Dramatic video released by the Sarasota Police Department shows an officer getting hit head-on by a car during a vehicle theft investigation. Police first responded around 2 p.m. Monday to Mourning Dove Drive on Bird Key for reports that personal items were stolen from a car in the neighborhood. Officers said they found video evidence leading them to believe the burglar was driving a white 4dr S-Series Mercedes. A few hours later, around 5 p.m., police said they learned that same white Mercedes was in a neighborhood on Longboat Key. It was spotted by Longboat Key police officers responding to reports of a car stolen from a home on Fair Oaks Place. Just after 9 p.m., Sarasota police received a call that the white Mercedes had returned to Bird Key. Officers responded to the neighborhood, strategically placing their patrol cars at the entrance and exit to stop the Mercedes driver from leaving. As police learned the Mercedes was heading toward them, one officer anticipated the driver would either turn onto a side street or crash into a patrol car. Instead, video shows the Mercedes driving past the parked patrol cars and hitting the officer head-on, sending him flipping over the windshield. More coverage: https://bit.ly/42tsK8M