![]() ***AUTHOR'S NOTE: Under ordinary circumstances, most hospitals would not grant media access to their ICU, nor would our news organization seek it. The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office is investigating this crash. “This one ended up being that the suspect was wanted, the car was stolen,” says Crawford.īoth people involved in the crash were admitted to the hospital and both have been released with minor injuries. The severity of the situation dictates whether or not to pursue a vehicle in a chase. The officer can call it off and it’s basically a number of factors: time of day, traffic congestion, road conditions of where they’re actually at when the pursuit’s taking place, so there’s a number of factors the officer is trying to evaluate on top of doing everything else that they’re trying to do.” “Obviously the shift commander or the supervisor can call it off. He says their policy contains many factors: The supervisor responded to the crash scene,” said Crawford.Ĭrawford says every police agency has a different pursuit policy, some even have a “no-pursuit” policy, meaning they don’t chase suspects down. “We disengaged in the pursuit at that point. Workman was able to get away and is not in custody at this time. Police were trying to detain Timothy Workman, who has arrest warrants in Boone County. ![]()
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