Where does it read "minor injuries"? Better safe than sorry, imho.

So a drunk driver rams a police cruiser, and your issue is with why the trooper was flown to Shock Trauma? I'm thankful that the man of courage is OK! Now let's see to it that this drunk fool is put away for a long time!

Where did you read he was flown to Shock Trauma?

In reply to Robert:
Any police officer that is injured in the line of duty (and maybe even when off duty) goes to shock trauma no matter what the severity of the injuries may be.

Yes Noelle you are correct!!! That also goes for Firefighters, emt, ambulance drivers etc.

Seriously...this sounds so much like you're blaming this cop for this. I imagine...it's his fault he was bitten by a biker last summer and that it was his dad's fault that he died in the line of duty as well. Everybody knows police chases are dangerous but so is a drunken idiot. Assume the dumb arse continued on and pulled out in front of a car load of kids killing all of them. Would you still make such a stupid comment....the kid was stopped down the road and in jail where he belongs. You do realize he was ticketed last year for doing 85 near Ring Factory...he's a head on collision just waiting to happen. He was ramming this police car; but the cop should have let him go; you seriously believe that?

Are you kidding me? As a nurse I would think that in some point in your career you would have had the opportunity to witness first hand the damage that drunk drivers do to others. I suppose the officer should have let him go on his merry way when he started to flee. Perhaps then the victims could have been a family driving a mini-van or someone's grandmother trying to cross the street when this uncaring criminal plowed through the intersection drunk at 85 mph. Lets just hope no one you care about is ever killed by a drunk driver. The fact that it was a heavy traffic road makes the chase more necessary, not less. The police engage in car chases when a criminal runs. What kind of message would it send to criminals if police didn't chase suspects who flee? Why would anyone stop for an officer when they were breaking the law if they knew they wouldn't be pursued because the road was heavily traveled? Please think before posting such naive statements in the future.

Thank you Mr. Sawa for risking your life to help apprehend a drunk driver who could have potentially cost an innocent person theirs.

You clearly didn't read the story either. He wasn't pulled over when he ran...he was running up on the bumper of this cop...the cop pulled over to let him by. Now did he do that so he could get behind him; that I don't know, but when the officer pulled over Nussle didn't just go by; not this idiot slows and pulls up aside the officer's car, makes some idiotic gesture and then speeds off squealing wheels out of there - he ran on his own before any chase began. When someone is driving that erratically, late at night and with light traffic, heading towards a major highway it's the right decision to use every means necessary to get them to stop; unless of course you think it's smart to allow a clearly drunken driver into heavy traffic.

Road block. That's what I was thinking too. Thank you.

I have the highest regard and respect for the police. They have a tough job to do and I've worked within the criminal justice system for years now. However, I do believe this particular incident could have been delt with better than chasing some idiot drunk down a winding, dangerous road, with poor visibility, and no shoulders.

I wouldn't want to be the family, kids, or grand-kids, in a car coming from the opposite direction.

My concern, as always, is the potential for harm to innocent victims.

As to flying the officer to shock Trauma, I have no problems with that.

The majority of this happened on Rt. 152 which is anything but winding and has plenty of shoulder room. It says they picked up the pursuit, which I'm inclined to believe is when they went to his house (since he lives on Atkinson, which is right next to where he crashed) and he ran again. Not to mention he has a history of drunk driving, drugs, and recklessly speeding. You should know your facts before you judge someone too harshly.

Yeah for a first timer but he's made more than one poor decision. Since you've known him forso long you would know this is not his first DUI or serious charge. From the court records he was also charged the first time with resisting arrest and hindering an officer just two years ago during another DUI. What about the marijuana charge he got probation for? Someone obviously hasn't learned...

Poor choices are exactly what lands you in prison. Just because his family is good doesn't mean there isn't a rotten apple in it.

And this isn't one poor choice, it's a multitude of them. He's had previous DUI charges among others and this time around it's 40 different ones. He's obviously someone who hasn't learned from his mistakes and continues to put his life and others in danger with his reckless actions. People like that need to do jail time or they will continue to make those mistakes. Who knows? Next time someone could die.

Nussle is an idiot and is not a good hearted person! Enough said!! Its a good thing he deleted his FACEBOOK page!!! I am sure you were the one partaking in those wonderful keg stand pics. Were you the one passed out on the floor??? Too many mistakes!! Verdict-Jail Time and more than a year!!!

I fear your concerns lay in the completely wrong direction. You're chastising a police officer for doing his job and trying to get a reckless DUI driver off the road. This is not the boy's first DUI or reckless driving and to say that the police officer should not have chased him is just asinine. One dangerous car chase between the two of them is far better than letting a repeated drunk driver continue on the road. Nobody died in this situation, but had he continued to let this boy go about his business someone surely would have at some point.

spell check please?

while i am not a true part of the family MAS and you know me very well! I totally agree with everything your saying!!! I know the whole story about your father and that story. I made an earlier post which i was under the impression that the idiot driver had pulled over originally. I was wrong. Now knowing the whole story, it makes this situation much different and that idiot even more of an idiot. As for you Eric bel air just figure out what MAS is saying!!! We are not in english class if you would like to correct spelling go to english.com and post something!!!

Wow Greg, did I strike a nerve? Lots of exclamation points by you. I agree with your position on this case, but that post was so poorly written I had to read it 3 times. Just about every other word is misspelled. To me it casts doubt the poster really is who he claims he is.

I hear you but this blog is not about spell checking. Sorry for the exclamation points just used to it when i rant lol. I know your defending the cop but we are here to make sure it continues to stay that way. The spell checking thing is just off topic, no offense.

