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Deputy Returns to Work After Falling Off Overpass During Pursuit
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A deputy with the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office is now back to work nearly six months after he fell 15 feet off an overpass during a pursuit. Deputy Christopher Oletski was assigned to the Criminal Interdiction Team which focuses on border-related criminal activity including human smuggling, and drug trafficking. New body camera video of the incident shows another deputy arriving at the chaotic scene to try and find a way for an ambulance to get down the embankment to transport Oletski. You could hear other law enforcement officials render emergency aid.

A deputy with the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office is back to work after falling off an overpass during a pursuit. Deputy Christopher Oletski was pursuing a driver suspected of smuggling migrants when he fell.

New body camera footage shows the chaotic scene and the efforts to provide emergency aid.

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