On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) released video footage that shows an officer driving a patrol car on the wrong side of the road with their emergency lights and sirens on. The officer proceeded to t-bone the vehicle of a male driver who was making a left-hand turn at the intersection of Adams Boulevard and Gramercy Place near the 10 Freeway.
According to video footage, the officer and their partner appeared to be responding to an “officer needs help call” regarding a person reportedly “armed with a sharp bottle.”
In their initial statement, the LAPD said that the officers were called to help officers with “a radio call of a male armed with a knife.” An LAPD spokesperson did not immediately respond to an email seeking more details about the nature of the “officer needs help call.”
Bodycam footage and video filmed from inside the patrol vehicle show an unidentified officer driving at a high rate of speed with their lights and sirens on. The patrol vehicle was headed eastbound down a two-lane stretch of Adams Boulevard toward Western Avenue.