I’ve said it here before, and I’ll probably say it here again someday, but being a police officer is not any easy job. I think a lot of us can be lulled into a comfortable sense of security and complacency by the relatively safe environment afforded to us in Eden Prairie by our police.
There was a hiccup in that security last week when an Eden Prairie resident went on a high speed chase through Eden Prairie, into Chanhassen, Chaska, and then back into Eden Prairie. Near the border between Eden Prairie and Chan, the driver hit another vehicle and spun off into the ditch. The photo below (which is from the Eden Prairie News) shows the driver’s car.

When the driver emerged from the car, he told the officer he had a gun and that he was going to shoot him. When he made a quick move into his coat, our officer shot him, wounding him in the leg. An ambulance took him to the hospital. He is recuperating.
Despite what you see on TV, it is not easy for a police officer to shoot a person - even when that person may pose a threat to the officer. Police officers are trained to exhaust all other options before shooting an assailant.
The man driving this car on a high speed chase endangered the lives of hundreds of our residents in a short amount of time. If he could have got another car, there is no telling what might have happened. He may have killed innocent people. Our officer’s quick thinking and good judgment saved lives that day.
Maybe your’s.










