What is the statistics for fleeing and stolen? 80% or better? (I don't know) If they stop the chase and find the car twenty minutes later they will have a very difficult time proving who was driving it.
So what is the sense in this? They continued the chase for a long time after tagging the car.
And then he damaged the cruiser and the car for no reason. The driver had stopped and after the stupid derby move the driver could have driven away in the opposite direction. Ohh wait, it's taxpayers money.