After a police pursuit of a huge inflatable pumpkin, body cam video
shows officer struggling with it
[October 10, 2025]
PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) — The subject of an Ohio police pursuit
took off down the road, a flash of orange in the darkness, but officers
eventually caught up and grabbed the escapee: a runaway inflatable
pumpkin as tall as them. |
This image made from a Parma Heights Police Department body camera video
shows a police officer approaching a runaway inflatable pumpkin on
Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (Parma Heights Police Department via AP) |
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Body camera footage from the Parma Heights Police Department in
northeast Ohio shows an officer struggling to grasp the floored
gourd as he describes to a clearly amused colleague how he had
chased it down early when it kept blowing away. “And when I went
to grab it over here, it just took off,” he says. “I was pretty
much in pursuit.”
After some more struggles attempting to deflate the decoration,
multiple officers squished it into a police car.
“I’ve never seen that before,” one can be heard saying of the
Halloween inflatable packed tight in the back seat.
Police said they then returned it to the home where it was
displayed.
“Just another example of our officers going above and beyond,
even for seasonal decor!” the department posted Wednesday on
Facebook when it shared the case, which drew plenty of puns and
quips from commenters, including other local law enforcement.
“Some departments would have Squashed this story,” the nearby
Bedford Police wrote. “Glad to see you guys rolled it out.”
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