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South African cop opens fire during high speed bike chase

Policing in South Africa is far from a mundane job.

This video posted by the Intelligence Bureau SA shows a brave and skillful police officer in a high speed motorcycle pursuit.

Just another day as a South African police officer. Photo: Intelligence Bureau SA
Just another day as a South African police officer. Photo: Intelligence Bureau SA

Somehow he manages to juggle the clutch and throttle, while loading and then re-loading his pistol in between bouts of gun fire towards the red sedan he is chasing.

And all of this happens at top speed winding through narrow back roads.


“Just another day for our Law enforcement members! This member went above and beyond to make sure he got his suspect!” the law enforcement agency wrote on its Facebook page.

“Awesome (FPV) First person viewer footage...

“And you thought your job was hectic.”

The officer appears to take car to only fire when no civilians are visible. Photo: Intelligence Bureau SA
The officer appears to take car to only fire when no civilians are visible. Photo: Intelligence Bureau SA

Eventually, the relentless rider sees the vehicle spin out in front of him, gives it a couple more bullets for safe measure and then approaches the car to arrest the driver.

Hectic is right.