Detroit Woman Steals Police Car: The Body Cam Footage 

0:00 13:17 "He just got in your cop car" 17:55 Officer John Heath's body camera, immediately before the crash 18:28 GTFO[of the car]! 20:07 “Do you know how many people you just put in danger doing this?" _Yeah._ 20:23 Officer Justin Harwood's body camera, immediately before the crash 21:06 “Are you okay?" _Yeah, I'm okay, I'm okay._ "Get the fuck out of the car now!" 31:35 An officer who is apparently deaf shows up. 37:35 Watch your volume for a moment. Sorry about that :) 37:55 “The AVL wasn't worth a shit." (AVL stands for "Automatic Vehicle Location") Make note of the involved Prius at 32:58, paying particular attention to the rear end damage it received. The driver of the Prius was forced to swerve in order to [narrowly] avoid a head-on collision with the gold GMC Yukon that Hawkins struck. Dash camera footage from the Prius is available now on Patreon, and will be available here tomorrow. The footage is pretty wild. One more thing that you may find interesting (even though it happens all the time): As you may be aware, I posted the police dash camera footage from this incident five days ago. A comment on that video stated that Ferndale Police Department doesn't release unedited body camera footage to their local media, a claim that I have little trouble believing given my experience obtaining this content. When I initially received the dash camera footage you saw last week, the raw files were accompanied by a form letter titled "Notice of Denial of FOIA Request." The letter was a denial-in-full of the body-worn camera footage portion of my request, citing as authority Michigan's "Law Enforcement Body-Worn Camera Privacy Act." Fortunately and unfortunately, I am used to denial letters. After discussions with the city attorney the police department eventually came around, and I am glad to be able to share this footage with you today. I intend to write more about the mechanics of this particular request on Patreon, but I want to share my main point more publicly as it is essential for success in fighting for access to public records: If you regularly pursue law enforcement records you are going to get denied. A lot. It is critical to understand that denial is not the end of the game. It's the start of the next level. Many requestors give up in the face of denial letters (which is often their purpose) but if you are going to obtain the records you are seeking you can't throw in the towel there. As is evidenced by the videos you see here, level two can be won. Enjoy!

That sweet shocked black lady at the beginning tryna comfort the officer and shock the officer at the same time 😂😂 “Damnnn... MmmMmmMmm” 😂😂

Talking all gently at first Officer- are you okay? Female- yeah I’m okay Realizing she’s okay Officers- GTFO THE CAR!! 😂

She just GOT 5 STARS IN GTA LOL

I feel real bad for the guy in the gold Yukon, especially when he said that was all he had.

The bus stop group was too funny! Y’all need to hire the lady in the pink she knew all the routes!

Well if dudes girlfriend is coming with the money then where is she? If I were taxi, I would run the meter until she shows up. My time isn't free, how fare you hold a taxi driver up like that. He cannot take fares while waiting on your slow girlfriend.

The guy sitting in the car at the second crash site like 👴🏿💭💸💵💰

14:02 the guy wants to ask him so bad " what am I supposed to do bout my luggage tho officer." But hes thinking to himself this is a bad time..

What a waste of public property, hell she'll be paying the rest of her miserable life.

"The woman who stole a Ferndale police car and took it on a joyride before crashing it has been sentenced to approximately six months in jail."

The fact the she only stayed in jail for 180 days for doing something like this

Does anyone else feel the police bear a large portion of responsibility for this?as civilians we can be ticketed or worse for leaving an unlocked unattended vehicle running in public and that’s not even factoring in a loaded ar15 in easy reach

I'm not gonna lie, when she stopped to put on her music, I lost it laughing. Considering no one was hurt, made this too funny lol....

At 12:54, you could see her walk across the street on the left making her way to the cruiser.

I'm tired of officers putting their hands over the camera so we can't see or hear! Why?

"l just wanted to have some fun" LMFAO, who is that stupid to do something like that and to say something like that?

