Well in our case its because it was part of the consent decree but this was not a high speed chase. And I will take the risk of a car crash to chase a violent offender - its not like our roads are at all safe to begin with. If these crashes happen to yield a bunch of guns and arrests, then OK with me.
Anyway if cops using their vehicles to box in a stolen car at a red light is too much, then there's not much left to talk about - we're in "defund the police!" territory at that point.