He couldn’t match their horsepower.
Jacksonville, Fla. Sheriffs officers chased down a suspected drug perp on horseback in an prolonged foot-versus-hoof chase caught on bodycam digicam.
Jordan Wilson, 25, had supposedly simply made a suspicious narcotics handoff when JSO Officer Cassie Haire, mounted on her trusty steed Nash, noticed the attainable crime and commenced pursuit with the assistance of three different mounted officers, on Tuesday.
JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF’S OFFICE by way of AP
“Get that bad man, Nash!,” Haire says, encouraging her horse as Wilson runs on foot throughout a busy roadway.
Wilson manages to maintain far from the horse — the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Workplace being compelled to hurry up the video launch for brevity’s sake.
The suspect is warned to cease or he’ll be “run over” by the horses as he appears to make far as he sprints via streets and parking tons with the three horse-riding officers in pursuit.
“Bro, you’re not going to be able to outrun us on the horse,” Haire admonishes Wilson, including, “You better stop.”
Officers would lastly persuade the 25-year-old to cease fleeing — physique cam footage exhibiting a sweaty Wilson being proven the again of a police cruiser.
In all, the chase went on for one-quarter of a mile earlier than Wilson surrendered, in accordance with Fox13 Information.
“While Nash is the star of the video, we want to give a big shoutout to fellow crime-fighting steeds Jaxx, Judge, and Duke for making sure justice was the mane priority,” JSO stated in a press release.
“Our Mounted Unit doesn’t just horse around when it comes to crime.”
Wilson was charged with resisting an officer with out violence and has since been launched, Fox13 studies.
