'Can I borrow your bike?': Moment cop commandeers cyclist's ride to chase down and arrest 'domestic abuser'

 Dramatic footage shows the moment a quick-thinking police officer commandeered a cyclist's bike to chase down and arrest a suspected wife beater in a park.

PC Tom Harris had been on domestic call-out when he spotted the wanted man a quarter of a mile away at Oaklands Recreational Ground, in Yardley, Birmingham.

Video from the officer's body-worn camera shows him giving chase before asking a cyclist if he could borrow his mountain bike.

The friendly rider agrees and asks 'Are you after that bloke?' to which PC Harris replies: 'Yeah, that bloke there. Cheers mate.'

He then frantically pedals across grassland to quickly catch up with the 23-year-old man and detain him in the park on August 31.PC Tom Harris had been on domestic call-out when he spotted the wanted man a quarter of a mile away at Oaklands Recreational Ground, in Yardley, Birmingham

PC Tom Harris had been on domestic call-out when he spotted the wanted man a quarter of a mile away at Oaklands Recreational Ground, in Yardley, Birmingham

Video from the officer's body-worn camera shows him giving chase before asking a cyclist if he could borrow his mountain bike

Video from the officer's body-worn camera shows him giving chase before asking a cyclist if he could borrow his mountain bike

He tells him: 'Stop! Hands behind your back now' as the suspect, who is wearing a sling, replies 'watch my arm, man' as he is cuffed.

The officer calls a colleague to ask 'Can you meet me where you dropped me off, I borrowed a member of the public's bike and now I need to drop it off..'

PC Harris then spots two friendly PCSOs who agree to take the bike back to its rightful owner.

The suspect was arrested on suspicion of breaching his bail terms by trying to force his way into a property that he is banned from visiting.

He is accused of defying his conditions by turning up at the woman's home in Birmingham and hammering on the door.

The friendly rider agrees and asks 'Are you after that bloke?' to which PC Harris replies: 'Yeah, that bloke there. Cheers mate.

The friendly rider agrees and asks 'Are you after that bloke?' to which PC Harris replies: 'Yeah, that bloke there. Cheers mate.

He then frantically pedals across grassland to quickly catch up with the 23-year-old man and detain him in the park on August 31

He spent a night in the cells before appearing in court the next day where his bail was revoked and he was remanded into prison

He spent a night in the cells before appearing in court the next day where his bail was revoked and he was remanded into prison

He spent a night in the cells before appearing in court the next day where his bail was revoked and he was remanded into prison.

PC Harris, of West Midlands Police, said: 'We were on the phone to the woman as we headed to her address and she told us the man had left and gave us his description.

'I spotted a man matching the description in Oaklands Recreational Ground but he was quite some distance away.

'I saw the cyclist and thought it would be a hell of a lot easier to pedal rather than run with all my kit on.

'A big shout to that man for helping me and for the two PCSOs who were nearby and returned the bike while I arrested the suspect.'

The man is due to appear in court later this year to face charges of domestic assault and criminal damage.

After the footage was uploaded online by the force, many social media users praised the officer's 'old school' style of policing.

One wrote: 'Doesn't get more old school than that. Fair play that copper' while another added: 'Now that is thinking on your feet. Great job.'

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