{"id":32420,"date":"2026-08-08T12:17:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32420"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:17:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:17:48","slug":"washington-police-k-9-leaps-into-action-after-suspected-impaired-driver-refuses-to-surrender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32420","title":{"rendered":"Washington police K-9 leaps into action after suspected impaired driver refuses to surrender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F08%2Fnewspress-collage-0m0m86mx0-1786171661366.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261786157306\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft wp-block-nypost-editor-partner-article-links\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A suspected impaired driver who refused to surrender during a 40-minute standoff in Washington was finally taken into custody after police deployed a K-9 through the driver\u2019s side window, newly released\u00a0body camera footage\u00a0shows.<\/p>\n<p>The Vancouver Police Department released body camera and dash camera footage Thursday from a July 26 incident involving a lengthy pursuit that ended with K-9 Midas leaping through the driver\u2019s side window to help officers arrest the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>Police said they responded after receiving multiple reports of a driver who appeared to be impaired, had passed out behind the wheel and was allegedly inhaling from\u00a0compressed air cans\u00a0while driving.<\/p>\n<p>After officers located the vehicle and observed the driver continuing to inhale from a can, they attempted to conduct a\u00a0traffic stop.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the driver refused to stop. Video shows the vehicle striking a curb, accelerating and nearly driving into a yard as it attempted to evade officers.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, the driver\u2019s actions posed an immediate danger to others on the road, prompting an officer to deploy a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/31\/us-news\/california-sheriffs-department-to-utilize-batman-like-gadget-to-halt-car-chases\/\">Grappler device<\/a>\u00a0that successfully brought the vehicle to a stop.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>A K-9 ended a 40-minute standoff in Washington by leaping through a car window and apprehending an impaired driver. <span class=\"credit\">Vancouver Police Department<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>K-9 Midas leaped through the driver\u2019s-side window to help officers arrest the suspect. <span class=\"credit\">Vancouver Police Department<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even after the vehicle stopped, the driver refused repeated commands to get out, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Officers spent more than 40 minutes communicating with the driver and evaluating multiple options to gain compliance, including a 40 mm less-lethal launcher and pepper balls.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the driver continued inhaling from compressed air cans throughout the standoff and refused repeated commands to surrender.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Suspect Brandon Wells was arrested for eluding police, DUI, reckless driving and resisting arrest. <span class=\"credit\">Vancouver Police Department<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After multiple warnings, officers deployed K-9 Midas through the driver\u2019s side window.<\/p>\n<p>The video shows officers quickly surrounding the vehicle after the K-9 entered the car before safely taking the driver into custody.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, Brandon Wells, was booked into the Clark County Jail on charges of attempting to elude police, driving under the influence, reckless driving and resisting arrest.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A suspected impaired driver who refused to surrender during a 40-minute standoff in Washington was finally taken into custody after police deployed a K-9 through the driver\u2019s side window, newly released\u00a0body camera footage\u00a0shows. 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