The police have not been allowed to chase in these situations for 20+ years. This used to happen every Wednesday. They try and corner everyone, get the people who stay, and the rest ran. It has nothing to do with the police bill. This is just the same old thing but in the road and not a parking lot. The only reason they chased before was because when kids died they didnt get in trouble, not because of legality. If they should or shouldn't chase is a different argument, but it's definitely not new or even remotely recent