An off-duty trooper was caught on camera taking down a shoplifting suspect being sought after by Enfield police.
"One example why Connecticut State Troopers drive their cruisers off-duty," the state police department wrote on Facebook.
On Thursday evening, an off-duty trooper was on his way to play basketball when he stopped at a convenience store in Enfield to buy a Gatorade. While he was parking his car, he heard chatter on the scanners that Enfield police were looking for a shoplifting suspect who was wearing a black-hooded sweatshirt, Connecticut State Police said.
While the trooper was getting out of his car, he saw the suspect described walking and turned on his cruiser's emergency lights before identifying himself as a state trooper. The suspect fled and nearby cameras caught the moment when the trooper chasing the wanted man before taking him down in a nearby parking lot, police said.
The trooper handcuffed the suspect and turned him over to Enfield police when they arrived to the scene.
