New York City Prisoner on The Run

WELL AS BASE STREET CLOSED IN THE AREA. SO FAR, NO ARRESTS. NOW TO A MANHATTAN PRISONER ON THE RUN. AND TONIGHT, THIS VIDEO IS LEADING TO A LOT OF QUESTIONS. HOW DOES A HANDCUFFED PRISONER ASSAULT A DETECTIVE AND THEN GET AWAY? CBS 2'S JESSICA SCHNEIDER IS LIVE AT THE 32nd PRECINCT IN HARLEM WHERE THIS HAPPENED. Reporter: KRISTINE AND MAURICE, 23-YEAR-OLD TARIQ ARNOLD TOOK OFF AND NEVER LOOKED BACK. HE IS STILL ON THE RUN WANTED AND DANGEROUS. BUT THE QUESTION LOOMS, HOW DID HE GET AWAY SO EASILY? AT 7:30 TUESDAY NIGHT TARIQ ARNOLD RAN FOR HIS LIFE AND LEFT TWO DETECTIVES IN THE DUST. THE PLAINCLOTHESSED OFFICERS PICKED HIM UP ON A WARRANT FOR ATTEMPTED *** OF A MAN IN THIS HARLEM NEIGHBORHOOD JUNE 8. POLICE SAY THEY WERE TAKING HIM TO A WAITING VEHICLE WHEN ARNOLD MADE HIS MOVE SHOVING AN OFFICER TO THE GROUND WITH HIS BODY AND THEN RUNNING WEST ON WEST 135th STREET NEAR FREDERICK DOUGLAS BOULEVARD HANDCUFFS STILL ON BEHIND HIS BACK. THE WOMAN HE LIVES WITH AT 2400 SEVENTH AVENUE DIDN'T WANT TO SHOW HER FACE BUT SAYS SHE LAST SAW HIM BEFORE HIS ARREST TUESDAY NIGHT. I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HIM. I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS AT. I'M WORRIED. I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT NOTHING BAD HAPPENS TO HIM. YOU KNOW? WELL, HE DID TAKE OFF FROM POLICE. YEAH. HE DID. Reporter: ARNOLD HAS A VIOLENT HISTORY WITH NINE PRIOR ARRESTS INCLUDING ASSAULT. POLICE ARE STATIONED OUTSIDE HIS BUILDING ON SEVENTH AVENUE BLOCKS FROM WHERE HE FLED AND HIS WANTED POSTER IS BLASTSTERED ON LIGHT POSTS. THE VIDEO SHOWS ARNOLD IN HIS ESCAPE WHERE THE TWO DETECTIVES LAGGED BEHIND VISIBLY OVERWEIGHT AND UNDER PREPARED TO CATCH THIS FUGITIVE. IT'S A REGRETTABLE VIDEO TO SEE POLICE OFFICERS HUFFING AND PUFFING DOWN AN AVENUE AFTER SOMEBODY WHO IS HANDCUFFED BEHIND HIS BACK LIKE THIS. IT'S NOT THE WAY OUR POLICE OFFICERS SHOULD BE. Reporter: BUT AS COMMISSIONER BRATTON SAID TWO WEEKS AGO, IT'S THE WAY IT IS. ONCE YOU GET ON THE JOB, WE DON'T HAVE PHYSICAL TESTING. MY COLLEAGUE IN LONDON IS PUTTING THAT SYSTEM INTO PLACE IN CONTROVERSY. UNDER OUR CONTRACTS WE DON'T HAVE THAT. Reporter: THERE ARE FITNESS TESTS AT THE POLICE ACADEMY BUT NO REQUIREMENTS AFTER THEY GRADUATE. THE NYPD PATROL GUIDE ONLY OFFERS THIS GUIDELINE, BE FIT FOR DUTY AT ALL TIMES EXCEPT WHEN ON SICK REPORT. FOR THEIR SAKE AND FOR THE SAKE OF THE DEPARTMENT, THERE NEEDS TO BE BETTER PHYSICAL FITNESS FOR THE FORCE. Reporter: TONIGHT POLICE STILL HAVEN'T CAUGHT UP WITH TAREEK ARNOLD AND THERE'S NO WORD WHETHER EITHER OFFICER IS