BS, I’ve never seen any of those clowns out run a helicopter and no ones life is endangered by some rookie cop.
I've seen it happen.
And most small towns don't have helicopters and in big cities it takes about 15 minutes to scramble the helicopter and if the police aren't chasing the perp for at least 15 minutes, the helicopter is not going to be able to track them. And then if the perp ditches the car and runs into a crowd of people, the cops in the cars will never be able to pick him out, unless they are on the ground in seconds.
And once the helicopter is scrambled, what makes you think that the guy is not going to keep driving recklessly? Just because the guy is running from a helicopter instead of a black and white does not mean he is suddenly going to stop driving like a maniac and start obeying all the traffic laws.
The cops didn't kill anyone here, the guy running from the cops did.
I frankly believe that these chases would be cut short if police had the ability to shoot the bastards if they don't stop within one minute of the time they refuse to pull over. THAT would probably eliminate 99% of these reckless chases.