COMMENTARY: Bodycam Footage Shows Police Chase Take Touching Turn When Cop Hugs Scared Suspect

A police chase in Kentucky took an unexpected turn when it came to an end, and serves as a helpful lesson in compassion.

The woman being chased, Latrece Curry, left her home after a domestic dispute with her husband, and the chase began once she was tracked down by police, the New York Post reported.

The chase spanned two counties, but Curry eventually stopped in a parking lot.

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While police did have their guns drawn and shouted at her to get out of the car, there was a jarring shift when Hodgenville Police Chief James Richardson began to approach the vehicle.

Richardson took note of the intense fear Curry had as he pointed a gun at her, and decided to put his gun back into its holster.

“I got to the driver’s side door and told her to unlock the door — she had her hands up, she was shaking like a leaf. I mean the poor girl, when I opened the door it was like a look of sheer terror. She was scared to death,” he told the Post.

“I didn’t perceive her as a threat; she didn’t have any weapons. I took control of her hands — she started crying. She reached out and hugged me and I just kind of hugged her back.”

He even told her to “calm down, you’re OK” and gave her a hug — something that may not be commonly seen after the end of a pursuit.

“Her statement to me was she was just in the zone, she didn’t know what she was doing and she was extremely sorry. She had no criminal record to speak of, had never been in trouble that I know of. She just made a really bad choice,” Richardson said.