Stolen car Police chase with high speed PIT

Greenfield, Wisconsin - Police told WISN 12 News that special technology helped them spot the driver, who was wanted for burglary. They had to use a special maneuver to get him to stop. Squad cars converged on Greenfield late Sunday night after a high-speed chase ended with police forcing the driver to spin out. The chase started just before midnight near 27th Street and Layton Avenue in Greenfield after the squad car's automatic license plate reader detected the car was reported stolen from Oshkosh. “The car that had just passed him was stolen, and the occupants were armed and dangerous. So the officer started following the car while other officers attempted to intercept and assist him,” Greenfield police Capt. Dave Patrick said. At that point, the man increased the speed, driving through several intersections. “The suspect drove down a dead end street, but he wasn't going to have that stop him, so he turned, went through a yard, came out onto Loomis Road, started traveling the wrong way on Loomis Road,” Patrick said. At that point, police said they had to take drastic action. They drove up alongside the car. The officer used what's called a pit maneuver, hitting the car, causing it to spin out. The driver ran but didn’t get far as an officer tackled him and stunned him with a taser. He was eventually handcuffed and taken to jail. “This suspect wouldn't have stopped until he hit something or his vehicle malfunctioned, so it was important that we got him stopped the way that we did,” Patrick said. Greenfield police said they've been using the pit maneuver for the past 12 years and have had great success with it. The car was stolen from Oshkosh. The driver, 40, is from Fond du Lac and was already wanted for a burglary there. A woman, 42, in the passenger seat was also arrested.