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Just weeks after the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police announced a temporary halt to most high-speed police chases, suburban police have gotten involved in a chase that resulted in a serious crash in the city. Two people were seriously hurt, including the suspect and one of two other motorists who were involved in the wreck but not part of the chase.

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Police departments must balance the need to take criminal suspects into custody with their duty to protect the public from danger. Among other things, this means developing a policy on high-speed chases that minimizes the risk of innocent bystanders getting hit by a car.

A violent chase that injured five people, including a 12-year-old girl, in Pittsburgh recently has drawn the attention of the city’s Citizen Police Review Board,...