It's not about spell checking, but the way you spell gives a good indication of your education and credibility.

I hear you as well ashley but i can confirm that MAS is related to the trooper that was injured. MAS is the troopers sister,

I just meant it as a general statement. I have no reason to believe MAS isn't who they say they are. :)

MAS you know how I feel. Obviously not all people have not experienced the pain we have...that's why they are so insensitive. I hope they never do but I hope they can learn to feel compassion for others. XOXO

No problem MAS!!! Well said and love you and your family as if they were my own!!!!

heres a link i want you to go to.....Takeyouropinionsomewhereelse.com

Yeah you are right about that. I am sick of my tax money being wasted on police and their mostly worthless agendas.

Anonymous, how many posts do i have to find you on where your comments mean nothing to the article. Have some guts and reveal your female self because one of your teammates slipped. Contact your congressman/woman if you have a problem not every article on the bel air patch. Thank you!!!

I don't want to share the road with someone who drives recklessly like that. I'm not saying he tried to kill a cop, but honestly, I'm a lot more inclined to believe a cops version of the story than I am of the person who ran from the police. Obviously he was doing something wrong or he wouldn't have run away. Just throwing that out there.

and what if that "mistake"did kill officer sawa??? would we feel the same way??? absolutely not!!! We all make mistakes your right but this mistake could have cost a very good person and a very good cop his life!!! HE IS GUILTY!!!!

Everyone makes mistakes but all of these people have nothing better to do but to judge other peoples mistakes so they don't have to think about their own.

i make mistakes but look at you miss perfect who has never done anything wrong! im sure you got sent to the principals office last week for opening your mouth about something really dumb.

"Almost everyone had or is gonna get a DUI it's Harford County" ... Really? I doubt that, most people don't get a DUI. You sound very young and very immature.

Furthermore, most people learn from the first one IF they do get one.

No its not immature...its stating the truth. Your trying to tell me you dont know one person(that is a friend) that has a DUI ? I find that very hard to believe.

Who doesn't know one person anywhere though? You're stating the almost everybody will get one. That's absolutely ridiculous. Seriously, think about what you're saying. Harford's population is 244,826. Now think of "almost everyone" in terms of that number. Very few people get a DUI and they're always irresponsible people. I'd be more forgiving for this guy if this was his first DUI, but it's not, he got one previously back in 2010. I'd say his punishment wasn't severe enough since he obviously didn't learn his lesson from it.

Jen are you really being serious right now??? How many dui's have you had to make you so retarded to post such a thing??? yes everyone speeds and yes some and i mean some get dui's but this Idiot (nussle) tailgated a cop while under the influence and ran him off the road. Most of the dui's that my friends/aquaintances have had in the past, pulled over and spent 1 night in jail and learned there lesson!!! This guy (nussle) was way out of line!!! Family member/Friend of the cop or not he did his job and everyone should feel the same way!!!

To Ashley and whoever else thinks that getting a Dui is not common, I know plenty of people to get dui's when they weren't drunk (you probably do too). And no I have never had one.

im sure anonymous that you are a saint. Im sure you got busted on the playground with a cigarette just last week.

@Anonymous I most certainly do not. I know two people who have gotten DUIs. One was my boyfriend, who was almost thrown in jail over the whole thing and definitely learned his lesson about it and the other person was a friends older sister... who ended up killing two people and paralyzing herself from the waist down.

If you know that many people who get DUIs than you are hanging with the wrong crowd.

Well said!!!!

I couldnt agree more Lauren!!! Getting the tag number would have not have been enough. His friends at the bar should have made sure he didnt drive would have been the solution!! Some friends Nussle has!! Not to mention im sure there was more involved than just alcohol for that to happen!!

are you confused about something mr dillinger because it sounds to me like your trying to race an ss cobalt against a cop car for slips. I would put my money on the cop car. Are you refering to the cop who endangered his life? or the idiot who endangered his life when he started his car? Because this whole blog is about a cop doing his job and not about whos car was faster!! What about the idiot driver who could have killed someone else if the cop didnt engage.

I doubt this kid would have slowed down even without the cop behind him, adrenaline going, alcohol in the system... I believe the cop made what he thought was the right call in that situation for the protection of the people and yet here are a lot of people blasting him for trying to do his job. You don't know how this guy was driving or the dangers he was putting on others with it, so how can you say that isn't the same call you would have made given the circumstances. If you try and run the police are going to chase you. I love how people are always wanting to blast everyone except the person who was actually in the wrong.

How old are you john? Lets take the whole car thing out of the equation for a moment. I will put this in kindergarden terms for you because i think you sound like your probably about 8 maybe going on 20. Who is more at fault? The cop or your friend the driver of the "faster" car?? Because to me, you know nothing about the story and further more you know nothing about cars. Have you thought about reading my post before you responded?? Again let me put it into kindergarden terms for you, THE KID COULD HAVE KILLED SOMEONE REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION!!! COP OR NO COP!!!!

oh and P.S. did you look at the kids previous record?? Did you happen to read the police report?? Did you happen to read the previous posts?? Get your facts straight before typing your stupidity. Wanna race for slips??? lol

Greg and Ashley, you waste your time with assumptions.

Anonymous you waste your time with your fingertips punching letters on that keyboard in computer class. How is that working out for you?? You getting good grades in middle school this year?? There is my assumption of your intelligence!!

There may not have been an injured cop, but you can't guarantee that someone else wouldn't have been injured and/or killed.

......Hence there wouldn't be an injured cop....thats why your still in kindergarden, John. Correct Grammar please :)

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