Chicago police are facing questions after a police chase of an armed robbery crew was called off during a crime spree and before the suspects were caught.
Officers spotted the robbery crew in the act Wednesday, and were pursuing them down Western Avenue on the Northwest Side when the officers were ordered to terminate the chase.
Police radio communications indicate that officers began pursuing the SUV they said fit the description of other armed robberies. Officers and dispatchers communicated as officers followed the Dodge Durango south on Western Avenue until they got an order. The Chicago Police Department's written policy says every pursuit must meet a balancing test: "The necessity to immediately apprehend the fleeing suspect outweighs the level of inherent danger created by a motor vehicle pursuit.""A supervisor is also going to be weighing that same, weighing those things in his own mind," said Sharon Fairley, who used to oversee independent reviews of CPD incidents as the former head of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.
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