Vehicle pursuits and the resulting "bailouts" played a major role in school officials' and law enforcement's response to the 2022 Robb Elementary school shooting. It leaves lasting consequences.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/05/20/521783/high-speed-chases-added-to-uvalde-shooting-chaos-chases-are-down-3-years-later-but-trauma-remains/

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Deaths from police chases are at an all-time high. These pursuits and their sometimes fatal consequences have come into sharper focus in cities like Fort Worth. But the federal data is barely scratching the surface — it only accounts for chases that ended in a fatality.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/police/2025/02/26/514804/texas-doesnt-track-police-chases-statewide-few-states-in-the-country-do/

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Two officers who crashed into drivers during two separate police chases in Austin and Houston were not acting recklessly or in bad faith, and the cities are protected by governmental immunity, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/01/02/509523/texas-supreme-court-sides-with-austin-houston-officers-sued-over-police-chase-crashes/

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