Arkansas Police have a record of being aggressive in car chases, but the driver of this Mustang GT managed to outrun the pursuing officer
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The Arkansas State Police have no qualms about high-speed pursuits. We’ve shown you time and time again how they’ve got their suspect with both skillful and potentially reckless tactics. It turns out that their record isn’t perfect and this gray Ford Mustang is one they couldn’t keep up with.
Police across the country have made it clear that high-horsepower cars are making it tough to catch criminals. The car in this particular story looks as though it’s a special version of the Ford Mustang GT. In fact, the officer involved in this chase mentions a small red badge on the back late in the video. We’ll come back to that though.
This pursuit took place on June 15th, on the westbound side of I-30 in Little Rock. In the video from Arkansas State Police Officer Jessica McCord’s cruiser, we can see her pull over near the Scott Hamilton Dr. exit. Why she pulls the Mustang over we never hear but as she walks up to the car it pulls away in a burst of speed.
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McCord runs back to her car and stomps on the go pedal herself reaching speeds of 133 mph (214 km/h) during the chase according to her report. Despite that speed, she never catches the Mustang. It was around 6:30 p.m. in the area so traffic was a factor but another was the license plate on the car.
It came back as a silver 2015 Chevrolet Camaro and third parties on the police radio, presumably dispatch and other officers, can be heard asking about “unique markings” on said Camaro. At no point does McCord actually correct anyone to clarify that this was a dark gray Ford Mustang that they’re actually looking for.
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In fact, just before McCord mentions the red badge as a signifying mark for officers to look for, she herself calls the car “silver.” It’s clearly not easy to catch an incredibly powerful muscle car that can easily out-drag-race a police car from a stop. It’s considerably harder when the force is looking for the wrong car in the wrong color.