Post by jasond on Apr 11, 2020 4:02:17 GMT
Last year, I was binge watching episodes of World's Wildest Police Videos when I became fascinated with one particular chase. In Baytown, Texas, a woman in the nude led three vehicles on a chase: One regular officer in a cruiser, an off-duty cop in his pickup truck, and a civilian in a pickup as well.
I was impressed by the woman's driving skills, such as how she was able to escape rolling roadblocks, how she outmaneuevered the civilian when he attempted a roadblock, and how back and forth the action was. There were times when it looked like she was going to give them the slip.
As entertaining as the chase was, I really would've preferred to see regular backup, though. I do try to rationalize the pickups in the chase. I like to think the off duty officer was just finishing his shift when he caught wind of the green SUV on the run (he had his uniform on and was right behind the initial officer's cruiser when backup was called) and the civilian assumed the off duty cop was a vigilante like him.
However, the narrative was completely shot there. I really wanted to know the motives and thought process of that woman. Why was she naked? Why was she running in the first place? What thoughts were going on her head during this chase? Sure, she was implied to have some sort of mental illness, but said illness was a mystery. The story was not about some crazed woman's descent into madness or some sort of character study. It was more, "This officer was having a weird day."
I tried contacting the Baytown Police Department and the Baytown Sun newspaper for information about this chase, but no luck. The raw tape was either returned to the department or tucked away in deep storage, so the producers don't have the rights to release it. I've committed myself to find out more about her in this near hopeless quest, and I feel it's too late to get the scope of the chase.
The chase probably took place around the mid-late 90s, so much of the info is probably lost. I wish I would've been born earlier, perhaps around the early 70s or late 60s at most, so I could've inquired about this chase when it was still relevant. Instead, what I received was a harsh reminder of the passage of time and how I missed that window of opportunity.
To this day, I still think about that woman. She managed to be a much better driver than most others in the show, and I really feel she deserved a proper chase. Who knows what would've happened if actual backup arrived, or even if she had made one more or less turn? The possibilities are just possibilities, and I have no choice but to live with the one that actually existed.
Despite what I said, I remain hopeful that the original tape exists. Maybe I won't be able to obtain it now because of the pandemic, but hopefully some of my questions would be answered in the foreseeable future. Also, it would be icing on the cake to see a naked woman, but I degress.
I was impressed by the woman's driving skills, such as how she was able to escape rolling roadblocks, how she outmaneuevered the civilian when he attempted a roadblock, and how back and forth the action was. There were times when it looked like she was going to give them the slip.
As entertaining as the chase was, I really would've preferred to see regular backup, though. I do try to rationalize the pickups in the chase. I like to think the off duty officer was just finishing his shift when he caught wind of the green SUV on the run (he had his uniform on and was right behind the initial officer's cruiser when backup was called) and the civilian assumed the off duty cop was a vigilante like him.
However, the narrative was completely shot there. I really wanted to know the motives and thought process of that woman. Why was she naked? Why was she running in the first place? What thoughts were going on her head during this chase? Sure, she was implied to have some sort of mental illness, but said illness was a mystery. The story was not about some crazed woman's descent into madness or some sort of character study. It was more, "This officer was having a weird day."
I tried contacting the Baytown Police Department and the Baytown Sun newspaper for information about this chase, but no luck. The raw tape was either returned to the department or tucked away in deep storage, so the producers don't have the rights to release it. I've committed myself to find out more about her in this near hopeless quest, and I feel it's too late to get the scope of the chase.
The chase probably took place around the mid-late 90s, so much of the info is probably lost. I wish I would've been born earlier, perhaps around the early 70s or late 60s at most, so I could've inquired about this chase when it was still relevant. Instead, what I received was a harsh reminder of the passage of time and how I missed that window of opportunity.
To this day, I still think about that woman. She managed to be a much better driver than most others in the show, and I really feel she deserved a proper chase. Who knows what would've happened if actual backup arrived, or even if she had made one more or less turn? The possibilities are just possibilities, and I have no choice but to live with the one that actually existed.
Despite what I said, I remain hopeful that the original tape exists. Maybe I won't be able to obtain it now because of the pandemic, but hopefully some of my questions would be answered in the foreseeable future. Also, it would be icing on the cake to see a naked woman, but I degress.
