But you need to compare the outcome of that with any other course of action. I get that two innocent people died. If you let them continue running red lights, a half dozen might have died.
And if they were taking cover behind innocent people in cars, what prevented the innocent people from LEAVING their cars?
In most terminated chases the perps slow down and don’t continue the high speed behavior. With air support and Starchase the bad guys have little chance of escape. Besides a UPS truck isn’t exactly a stealth get away vehicle. Too much adrenaline and poor supervision of the chase.