The agency is refusing to issue pursuit guidelines after a wrong-way crash that killed a mother during a chase on the Eastex Freeway feeder road

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — The Montgomery County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office is asking the Texas attorney general to keep its pursuit policy secret after a two-way traffic collision occurred during a chase that left a mother dead.

Sebastian Sanchez has been charged with the murder of Esoterica Spivey. Modest police said he was fleeing in a stolen vehicle when he struck Spivey’s vehicle head-on on the Eastex Freeway service road near Greens last week. She was killed and her passenger was injured.

The day after the accident, both Humble police and the Houston Police Department, which was also involved in the chase, distanced themselves from the Montgomery County Precinct 4 Constable’s office. They said they stopped the pursuit when the suspect drove the wrong way.

New video shared with ABC13 shows a Montgomery County Precinct 4 deputy constable closely following the suspect vehicle into oncoming traffic.

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“It’s a total no-no,” said Greg Fremin, a retired HPD police captain. “It’s very dangerous. That’s why the vast majority of metropolitan police departments and smaller agencies have very strict restrictions that prohibit officers from driving the wrong way on the highway in pursuit of a suspect.”

For a week, Constable Kenneth “Rowdy” Hayden and Precinct 4 did not respond to ABC13’s questions. The most recent request regarding their prosecution policy was denied and referred to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for comment. In the brief, Montgomery County District Attorney BD Griffin wrote, “The release of this information would allow an individual to anticipate police strategy and thwart police efforts.”

Many departments, including HPD, post their pursuit policies online.

“This is something that most agencies are transparent about and it should be publicly disclosed,” said Fremin, who retired after 34 years. “We have other policies that are more confidential regarding drugs, vice, SWAT, things like that, but chase policies? I wouldn’t see there being a problem with something like that being released to the public.”

Spivey’s mother told ABC13 she plans to take legal action.

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