finishing up on a call when dispatch alerts him to a nearby hit and run accident involving two cars colliding. >> dispatcher started dispatching myself and other units to be on the lookout for a blue van with a ladder on it. >> within seconds of the call, deaton sees the van drive by. he flips on his blue and red flashers which automatically engages his dash cam. >> i got the vehicle up here. >> the blue van pulls over. officer deaton approaches the vehicle and identifies the driver as eric german, the 45-year-old is an intimidating figure. >> first when i make contact with him, i could tell he was much larger than i was. i could tell that he was in fairly good shape. >> almost from the start, deaton senses that german is going to be trouble. >> he was talking on the cell phone. i asked him to hang up the cell phone. then he grabbed his cell phone, hung up and threw it on the dashboard. at that time, that kind of made me aware that for some odd reason this guy is having a very bad day.