Officers in high-speed pursuit stop dangerous driver after machete spotted in car

Two bladed weapons were seized and a dangerous driver taken off our roads after officers stopped a stolen car in Southend.
Officers were called to reports of people brandishing knives inside a vehicle in Ruskin Avenue at around 12.25pm on Wednesday 22 May.
By 1.10pm, specially trained pursuit officers were on the tail of the vehicle in question, signalling for it to stop by activating their blue lights.
The Kuga failed to stop for our officers and a pursuit followed through Southend and into Great Wakering.
During the pursuit, the Kuga was driven onto the wrong side of the road, over the pavement near the entrance to a school and reached dangerously high speeds of up to 90mph.
After entering High Street, Great Wakering, officers cut the Kuga off, deploying tactical contact with the vehicle to prevent any further risk to the public.
A machete and a knife were found inside the vehicle. The driver was put before the courts.
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[@TheDangoNinja]

Officer knew at that moment during the head on, it was let the pursuit continue and potentionally injure someone random pedestrian or road user or take the brunt of the impact and risk the injury to themselves. Good decision.

[@SimonMartin-m9q]

Great work Essex Police

[@SomeAirbusfan]

These driving skills from the police are awesome.

[@thatsmrtwattoyou]

Stay where you are.....get on the ground....which is it

[@Lensonthethames]

😂😂

[@johnb8956]

It’s not run away. Once they have control of him it’s down on the ground to get him cuffed.

[@Sii6X]

Its both...Stay where you are and get down? Pretty simple unless you're working with a single brain cell.