An intense police chase that spanned two counties in Kentucky and ended with guns drawn took an unexpected turn — when the police chief hugged the driver.<br />The pursuit began when the woman, identified by cops as Latrece Curry, was shaken after a domestic dispute with her husband and fled the home before cops arrived.<br />When a deputy tracked her down, she sped off, sparking a hot chase Wednesday involving multiple police cars, Chief James Richardson said.<br />The pursuit came to a high-stakes end when Curry, eventually pulled over in a parking lot in Hodgenville to avoid a roadblock.<br />Officers then approach the car with guns drawn, yelling at the suspect to get out of her vehicle.<br />But as Richardson slowly moves closer, pointing his firearm at her through the car window, the mood suddenly changes.<br />Richardson then put his gun back in his holster and told her to “calm down, you’re okay.<br />Curry was later taken into custody and charged with fleeing police, endangerment and traffic violations, the department said.<br />Richardson said it was the first time a pursuit had ever ended in a hug in his 23 years on the job — but it is a “great example of keeping your emotions in check at the end of a pursuit.”