I never met anyone who moved to Detroit because they WANTED to. It is one of those cities you are transferred to when you did not perform well at your job. Or your car breaks down there. Theft in Motown is as common as breathing.

Taxi cabbie steals luggage, random chick steals responding officers cop car. Detroit it lit.

Lesson learned, officer. Always lock your unit. Keep an extra key on your duty belt and in your wallet.

That was a nice police truck too.

At least she had a valid drivers license!

1:54 I'm loving that officers amazing notepad!!

Thank you for the great videos and explanation. What is your patron?

Orange shirt, bus stop lady, "mm, mm, mm, oh my" shaking her head.

At 31:35 that's actually a deaf police officer? Wow, that's amazing!

WEll DONE WORLD POLICE !!! I'm glad they got her & no one was killed.

Welcome to Detroit where our police officers even have to lock their cars.

I wonder how the guy in the suburban that got rear ended is today?? I got rear ended by a guy going maybe 50mph... I walked away... 6 months later I had to have surgery on my back/neck and 6 months after that another surgery on my lower back. I was 30 years old at the time. I'm just saying that the real pain might be ahead of that dude. I'm 62 now and have had 30 plus years of pain 😮. An hour after the accident I thought I was perfect.

It's illegal to leave your car running unoccupied here in Maryland. Now I know why. Lol

Dumb question, why is there a license plate on the officers passenger footwell

Now he remained without a car

"just wanted to have some fun" ? Now you've got it.

It's funny how the officer's body cameras keep getting covered up here. It must be a weird phenomenon they're at the Ferndale P.D.

Talk about the butterfly effect. He pays the cab, no police call out, No crazy bitch steals a car 😂

She better get 25 years in jail

13:20 dude is so caught up in his music he notices absolutely nothing lol

"Le'me sneak through..." The most midwestern way to walk by that pile of cops arresting Destiny.

36:00 - Hah! The cop that pulls up to check on things: "Where's the shithead at?" (asking about the girl who stole the car).

You know he got ragged on back at the station.

*"You know how many lives you put in danger doing this"?* Of COURSE no damn answer. NIT WIT !

Excellent work RWP. Thanks for the follow-up.

The cop is covering the camera you know they were beating her up !!!

The first guy's accent sounds like a movie character that i can't put my finger on. Ugh, it won't come to me.

lol the "gentleman" in the beginning

And I can`t stop thinking... What was Mr. White from Breaking Bad doing there?!

Question is, did dude ever get his luggage back?

It's like slapstick comedy watching American police in action.

She didn't want to take a TAXI !!!

"Hide yo kids,hide yo wife and hide husband........and hide yo cop car"🤣

Moral of the story: it’s better to legally obtain a ride in Detroit than just take one

13:20 how it feels when someone drives away with your stuff. Maybe he has a little more sympathy for Austin after that. Okay the kiddo didn't do the smartest thing but he wasn't an evil person. And we all done some stupid shit when we were younger.

i waited patiently for this, thank you

And she got off the hook with only 3 years probation

Stealing a Civilian car is one thing...but the second you steal a cop car... you will be sorry

Why was cop blocking his body cam right after they put her on the ground ? I just can’t figure it out.... Who else noticed this?

Police: "Are you ok?" Stupid lady: "Yeah I'm ok." Two police officers: "Get the F out of the car!"

She actually had a license? Who the hell let her pass the test, they should be fired. Can't wait to know how much time she's earned in the finest hotel in Detroit MI. Its only downfall is there's no room service. That and the people of MI get stuck paying the bill.

Looking at the video, you conclude that Detroit is a very dangerous area.

For a min I thought that was nba young boy before clicking

it sucks to be her, In other words what in the world would make her wanted to hop inside the cop car for a joy ride? Wow. What was she thinking?

what is she even going to do with it? try to sell it before they catch her?

Welcome to Detroit: Where we STEAL your luggage & our cop cars!

What happened to Austin’s luggage? Lol

Those airbags look like swimming pool floats.

That older lady at the start is smart "I've never seen anyone THAT stupid!"

