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LOS ANGELES – Every day in California<\/a>, someone tries to outrun the law. And every day, law enforcement makes a split-second decision: chase, or hold back<\/a>.<\/p>\n But when does a police pursuit become more dangerous than the suspect?<\/p>\n “It all comes down to what types of crimes were committed,” said California Highway Patrol Officer Katherine Hendry. “Was it a violent crime? Are they speeding to a point where it becomes so dangerous that we\u2019re unable to continue? We\u2019re constantly reevaluating.”<\/p>\n According to the California Highway Patrol, officers were involved in more than 13,600 pursuits in 2024. Nearly 2,500 of those ended in crashes. Forty-two people were killed.<\/p>\n “Our hearts go out to the people who lose a family member,” Hendry said. “Our number one concern is always going to be safety.”<\/p>\n For Tonya Davis Keyes, that safety calculation came too late.<\/p>\n In 2022, her husband, Jamarea Keyes, and Janisha Harris were killed when a driver fleeing the LAPD ran a red light and crashed into their car.<\/p>\n “They\u2019re going to chase regardless of the situation,” Tonya Davis Keyes said.<\/p>\n Since the crash, she has been pushing law enforcement to rethink pursuit policies and to consider alternatives that could save lives.<\/p>\n Her proposal: a public warning system that alerts drivers when a police chase is happening nearby.<\/p>\n She calls it the “J-Alert,” named after her husband.<\/p>\n “The J-Alert will notify you within a five-mile radius, \u2026 giving civilians the opportunity to pull over or stop,” she said.<\/p>\n The idea is similar to an Amber Alert, but instead of searching for a suspect, it would warn the public to get out of harm\u2019s way.<\/p>\n So far, the proposal has not gained traction.<\/p>\n But Tonya\u2019s message to law enforcement is direct: pull back.<\/p>\n “I would say stop chasing,” she said. “If you\u2019re in a busy area with schools or families traveling, \u2026 do you think it\u2019s safe? Should we back off?”<\/p>\n She argues the solution isn\u2019t complicated. Technology already exists\u2014like air support, drones, and even GPS tracking darts that can attach to a suspect\u2019s vehicle, allowing officers to track without engaging in a high-speed chase.<\/p>\n For Tonya, it\u2019s about preventing another family from experiencing the same loss.<\/p>\n Police Chases<\/a>Crime and Public Safety<\/a>California<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES – Every day in California, someone tries to outrun the law. And every day, law enforcement…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1184,7,9,8,2042,100,9441,1181],"class_list":{"0":"post-272247","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-california-headlines","11":"tag-california-news","12":"tag-crime-publicsafety","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-police-chases","15":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}