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A suspect allegedly threatened to shoot a mom and her kids at an apartment pool. Two female cops tried to apprehend him, but he ran away. Unfortunately, they were just too slow to catch up to the bad guy. But what they did next may shock you.

Two officers with the Houston Police Department jumped into a random Uber vehicle and demanded the driver chase down the suspect.

LOL. To call this embarrassing would be putting it lightly.

According to Fox 26:

Anthony Baines, an Army veteran who has driven for Uber for two years, was on his way to pick up a passenger on Aug. 7 when the wild scene unfolded.

Officers had responded to a terroristic threat call on Seventh Street after a man allegedly threatened to shoot a woman and her kids at an apartment pool. When officers tried to detain the suspect, he broke free and took off running.

Dashcam video shows the suspect sprinting past Baines' car with officers close behind. That's when one officer opened the door, hopped into the passenger seat, and shouted, "Go, go, go, go!"

In case you were wondering, no, the Uber driver had no legal obligation or civilian duty to help out the out-of-shape officers.

According to Houston Police Officers' Union President Doug Griffith:

"There's nothing that prohibits anyone from doing it," Griffith said. "There is also nothing that prohibits them from going, 'No, I'm not going to do that, I don't want to be involved.' There's nothing that forces or compels anyone to help out."

Well, this is good to know. However, it does seem like the officer did not request the driver assist in the chase as much as they demanded. “Go” seems more like a command than it does a request, but draw your own conclusions.

The suspect unfortunately remains at large. Let’s just hope the officers take this lesson to get in shape before the next Uber chase.

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