Awesome. Good work,maybe

I never really appreciated living in a city with a somewhat competent and rational-acting police force until I moved to PDX, where every cop is Denzel Washington in "Training Day". Kudos to Officer Gregorio for keeping a cool head and kudos to Mudede for writing about it.

yeah he should of shot the douche bag that had no disregard for the officer what so ever.

Should Police Officers draw their service weapons on someone suspected of nothing other than acting creepy in a creepy place? The auto could be considered as a deadly weapon, but was the show of force really necessary and the best use of policing skills?
I was not there, and do not know the scene or what led up to it...but there are certain freedoms that citizens are entitled to. Being shot for running scared may happen, it does not make it right. Probably why the Officer held his fire and engaged in radio pursuit.

Load, Aim, Fire! Cops have jobs to do. These dudes were obviously felons, a bullet in the car would have been a great wake up call.