San Francisco Chronicle wins March Sidney for Exposing Rising Death Toll of Police Chases

Jennifer Gollan and Susie Neilson of the San Francisco Chronicle win the March Sidney Award for “Fast and Fatal,” a yearlong investigation that found that police pursuits now claim nearly two lives a day across the country.  Officers routinely launch high-speed chases for low-level crimes, or sometimes for no crime at all. Departments often have permissive rules, and officers