Sergeant Bloomquist News Today

Sue will eventually join the chimpanzee troupe. looking back, sergeant bloomquist says the incident is a little funny, but it could have had an entirely different outcome. >> if his fist or his leg would have come through there, i think at that point, something a little more serious might have happened. >> for police, dealing with a chimp is an unusual occurrence. but dealing with speeding cars, thats an everyday hazard. this state trooper is about to meet his hazard head-on. its june 2005, and ...

Get a shot at the chimp. and well go from there. >> they hope to tranquilize the chimp but sue spots the police car and decides to kick play time into high gear. the dash cam inside bloomquists car records her as she pushes a trash bin down the street. but what happens next surprises even bloomquist. >> so about that time is when the chimp saw us and then proceeded to jump up on the hood, started banging on the roof of the car, and i had somebody ask me, you know, what was the animal control guy...

>> and becoming an occupational hazard for one unfortunate cop. >> im just thinking, how longs this going to go on? >> october 2010. suko the chimp, or sue as shes called, escapes from her owner and is making all kinds of trouble around a kansas city neighborhood. >> he opens up the door and hes staring. like hes a smart monkey, starts smiling and laughing, like pointing at us, ha ha. >> the chimpanzee comes out of nowhere and im just thinking, get to the house. >> sergeant john bloomquist is on...

>> im just thinking, how longs this going to go on? >> october 2010. suko the chimp, or sue as shes called, escapes from her owner and is making all kinds of trouble around a kansas city neighborhood. >> he opens up the door and hes staring. like hes a smart monkey, starts smiling and laughing, like pointing at us, ha ha. >> the chimpanzee comes out of nowhere and im just thinking, get to the house. >> sergeant john bloomquist is on routine patrol when he gets the strange call. >> when i rounded...

Strength of a human. >> that point was proven in february 2009, when a chimpanzee got loose from a connecticut home and attacked the owners friend, horribly disfiguring her. >> hes killing my friend! >> whos killing your friend? >> my chimp. my chimpanzee! >> well, im not an expert, but to me, it did not appear that he was being aggressive. >> still, bloomquist knows he has to get sue under control. >> our job is to, you know, protect people, protect property. >> little does he know, the chimpan...

Tranquilizer at her. but misses. soon after, the chimp spots her owners van. >> i opened the doors of the van or the chimp went inside the van. >> thats where runaround sues adventure ends, for now. >> it all ended well. very well. except for the car. >> the chimps tirade on the squad car cost the kansas city police department about $2,000 and it cost sergeant bloomquist a little policeman pride. >> what im dealing with now are names like monkey boy, gorilla boy, johnny b., king of the jungle, w...

The dash cam inside bloomquists car records her as she pushes a trash bin down the street. but what happens next surprises even bloomquist. >> so about that time is when the chimp saw us and then proceeded to jump up on the hood, started banging on the roof of the car, and i had somebody ask me, you know, what was the animal control guy doing? i said are you kidding me? do you really think im watching the animal control guys face while this chimps going ape on my car? >> sue then proves to every...

Car records her as she pushes a trash bin down the street. but what happens next surprises even bloomquist. >> so about that time is when the chimp saw us and then proceeded to jump up on the hood, started banging on the roof of the car, and i had somebody ask me, you know, what was the animal control guy doing. i said are you kidding me? do you really think im watching the animal control guys face while this chimps going ape on my car? >> sue then proves to everyone shes not monkeying around. >...

Looking back, sergeant bloomquist says the incident is a little funny, but it could have had an entirely different outcome. >> if his fist or his leg would have come through there, i think at that point something a little more serious might have happened. >> for police, dealing with a chimp is an unusual occurrence. but dealing with speeding cars, thats an everyday hazard. this state trooper is about to meet his hazard head-on. its june, 2005, and tennessee state trooper rodney redman is working...

>> that point was proven in february 2009, when a chimpanzee got loose from a connecticut home and attacked the owners friend, horribly disfiguring her. >> hes killing my friend! >> whos killing your friend? >> my chimp. my chimpanzee! >> well, im not an expert, but to me, it did not appear that he was being aggressive. >> still, bloomquist knows he has to get sue under control. >> our job is to, you know, protect people, protect property. >> little does he know, the chimpanzee is nowhere near r...