From 2018 to through 2023 so far, LAPD officers chased suspects in vehicles 4,203 times. Of those, 1,032 pursuits ended with someone injured.
Nearly one-quarter of the vehicle pursuits Los Angeles Police Department officers initiated since 2018 have ended in crashes that led to injuries or deaths, a department report showed this week.
He said the deaths and renewed focus on whether it’s possible for police to safely chase suspects through crowded city streets has “raised the specter that pursuing suspects may not be the best avenue in some circumstances.” “The next night my oldest daughter had a friend over,” he told the commission, “and it turned out of the individuals was her uncle. So, now it’s in my house.”
Moore said nearly all of the most dangerous crashes analyzed by the department over the last five years occurred in those moments just after the pursuit began, when both the officers and the chase subjects are at their most agitated. He said the risk is officers getting “tunnel vision” and continuing the pursuit no matter how dangerous the circumstances are.
That’s despite a serious increase in pursuits overall: Moore said pursuits are up 49% from 2019. The chief blamed an increase in vehicle thefts for the rising number of pursuits.
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