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The Sept. 12 police car chase that ended in a crash on the Leeward coast, with two youths suffering grievous injuries, may not signal anything wrong with the Honolulu Police Department policy on such pursuits. A tally of HPD chases shows them well below the national average.
All the same, it’s good that HPD is taking a hard look at the practice. It won’t change the fact that lawsuits already have resulted from the Makaha incident. But it’s to prevent a future tragedy that the review is a must.