I really love reporting stories like this one.
Police officers have thousands and thousands of interactions each day across Tuscaloosa and the USA.
So often, these men and women do something great for us citizens. Most of the time, these great stories are never reported.
The teenager has been arrested on felony drug and weapons charges after they fled a residential area in West End that afternoon. There is a second suspect still on the lam.
It is said that ignorance of the law is no excuse, a statement often made by someone who unknowingly breaks a law. Unfortunately, it's usually AFTER an event in which important knowledge is obtained. Such is the case when it comes to police training.
Why was this male police officer allowed to be alone with this female? He had already had one confrontation with her when her and her boyfriend interfered with another arrest at a fast food restaurant.
According to the Denver Post she had spit in the face of a female officer and kicked him in the face...