District of Columbia

it's extremely dangerous to do high speed chases in residential neighborhoods with children and pedestrians and bicyclists and so on. The administration thinks they would hurt mostly Democrats but there are some Republicans living here too.

MPD has cameras all over the city. They can collect license plate numbers and footage of a vehicle they want to apprehend later once they stop and park. They have detectors for other stuff too like mobile phones and gunfire. That's why their policy has been to not do high speed chases. They can catch criminals while minimizing harm to innocent bystanders. Cell phone data helps them catch criminals who leave the car and run off on foot.

Many police cameras are deliberately visible to deter crime, others are deliberately hidden to catch sneaky criminals. When I park on the street in certain neighborhoods, I choose a spot in direct view of a big police camera on the corner.