KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Kalamazoo Public Safety officers are praising the tracking work of one of their K9s who located a fleeing suspect on New Year’s Eve.
The incident began around 8 p.m. Tuesday when officers attempted to pull over a gold colored Jeep Grand Cherokee for a traffic violation in the area of North Church Street and Norway Avenue on the city’s Northside, but the driver drove off and out of the sight of the officers.
They then spotted the same vehicle abandoned in the 1000 block of North Rose Street and set up a perimeter of the area to attempt to find the suspect.
That’s when they launched K9 Bach who tracked from the vehicle until officers eventually spotted the suspect running in the 500 block of Elizabeth Street. After tracking from where the subject was last seen, K9 Bach located the 31-year-old Kalamazoo man hiding in the 600 block of William Street.
He was arrested for fleeing and eluding and several outstanding warrants.
