Man Arrested After Ramming Police Officer in a Police Car

Thursday, February 04, 2016

GoLocalPDX News Team

A 26-year-old Portland man was arrested on Monday night after police say he rammed his car into a police cruiser with an officer inside.

At 8:12 PM on Monday, February 1, Portland Police Bureau East Precinct officers attempted to stop a driver near Southeast 136th Avenue and Division Street. Officers stopped the car because they believed that the car, and possible the occupants, were linked to a crime that was committed a few days earlier.

The driver, 26-year-old Pierre Sails, sped away from officers and led them on a traffic pursuit. The chase ended when an officer applied a Pursuit Intervention Technique to spin Sails’ vehicle.

As officers in police cars began to surround Sails’ vehicle, he accelerated and rammed into one of the patrol cars. No police officers were injured in the crash.

Sails was then taken into custody. Police determined while arresting him that he was under the influence of alcohol.

Sails was booked at the Multnomah County Jail on charges of assault, attempt to elude by vehicle, reckless driving, and DUII.

Related Slideshow: Crime Trends in Portland - Good News and Bad News

The Portland Police Bureau's Strategic Services Division and the Criminology and Criminal Justice program at Portland State University (PSU) have partnered to provide an interactive tool to provide a longer term look at crime trends.

The interactive data shows the geographic distribution of crime in the city; and reveals insights into crime data.

See key findings below.

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Vandalism

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Vandalism has remained relatively consistent for the past five years.

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Domestic

GOOD NEWS: Domestic assaults saw significant decline in the late 1990s, but have been fairly consistent in the past five years.

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Guns

GOOD NEWS: The number of gun related crimes has seen the greatest declines of any of the tracked crime sectors.

Gun related crimes decreased 80%.

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Bikes

BAD NEWS: The theft bikes has seen an 83% increase. Some of this is tied to the increase in biking, but the crime has been the biggest blemish on the crime trends.

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Robbery

GOOD NEWS: Street Robbery is down more than 25 years, but it has been fairly stagnant during the past five years.

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Non-Domestic Assaults

GOOD NEWS: The number of non-domestic assaults has remained relatively stagnant over the past five years.

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GOOD NEWS: Home breakins are down significantly, but like other categories (non-domestic assault and robbery) it has remained fairly constant during the past five years.

Over the 25 years residential robberies are down over 70%.