{"id":823336,"date":"2026-07-25T17:26:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T17:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/823336\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T17:26:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T17:26:22","slug":"female-police-officer-trapped-in-speeding-car-during-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/823336\/","title":{"rendered":"Female police officer trapped in speeding car during arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/nsw-police-jdi\" class=\"sc-eRZcwA dNXoqI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">detective<\/a> was trapped inside a suspected stolen car as the driver allegedly sped off during an arrest in Melbourne\u2019s north.<\/p>\n<p>She had confronted the 30-year-old driver on Friday as part of a shoplifting investigation at Northland Shopping Centre.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1717689dff8fcfd6e05497af5c230ba582cfc5b0a13f23295cd151e19ee58f36.png\"  width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_0b53bae146db0b62 _7475dd3391ee1518\" style=\"--text-color:var(--color-text-secondary)\">Police claim the driver sped through local streets before crashing into a parked vehicle on Mansfield Street.\u00a0Supplied<\/p>\n<p>The officer approached a grey Toyota sedan in Thornbury about 7.20pm and reached through the driver\u2019s door when police say he took off.<\/p>\n<p>Her arm was pinned inside the car.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the officer was forced to throw herself on top of the driver to avoid being dragged along.<\/p>\n<p>A second officer was thrown to the ground as the car raced off, injuring his hand, elbow, and shoulder.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2ead1a5ff726238fbf39ddd525034c58431a46544f4ac28719074b11600b6cc6.png\"  width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_0b53bae146db0b62 _7475dd3391ee1518\" style=\"--text-color:var(--color-text-secondary)\">Police say they\u2019re now looking for a second man who fled on foot.\u00a09News<\/p>\n<p>Police claim the driver sped through streets with the detective stuck inside.<\/p>\n<p>They say the driver struggled to regain control and crashed into a parked vehicle on Mansfield Street.<\/p>\n<p>The detective then managed to restrain the man with the help of a passer-by.<\/p>\n<p>The man, from Bundoora, was taken to hospital under police guard.<\/p>\n<p>The detective wasn\u2019t hurt.<\/p>\n<p>Police are looking for a second man who fled on foot.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A detective was trapped inside a suspected stolen car as the driver allegedly sped off during an arrest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":823337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-823336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=823336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/823337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}