A Chattanooga police officer used a special tracking device he deployed during a pursuit to eventually discover and arrest a 28-year-old man.

An officer saw a black sedan driving recklessly near the 6200 block of Shallowford Road on Wednesday, December 10, according to an arrest report obtained by Local 3 News.

The officer followed the car as it pulled into a gas station, then initiated a traffic stop with his cruiser's emergency lights.

Police say the suspect then sped up and fled from him "at a high rate of speed," circling the parking lot and turning back on Shallowford Road before getting on I-75 Southbound. Close

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The arrest report says the suspect was passing cars in oncoming traffic with "blatant disregard for the public's safety."

At some point in the purs

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