Mate, seriously?
It's literally just occurred, people have died and you're tapping out that sort of ****e?
It was in London FFS, how many rotary on call?
You don't know the circumstances, how long it was being followed and people have died. Nice one.
Of course people died. That's why it's highly relevant to this discussion.
During my own experience as a police pilot, when we turned up overhead an ongoing vehicle pursuit it often allowed the "blues and twos" on the ground to be turned off, taking the perceived pressure off the pursuee. The control room commander not infrequently ordered this to be done. The errant car driver almost always slowed down and took fewer risks. Obviously you can't see how this makes it safer for everyone - so be it.