Davenport Police High Speed Crash.wmv

The video released, after a Freedom of Information Act request from the Quad-City Times, is actually from the car of fellow officer Doug Scroggins. The two were responding to a call of a man with a gun when Officer Shawn Sullivan crashed head-on into a pole on the southeast corner of the intersection. The camera in Sullivan's car was not working properly at the time of the incident, Chief Frank Donchez said. The police were able to obtain only still images from his car. Sullivan is now back from treatment he received at University Hospitals in Iowa City. He is improving at Genesis Medical Center, West Central Park, Davenport, from right leg and hip injuries. There is a "delicate balance" between responding to people in need and the safety of the officers and public, Donchez said. "We strive to protect the safety of our citizens who call the police, and we are committed to protecting the safety of our citizens and officers in the process of getting there," Donchez said. Events leading up to the crash began with officers being dispatched to a disturbance call in the 500 block of West 6th Street, Davenport police Capt. David Struckman said. Callers reported a group of people fighting, and weapons were observed. One of the responding officers encountered a person with a handgun and a foot pursuit and struggle ensued, Struckman said. The officer then called for assistance. The two squad cars responding with lights and sirens were eastbound on Locust Street when they made contact with each other, Struckman said. One squad then made contact with a Cadillac that was stopped at a traffic light on Gaines Street, and then crashed into a utility pole. No one else was injured, Struckman said.

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• Iowa
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• Scroggins
• Donchez

[briank383]

Yeesh. Not sure what to think there, on the one hand it looks like he was potentially trying to pass the first cruiser and lost control, or possibly the first car slowed down thru the intersection, as they should, and the 2nd car couldn't slow down fast enough and had to go right to avoid a rear end collsion. Hopefully everybody was okay as that could have ended up a lot worse.

[rifo87]

fail !

[r6erik]

These two cops drive like women. 

[dowork8686]

Damn pigsters. That's what happens when you SPEED

[thestupidvideoguy]

leave it up to one cop to fuck up your day!

[gleason4567]

LMFAO thats good shit right there

[stormshockin]

@briank383 actually the first cruise cut off the cruiser who crashed. Watch the video. Just as they approach the intersection, the first cruise veers over into the right lane for some stupid reason.

[blthetube1]

The best I can figure.. the first of cop was trying to set up for a Dukes of Hazard right turn and the second cop didn't know were he was going.

[yourenotdrinkchump]

The other car "couldn't" slow down fast enough? You mean, the other driver DIDN'T slow down fast enough.

[gerraffellis]

lmao its the hungry hobo! i see that place evryday lol

[joshua47315]

The dash cam that were whatching looked liked he tried to block the intersection and got in front of other officer

[trucker908]

if you have on headphones you can hear his lights flickering back and forth like a small static noise