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Dallas Police Bait Car Involved in Fatal Car Accident

Dallas, Texas police have suspended a program used nationwide to fight car theives. The program is being suspended while the Dallas police investigate why police officers could not disable the bait car before it was involved in a car crash that killed an woman.

Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle in a press conference in Dallas said police officers saw the bait vehicle shortly before the car accident . They called for police dispatchers to hit the kill switch but an error message came up. The error was most likely because the car accident had already occurred, Kunkle said.

Officers cannot ask for the kill switch to be activated until they have the bait car in sight and believe it's safe to turn off the engine. They don't have the ability to remotely activate brakes on the vehicles, Kunkle said.

"Our policy, which we are reviewing, is we don't direct a bait car to be shut off unless officers see the vehicle, because we want to do that in an area and manner as safe as possible," Kunkle said.

Annie Tovar Reyes, 83, died of injuries suffered in a crash with a bait vehicle in north Oak Cliff. The stolen bait car struck the driver's side of her car, police said.

Eddie Ramirez, 28, faces charges of felony theft and murder in her death, police said.

Ramirez was being held without bond. Jail records do not show if he has an attorney.

Bait cars have resulted in 245 arrests since the program began in 2004, officials said.

"We still think the bait cars are a very, very valuable tool and a safer way to arrest auto theft suspects than almost any of the other alternatives," Kunkle said.

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