In December, we reported that the number of car chases by New York Police Department officers skyrocketed under Mayor Eric Adams, accompanied by a rise in the crash rate for NYPD vehicles.

Tarnas said his motivation, in part, was a 2021 police chase in Makaha ... “We don’t always know, when we’re trying to stop a car, what the person is doing or has done,” he said.

She was struck by a car trying to get away from police after a stop over an improper registration tag. The city settled that case last month for $4.5 million. • The largest police chase ...