Bodycamera Footage: Woman Smokes Crack After Leading Police on Chase

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Police in Michigan released bodycam footage of a woman apparently smoking crack cocaine before she was removed from her vehicle.

“In this job, you can never say you’ve seen it all,” Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham told Fox2. “I think she truly believed she was going back to prison and figured she'd get one more hit of crack cocaine before she does her time.”

The Macomb County Sheriff’s Office said 36-year-old Kristi Rettig was driving without taillights on Oct. 25.

“The vehicle disobeyed all attempts to get it stopped and began to flee police,” the sheriff’s office wrote in a Facebook post on Nov. 1.

They first attempted to pull Rettig, 36, over by deploying stop sticks that damaged her vehicle’s tires. She then crashed into two police cars before driving off the road and stopping.

When officers approached her vehicle and ordered her to get out of the car, the footage shows Rettig apparently smoking crack.

“The driver and passenger were instructed by several deputies, with drawn pistols, to show their hands. The passenger complied, however, the driver had other priorities. As you can clearly see in this deputy’s body camera, the driver ignores deputies’ commands and begins smoking crack cocaine,” police wrote on Facebook.

Rettig is charged with fleeing and eluding police, possession of a controlled substance, and operating with a suspended license.

Alexandra Weed, a passenger in Rettig’s car, was charged with possession of a controlled substance.

Neither Weed, Rettig, or any sheriff’s deputies were injured in the incident, the sheriff’s office stated.

The department noted that “the epidemic is real,” referring to Rettig’s inhalation of freebase cocaine.

Drug addiction is a serious problem that affects people from all walks of life, but help is available at all hours of the day. Drug abuse hotlines are an excellent place for people with questions about addiction and potential treatment.

Drug treatment advisors are available 24 hours per day, seven days a week by calling 1-888-744-0069 or by visiting Drugabuse.com.