Trooper Byrd News Today

Normally when a law enforcement officer tries chasing down a powerful muscle car like the Dodge Charger Scat Pack in the included video it doesn’t go so well for the cop. Unless the suspect is really bad at driving their vehicle, it’s so much more powerful and faster than police cars there’s just no contest. But Trooper Jacob Byrd is far from your average member of Arkansas State Police. Watch a cop stop a fleeing Dodge Scat Pack using pure dumb luck. Predictably, when Troop...

Even among Arkansas State Police, Trooper Garrett Byrd is a legend. The man has repeatedly displayed some of the most impressive high-speed pursuit skills on the force. We’ve seen him PIT out quite a few fleeing suspects, something he does almost flawlessly every time. But this time around he didn’t do a PIT and didn’t even put the fleeing suspect in handcuffs. Corvette roasts its engine while doing donuts. You’ll see in the dashcam footage Trooper Byrd spots a car bl...

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