OHP releases dashcam video of man accused of stealing Tulsa Police car, leading chase

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol released dash camera video showing the end of a high-speed chase last fall, after troopers say a man stole a Tulsa police car and drove it across multiple counties.

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Police say Avery Powell stole a Tulsa police patrol car in November while officers were responding to a call in a south Tulsa neighborhood.

Investigators said an officer got out of the car to help someone who was injured, and that’s when Powell jumped into the vehicle and drove away.

Authorities say Powell led officers out of Tulsa and past Coweta before state troopers caught up with him.

Troopers used a tactical maneuver to spin the stolen patrol car out of control after Powell entered the Muskogee Turnpike, ending the chase.

Dash camera video shows Powell telling troopers that someone told him to take the car. He also claimed that if troopers trained him, he would join them and help.