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'I'm a better rider than you': Teen's e-motorcycle impounded after trying to outrun police in O.C. park​

Orange Police Department body camera footage shows a pursuit on June 17 at Grijalva Park involving a 13-year-old boy riding an e-motorcycle without a helmet. (Orange Police Department)
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Hannah Fry
Sat, June 27, 2026 at 3:41 AM GMT+8
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A teen riding an electric motorcycle in an Orange County park learned a tough lesson after trying to go wheel to wheel against a police officer: motorcycle cops are very hard to outrun.

The pursuit, captured on body camera footage, began on June 17 just before 1:30 p.m. at Grijalva Park in Orange where residents have long complained about unsafe e-bike riding. Teens are frequently spotted sans helmet speeding past pedestrians or doing stunts that could hurt themselves or others, residents say.

In this case, the 13-year-old boy was riding an e-motorcycle without a helmet when an officer initiated a stop inside the park, police said. But the boy thought he could give the officer the slip. It didn't work.

 

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"I would stop if I were you," the motor officer tells the teen over the motorcycle's public address system, according to a video posted on Orange Police Department's social media. "This is a really, really bad idea."


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The officer tried to appeal to him, asking him to consider what his parents would think and reminding him that his face was on camera so he would be caught eventually.

But the teen, who was not identified, continued on, apparently under the impression he could outrun — or out ride — the motorcycle officer. The officer had some thoughts on that: "I promise I'm a better rider than you," the officer said over the PA system.

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The officer chased the rider through a parking lot, over curbs and across grass and dirt trails, at one point telling the teen cheekily, "Oh look, I'm still here."

After a few minutes the teen stopped and the officer instructed him to get off the bike. But the chase wasn't over that easily. The teen quickly took off again and the motor officer was hot on his trail, the video shows.

The pursuit came to an end after about five minutes when the officer pinned the teen's bike against a guardrail to force him to stop. The teen was cited on suspicion of nine violations: evading a police officer, violating the municipal code, riding in an unsafe manner in a city park on a motorized vehicle, not having license plates on the motorcycle, not wearing a helmet, not having a valid license or motorcycle license, not having registration, riding without proof of insurance and riding a motorcycle without mirrors, police said. Police also impounded the e-motorcycle.

Since the teen is a minor, he was not taken into custody. Instead, the boy was released to his father and the violations will be sent to the Orange County district attorney's office, which will determine whether to file criminal charges, said Sgt. Trevor Cullen, a spokesperson for the Orange Police Department.