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Indiana Cops Pulled Over Their Own State Trooper, Then Discovered They'd Spiked a Bomb Squad Truck
Law enforcement communication is a powerful thing. When it works.
When it doesn’t, situations can escalate quickly, and in rare cases, turn into something nobody involved saw coming. That is exactly what happened in southern Indiana, where a routine check on an unidentified vehicle spiraled into a multi-agency pursuit.
What began as a simple question, “Who is that?” turned into a full-scale response involving multiple departments, stop sticks, and guns drawn. By the time it was over, officers had chased, spiked, and handcuffed a state trooper who was actively responding to a bomb call.
The Initial Sighting
It started when an Austin, Indiana, police officer spotted an unmarked white pickup with a camper shell traveling with red and blue lights and sirens activated. The vehicle did not match anything currently logged in their system, so the officer radioed dispatch to identify it.Dispatchers contacted Indiana State Police and were told all troopers were at a meeting at the post. That answer immediately raised red flags. If no state units were supposed to be operating, then who was driving a vehicle with emergency lights and sirens? Officers began treating the situation as a potential stolen vehicle or someone impersonating law enforcement.
Information That Didn’t Connect
At the same time, the license plate was run and came back registered to the Indiana Department of Administration. While that confirmed it was a government fleet vehicle, the significance of the detail did not fully register at the time.One dispatcher noted it appeared tied to vehicle purchasing, which did little to clarify things for officers on the road. As uncertainty built, multiple agencies joined in, including Austin police, Jackson County sheriff’s deputies, and Brownstown officers, turning a simple question into a coordinated pursuit along Indiana 39.
The Stop
Inside the truck, Trooper Rick Stockdale, an Indiana State Police bomb technician, was focused on a different problem. He was responding to a report of a suspicious device and, according to his account, had his lights and sirens activated throughout.As units closed in behind him, Stockdale radioed his own dispatch asking what was going on, noting that vehicles were catching up to him running hot. Officers, still operating on incomplete information, committed to the stop. A Brownstown officer deployed stop sticks at a sharp curve, shredding the truck’s front tire and forcing it to stop. Stockdale was ordered out at gunpoint, placed in handcuffs, and immediately identified himself.
The Realization
Officers hesitated, but their information still told them no state police units were supposed to be operating. Stockdale pushed back, explaining he had already contacted his own dispatch and was actively responding to a call. He later emphasized that his lights and sirens had been on throughout the entire incident.The situation finally broke when a state police dispatcher clarified the truth over the radio: “I just figured out it is one of our guys going to a bomb call.” An audible “OMG” followed, along with questions about why that connection had not been made earlier. On scene, the realization hit quickly, with one officer stating, “I just spiked a state cop,” while others acknowledged they believed the vehicle had been stolen.
The Aftermath
Stockdale was released and dealt with the immediate aftermath on the roadside, changing the damaged tire himself while another trooper documented the incident. By the time he was able to continue, significant time had already been lost.He eventually arrived at the original call site roughly two hours after the suspicious device was first reported. Fortunately, the device ultimately turned out not to be a bomb.
No departments agreed to on-camera interviews, though both local agencies and the Indiana State Police acknowledged the challenges of monitoring multiple radio channels simultaneously. What unfolded was not a single bad decision, but a chain reaction built on incomplete information, assumptions, and a breakdown in communication that escalated in real time.
And in the end, there was no suspect, just a delayed bomb squad response, a trooper briefly in handcuffs, and a situation that shows how quickly things can go sideways when the system meant to connect everyone falls out of sync.
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