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Spike Strips Ends Pursuit of Disgraceful ex. Sheriff's Deputy

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News Release
January 25, 2022
"A TRADITION OF SERVICE"
Sheriff John Wallace

Spike Strips Ends Pursuit of Disgraceful ex. Sheriff's Deputy
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  • Los Santos Couty: Spike strips, or stingers, and stop sticks as they are also called, are a tool used worldwide because of their effectiveness in ending dangerous pursuits with minimal potential damage. To be able to deploy spike strips in the Sheriff's Department, the deputy must be a member of the Highway Enforcement Division and be qualified for its usage, as it takes practice and good judgment to deploy them. While the spike strips are known for their effectiveness, it's also a potential hazard and can cause serious injury or damage to surroundings, because depending on the speed of the vehicle that drives over the spike strips, it can lose full control and uncontrollably ram into anything in its near surrounding.

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    James Famingo
    Today, the Sheriff's Department was able to demonstrate the effectiveness of our spike strips, as it was deployed on a pursuit of a Paragon driven by a disgraced ex Sheriff's Deputy, James Famingo. Mr. Famingo was evading from a traffic stop attempt carried out on Senora Freeway, and as he made a turn into Grapeseed, our Highway Enforcement Deputies was able to predict his route of travel and was able to successfully deploy spike strips at the intersection of Seaview Road and East Joshua Road. This resulted in the pursuit ending after no more than two minutes from its initiation, and the suspect, James Famingo, was safely taken into custody and transported to Bolingbroke Penitentiary for Felony Evading.

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    Footage from Undersheriff Bobby Kirk's body camera.

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    Investigator III Charlie Wilkinson is the hero of the day who was able to end this potentially dangerous pursuit through his quick thinking and great judgment. Investigator Wilkinson is a veteran of the department, and of the Highway Enforcement Division, and we're proud that he was able to quickly predict the route that Mr. Famingo was going to take and that he was able to safely deploy spike strips and end the potentially dangerous pursuit, for not only our deputies involved but also the general public.


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  • For Information, Contact:

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    Undersheriff Bobby Kirk
    (909) 596-1688 — [email protected]

    Sheriff's Information Division
    Los Santos County Sheriff's Department
    Procopio Promenade 1, Paleto Bay
    Los Santos, SA, 909
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Sheriff Bobby Kirk

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