It only makes sense to pursue if penalties are severe and enforced.
The CHP turned off sirens and continued the chase but the perps re-entered the freeway in the wrong direction and struck our son as he entered the freeway on the same ramp. They had robbed a store hurt the clerk and were on probation. Our son was disabled by the impact and now uses a prosthetic leg. Neither vehicle saw the other until the crash. The perps got more jail time but are out now. The cause IMO was that the police tried to be nice to these fleeing persons. They could have prevented their return to the freeway but they had not done anything seriously wrong at that time. This is BS as they were risking lives every minute of the chase. The police (CHP) thought they were doing OK until they plowed head on into our sons motorcycle then they were very consoling and sorry. That was it.
Wow. I don’t really have words for how wrong all that was. So many ways they could have handled that all better.
When occupants of a vehicle fail to stop during a routine traffic stop, how does the cop know what crimes the driver/occupants committed? Many times when pursuits are initiated, they subsequently find out the vehicle is stolen, and they have no clue who's driving or what crimes are involved.