Nevada                                                 September  2005
Police stopped a subject and arrested him for having fictitious registration.  After being handcuffed and placed in the police car, the subject kicked out the rear window of the patrol car and escaped through it.  Police found him hiding in a back yard near where he was first arrested.
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New York                                               September  2005
Police arrested a man who broke a glass door at a hotel and after trying to kick out a police car window. 
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Ohio                                                       September  2005
Police arrested a man after driving off from a traffic stop and crashing into vehicles.  The man was put in a police car, but was able to get out through a window of the police car and had to be caught again.
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Florida                                                   September  2005
A woman was arrested for biting her husband and taken to a patrol car where she kicked the windows.
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Florida                                                   September  2005
A deputy placed a handcuffed man in the back seat of a patrol car while waiting for a tow truck.  The man managed to get in the front seat of the car while handcuffed, and speed away.  During the chase of the stolen patrol car, another police car going to help lost control and ran into a house causing extensive damages to the patrol car, a vehicle, and the house (News Link).
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Maine                                                     September  2005
A deputy arrested a lady for driving under the influence.  The lady was handcuffed and placed in the front passenger seat of the patrol car.  While the deputy was interviewing a witness, the lady was able to maneuver herself so her hands were in front of her. The lady then got into the driver's seat of the patrol car and sped away, striking the deputy.  The deputy shot at the tires as it was fleeing away in an attempt to stop it.  The patrol car was found abandoned later with a flat tire.
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Pennsylvania                                         September  2005
Police arrested a subject after finding a handgun.  After being handcuffed, the subject fled on foot; but was captured after falling in an alley struggling with officers.  The subject was then placed in a patrol car, where the subject kicked out a window.  Glass sprayed on an officer which had to be treated at a hospital.
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Tennessee                                             September  2005
Police arrested a man for DUI and placed him handcuffed in the back seat of the police car.  The man was able to kick out a window of the police car and then hit the window with his head.
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Nevada                                                 September  2005
Officers arrested a man on burglary charges.  The man was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a patrol car.  The man was able to get into the front seat of the patrol car and speed away.  The man crashed the patrol car a short distance away, but then escaped on foot by jumping over a wall.  Two schools went into lockdown while police searched for the man, who was soon spotted driving away in a minivan.  Police chased the minivan and caught the man after he caused several minor collisions.  Two officers were injured with police cars and citizens cars being damaged.          
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Oklahoma                                              September  2005
Police handcuffed and loaded two suspects into the back seat of caged police cars for stealing a car and gas.  One subject was able to escape from the police car and fled on foot.  While officer chased and captured that subject, the second subject escaped from the back seat of that police car and also fled on foot; getting away.       
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Kentucky                                                September  2005
Deputies arrested a man who was unauthorized to solicit money.  During a subsequent search, deputies discovered a controlled substance in an unmarked container as well as drug paraphernalia.  During the search, the man slipped out of handcuffs and attempted to escape. 
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Florida                                                   September  2005
Deputies were transporting 42 inmates by bus from the main county jail to another jail.  An inmate seated in the back of the bus kicked out the upper window part of the rear emergency exit, and jumped out while the bus was traveling 50 miles an hour on the highway.  The driver heard the noise, saw the inmate jump out, turned the bus around and doubled back to find the inmate lying critically injured on the ground near where he fell.  During this time, another inmate on the bus slipped his handcuffs, got off the bus and ran away. He was recaptured a short time later.
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New York                                               September  2005
An investigator was transporting a subject for questioning on sexual misconduct charges.  The subject jumped out of the police unit while handcuffed and attempted to flee on foot, but was captured again. 
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Nebraska                                               September  2005
Police arrested a subject for DUI drugs after being involved in a motor vehicle accident.  The subject was handcuffed and placed in the police car where he struggled and kicked out a police car window.  
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Alaska                                                   September  2005
Police arrested a lady for DUI.  The lady resisted but was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a police car.  Once inside the police car, the lady kicked a door panel and caused an estimated $300 in damage.  
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Nevada                                                 September  2005
Deputies arrested a man who assaulted two ladies, gave police a false name, and then hit a deputy in the face while resisting arrest.  Deputies pepper sprayed the man and after handcuffing him; placed the man in the back seat of a police car.  While deputies were waiting for witnesses to complete statements, the man kicked out a passenger side window and tried to escape.  The man and 2 deputies were treated for pepper spray effects.    
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Texas                                                     September  2005
Officers arrested a man on drug charges.  The subject was able to work his way into the front seat of the police car and speed away, stealing the police car. The stolen police car was found two hours later, without the suspect. 
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South Carolina                                       September  2005
Police arrested an intoxicated subject who kicked out the left rear window of a police car.
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