Moment four female Chicago police officers spend three minutes trying to arrest ‘shoplifter’ who easily escaped…as commenters’ claim the women’s WEIGHT stopped them …
- Video shows the attempted arrest by four Chicago police officers of one man
- Despite being outnumbered, the suspect is able to flee the scene
- Social media commenters are questioning the police fitness standards
By Rachel Bowman For Dailymail.Com[1]
Published: 13:54, 26 November 2023 | Updated: 14:02, 26 November 2023
Video posted on social media of four heavyset female Chicago[2] police officers attempting to arrest a suspected shoplifter has sparked backlash over the department’s health and fitness standards.
Footage shows the attempted arrest on 95th Street and Ashland Avenue where the four female officers outnumbered one male suspect.
The Chicago police officers approached the suspect and he emptied out his pockets when they start to detain him.
As the officers tried to put a pair of handcuffs on the man, he repeatedly broke free from their clutches.
The four officers pinned the suspect against a wall, but were still unable to get the handcuffs on him. Police scanner audio revealed one of the officers defeatedly asking for backup during the incident.
Video of a retail theft arrest at 95th and Ashland. The subject resists police and takes off running.Patrick Johnson-Henry, 32, was taken into custody on the 9400 block of S Justine and was charged with 4 counts of resisting police, 1 count of possession of a replica firearm, 1… pic.twitter.com/x5PBaBTwxF[3]
— 16th & 17th District Chicago Police Scanner (@CPD1617Scanner) November 23, 2023[4] 
Video shows the moment four female police officers attempted to arrest one male suspect
Despite being out numbered, the suspect managed to break free and run away from the officers
The more shocking part of this video is the defeated tone in the sergeant’s voice & his order to let a retail theft offender who just fought with police go:
2210: If we can’t contain him & it’s just a retail theft…let him go. PO: He has a cuff on him, squad.#ChicagoScanner https://t.co/l6WiGvsPSR pic.twitter.com/KPuuenanAn[5][6][7]
— 16th & 17th District Chicago Police Scanner (@CPD1617Scanner) November 23, 2023[8]
Despite being outnumbered, the suspect managed to break free from the officers and ran off.
Out of breath, an officer is heard on police radio traffic describing the situation as the suspect runs away, ‘he’s taking off.’
As the suspect fled, a semi-truck pulled through the intersection and blocked the surveillance camera.
Additional audio from the attempted arrest revealed a dispatcher told the officers to let the suspect go.
‘If we can’t contain him and it’s just a retail theft, let him go,’ a dispatcher said.
The video sparked outrage online and commenters questioned if the fitness abilities of the officers limited their ability to arrest the man.
‘This is what happens when you get rid of the health and fitness standards, and introduce quotas,’ said a Twitter user named Joe.
‘They can’t do the job. This is a fitness issue,’ said Frank.
Eve said, ‘Do they even have health and fitness standards anymore?
This was painful to watch.’
‘We should maybe go back to hiring based on skill and qualifications instead of gender, race, or sexual preference,’ said another user.
According to the Chicago Police Department website, during the application process candidates take a Police Officer Wellness Evaluation Report test[9], which includes a sit-and-reach test, one-minute sit-up test, one repetition maximum bench press and a one-and-a-half mile timed run.
Data from the week ending on November 23, shows total crime in the city is up 20 percent year to date, according to the Chicago Police Department[10].
Robbery in the city is up 24 percent, theft is up 4 percent and motor vehicle theft is up 50 percent this year.
Residents have begged the city’s recently elected mayor Brandon Johnson to do more to curb the rising crime.
Earlier in November, a pregnant woman shared her fears that she had miscarried[11] after being carjacked at gun point in the Dem-led city.
References
- ^ Rachel Bowman For Dailymail.Com (www.dailymail.co.uk)
- ^ Chicago (www.dailymail.co.uk)
- ^ pic.twitter.com/x5PBaBTwxF (t.co)
- ^ November 23, 2023 (twitter.com)
- ^ #ChicagoScanner (twitter.com)
- ^ https://t.co/l6WiGvsPSR (t.co)
- ^ pic.twitter.com/KPuuenanAn (t.co)
- ^ November 23, 2023 (twitter.com)
- ^ Police Officer Wellness Evaluation Report test (home.chicagopolice.org)
- ^ Chicago Police Department (home.chicagopolice.org)
- ^ fears that she had miscarried (www.dailymail.co.uk)
- ^ Chicago (www.dailymail.co.uk)
- ^ Twitter (www.dailymail.co.uk)