32:30 I feel so bad for that guy! I feel for all the victims but that guy, the way he said, "This is all I got" made me feel awful.

Her cries of pain bring me *immense* joy.

Well, good thing the officer was at a bus stop..

"She going to jail for a long time" She only got 6 months unfortunately and like a $36k fine

Taxi driver has a yard sale every week, go buy your stuff back....

I wouldn't want to be a cop in Detroit that would suck big time.

U know that boy's thinking"Now I'm def not getting my luggage back." 😩😩😩

🤣🤣🤣 soooo the black couple was lowkey excited because they think they're about to get PAID PAID.

Damn...buddy in the SUV could have been decapitated by his ladders, or vice versa the woman that hit him could have been... damn.

Lol,dude in his headphones jamming hahaha.didnt pay no attention. Hahaha

THANKS for posting the whole footage! I've seen about this a couple of days ago but never saw the footage of the woman getting arrested. Damn she still be like " I'm sorry " lmao

Wow, she really could have killed someone. SMH

I love how the woman at the bus stop knew what was going on. She should've been a cop. She called out the GPS and then street names and knew damn well they were going to get her ass 🤣🤣 she even charged her with grand larceny 😭😭

I feel so bad for this officer. First he gets sent to a BS call for somebody who's too dumb to understand how taxis work, then a literal nutcase goes GTA5 on his cruiser, then they catch up with her and WHY IS THERE POO SMEARED ALL OVER HER SHIRT.

When they dragged her out, all I could think was, "Someone needs to shave their legs. Fur real!"

wow, the chain of events that were set in motion, all because first guy decided to take a taxi without Money, Shame!

"31:35 - An officer who is apparently deaf shows up." LOL

Guy had his luggage stolen and then the responding officer had his car stolen. What a place to live.

Who does this? “Oh, the cop car is unattended? Lemme jump in and take it for a spin!” Like, how is that an impulse anyone has? It's like walking past a jail and saying to yourself, “I think I'd like to be locked up there!”

I was kinda hoping there was a k-9 officer at the scene to take a bite out of crime.

The most useless conversation you will ever hear at the beginning of this video. Just skip, skip, skip to 13:17.

Legend has it, the police officer is still at the bus stop... Hey Bob... yeah... I'm going to need you on permanent foot patrol from now on... 🤦‍♂️

He’s chillin at the bus stop while his boys go racing by a few minutes later, they were probably like “👋🏼... 😂”

Thats what happens when you play to much grand theft auto

cop: are you okay ?? woman: yes ...thank you for ask... cop: GTFO of the car !!!!!!!

When she pulled away, Austin should have said it’s a civil matter can’t help you

Bet that cop takes his keys out of the car every stop for the rest of his career.

While the taxi shouldn't have left with dudes suitcase the way he did he shouldn't have took a taxi knowing he didn't have the money to pay for it. Here that's called theft of services. He has called the cops and they have arrived yet his gf still hasn't arrived with the money. All the while the meter would be running. Personally I would have left with his suitcase as collateral and gave him a way to contact me once he had the money to pay and left. Or just called the cops on him for theft of services.

Moved from NC to Detroit? lol why?

IM INVESTED! SOMEONE please tell me what happened with the taxi!!

How many times the lady at the bus stop 🚏 in the pink shirt gon say “she dont believe tht” 🤣🤣🤣🤦🏽‍♂️. Believe it lady! Lol

The part when she said that she just wants to have fun then putting people's lives at risk and stealing a police car yeah that's pretty damn stupid.

Crack is one hell of a drug. Ole Betsy stopped on the shoulder to make sure she had some tunes to enjoy whilst she stole a damn cop car and led police on a highspeed chase. Good lord.

What I was _really_ dying to see was her interview at the police station. I wanted to see her explain her motivations. Yeah, I know, she wanted to have some fun. But I wanted to see her actually say it, and I wanted to see the cops' reaction. I don't get why she didn't go to prison for years.