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‘Put the f***ing knife down': Shock moment man attacks cops in Melbourne home
Harrowing footage has captured the moment a man attacked two police officers in a Melbourne home, slashing one with a box knife before fleeing the scene in a stolen car, which he later set alight.
Newly released footage shows Diesel Jackson, 25, fighting a male and female police officer, neither of whom were equipped with tasers, at a home in Frankston on March 22, 2024.
The officers had arrived at the property at 6.30pm that evening, responding to reports of a man with a stolen white Jeep Grand Cherokee.
Footage, released by a judge to 7News on Friday, shows Mr Jackson waving a knife in front of the male police officer.
'Put it down! Put it down!' the officer shouted, while pointing a gun at the man.
'Put the f***ing knife down!'
At one point, the female officer is heard pleading with the male officer to let Mr Jackson go, after being 'trapped' alone in the room with him.
'No, no, let him go, let him get out … I'm trapped!' she said.
During the altercation, Mr Jackson was sprayed with capsicum spray but it had little effect.
'Let him go, not worth it,' the female officer said as Mr Jackson made his way downstairs.
Outside, the pair stood and watched as Jackson drove away, only to return moments later. He accelerated toward them as they stood on the pavement.
'Watch out, he's going to ram us!' the female officer shouted. 'Get out of the way!'
What followed was a high-speed police pursuit captured by aerial footage over southeast Melbourne, with Jackson allegedly reaching speeds of up to 170km/h.
The stolen Jeep was seen mounting kerbs and median strips, continuing on even after hitting police-deployed stop sticks.
The chase came to an end when Jackson lost control and spun out on Cranbourne Road. He then set the vehicle alight before fleeing on foot.
He was caught shortly afterwards.
Both officers were taken to hospital following the incident, which has since renewed pressure on the Victorian Government to accelerate its plan to equip all frontline police with tasers.
Wayne Gatt, chief executive of the Police Association Victoria, said tasers would 'definitely have helped in the situation.'
Jackson, 25, was later charged with 28 offences, including assaulting an emergency worker on duty, intentionally causing injury, recklessly causing injury, and theft of a motor vehicle.
He was convicted of eight offences and three summary offences and sentenced to six years in prison, with a non-parole period of four years.
'Our thoughts remain with the victims and their loved ones,' a Victorian Government spokesperson said in a statement provided to
'We thank all the men and women of Victoria Police who put their lives on the line every day to keep Victorians safe.
'We have delivered $214 million to give Victoria Police next-gen tasers and we continue to introduce a range of tough new laws that back the work of Victoria Police.'
