KANSAS CITY, MO - Driving on a suspended license is a bad idea, particularly if you're driving to a court date, and especially if the court date deals with your license. Just how bad an idea became dramatically clear to a number of people leaving court Monday afternoon.

"It's a good place to catch them," said Sgt. Danny Graves.

A team of officers spent Monday afternoon circling Jackson County Court while their sergeant waited inside for people to leave.

"I got two coming out, one just got put on probation," said Graves.

Officers outside waited for them to drive off. It turned out the driver was free and clear to be behind the wheel, but his passenger wasn't so lucky. Even though he wasn't driving, he still went to jail for an outstanding warrant.

Sgt. Graves and his crew were busy.

"We are going to have three going on at the same time, guys," he said.

And all but one driver stopped. He wasn't on the list, but was caught on surveillance. He ran a stop sign, and then didn't stop at all for police. He gave up on the car, and tried getting away on foot. He cleared a wall, but it dead ended into a parking garage, and within seconds, he was in cuffs.

"He tried to hide under a car, didn't work so well," said Graves.

The suspect wasn't on a revoked or suspended license. He didn't have a license at all, but police said he is a convicted felon, and the loaded gun and drugs in his car could mean serious jail time. The arrest was an unexpected by-product of the surveillance, but police made several arrests of people who drove to court illegally.

Sgt. Graves said if your license is suspended or revoked, it's a simple decision.

"Just don't drive. If we are not here at the court, we are going to be at the bar waiting," he said. "We do same thing, may be at the house."

Graves said they will have many more operations like this one. Grant money is used to pay the overtime to get repeat offenders off the street.