Police identified a man with a pistol at a checkpoint, and the man fled in the confrontation.
While one of the officers was chasing him, another officer activated his jet suit and flew over the area, overtaken him and immediately contained the threat.
This may sound like a scene from a futuristic movie, but the scene was recently shown during the presentation of flying suits to a police squad in the UK.
The man who played the "flying officer" was the founder of Gravity Industries and head of test pilots, a company that makes jet suits for human flight.
Founded in 2017, Gravity manufactures hand-held jet propulsion suits.
The company, which also claims to have the world's first patented jet suit, also offers jet-suit flight training programs.
I have worked with more than 50 clients in the US and UK and have also been involved in search and rescue operations and military cooperation.
The most recent demonstration was conducted at the Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) in Porton Down near Salisbury in the United Kingdom.
It was attended by government officials and senior police officers.
After the presentation, National Police Chiefs Council Chairman Martin Hewitt said technology had potential and he would be interested to see how technology could be applied to policing to help police officers "to do their job better, in a way that keeps them and people safe".
Despite his admiration for the technology, he described it as "a bit noisy".
With 5 turbines running at 120,000 revolutions per minute, the system is bound to make some noise.
While the demo doesn't show it, the jet suit has a top speed of 55 mph (88 km/h).
Its fastest flight was recorded at 85 mph (136 km/h).
Weighing less than 60 lb (27 kg), this jet-suit can use both Jet A1 fuel and diesel.
The only drawback would be the limited flying time of about 5-10 minutes.
Will this be enough to catch criminals? We definitely need to test like this in the future.