Virginia State Police save a teen who fled from them from jumping off a bridge

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One thing I will say about the Virginia State Police officers. They have to have hearts of compassion as well as patience dealing with a suspect who flees from them to avoid being punished for committing a crime. On Friday afternoon, a 16 year old male teen and his assistant who was a passenger in an auto that the 16 year old was driving which was stolen fled from the state troopers as they were traveling on Interstate 95 south when the state trooper pulled them over to take them into custody. When the stolen auto refused to stop and accept the consequences of their actions, the teens led the state police on a chase toward the Woodrow Wilson Bridge in Prince Georges County. When the police cars were able to stop the stolen auto from moving due to a flat tire device used by the police to slow it down, the 16 year old male teen surrendered to the police peacefully while his partner ran away from the police toward the Woodrow Wilson Bridge where the 17 year old teen attempted to jump off of the bridge. The state trooper was able to save the 17 teen year old from jumping off of the bridge by grabbing his sweatshirt and holding him until another officer came to assist his partner. The 17 year old teen who came close of jumping off of the bridge by climbing over the railing was brought back into firm ground and taken into custody along with his partner. I will give my respects to the state troopers maintaining their cool under pressure since when a suspect disobeys an order to stop by a police officer, disobeying an order is looking for trouble. Both teens are going to be in deep trouble spending time in juvenile hall. Advice that many police officers give to law abiding persons is to obey an order quickly in order to avoid additional charges for disobeying a command since it is not worth losing your life over.