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Arkansas State Police Trooper gets fired for using a PIT maneuver on the wrong vehicle.


According to a press release distributed on January 22nd, the Arkansas State Police fired probationary Trooper Joshua Fitzgerald for a major screwup he made on Sunday, January 18, 2025 - he performed a PIT maneuver (ASP call them TVI's or Tactical Vehicle Intervention) on the wrong vehicle. 




Trooper Fitzgerald was patrolling for speeders on I-630. He had been driving west on I-630 and he turned around at the Baptist Hospital exit and went back east.

As he was merging into traffic a white Buick Envista (with temporary tags) blasted past him. That vehicle was driven by Johnny Williams (B/M 38 yrs old) of Little Rock.

Trooper Fitzgerald went after him and pulled him over between the west bound Rodney Parham/ Mississippi and University Avenue exits.

Trooper Fitzgerald told Williams that he smelled marijuana and asked Williams to exit his vehicle. Williams drove off and Trooper Fitzgerald ran back to his vehicle to give chase.

At that precise moment, a white GMS driven by Lindsey French (W/F 47 yrs old) of Conway, AR drove by in the middle lane of traffic. Her husband, Brad (W/M 37 yrs old)  and their youngest son Will ( W/M 11 yrs old), were passengers in the vehicle.



Williams went from the right shoulder over to the left lane like a rocket. French moved from the center lane to the right lane and Trooper Fitzgerald came up behind her at a high rate of speed.

From viewing the video, it appears that French noticed flashing blue lights on Trooper Fitzgerald's vehicle and was slowing down to pull out of his way. 

French noticed that Trooper Fitzgerald was staying behind her and she took the University Avenue exit at a extremely slow speed (30 mph) and was trying to find a safe spot to pull over.

Trooper Fitzgerald rammed his vehicle into the left rear bumper of the GMC Yukon bring it to a stop.  Trooper Fitzgerald (with gun drawn no doubt) yelled "get out!...show me your hands!", several times.


Don't you know Trooper Fitzgerald was shocked to see a middle aged white lady step out of the vehicle.


We would love to hear Trooper Fitzgerald's explanation of how he mistook the GMS Yukon with a normal license plat and a ASP Foundation Supporter sticker on the rear window for the smaller Buick Envista with temporary tags.




Here's the dash camera video from Trooper Fitzgerald's vehicle of the incident.


As Trooper Fitzgerald was still on his probationary period he was immediately fired.


Fitzgerald, from Hot Springs, AR, was sworn in on March 27, 2025 at a ceremony at the State Capitol.


No doubt the French's played a part in the ASP's quick decision to fire him.

Both Mr. & Mrs. French are executives at Centennial Bank in Conway, AR. Brad is a board member of the Conway Public School Foundation and Lindsey is president of the Kiwanis Club of Conway. And most importantly, they are financial patrons of the Arkansas State Police Foundation. That's how they get those stickers for their vehicles.





The French's were featured in Conway Get Smart, a publication of the Conway Chamber of Commerce back in 2024. Click here to read that story.



Arkansas State Troopers love to PIT maneuver vehicles and have their dash camera videos blasted all over social media. 

We will have to wait until we have reasonable state leadership in place to get the ASP's overuse of PIT maneuver's under control. The fascists in control now don't see any problems.

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