Whilst my condolances extend to those affected, I find it highly unfair that blame be placed on police.

Pursuit or no pursuit, this clown has already demonstrated his intent when he first stole the car.

In my personal opinion, I believe that police should be required to engage in pursuit until the offending vehicle has been stopped.

Either way, the police still had to attend, for more unfortunate reason.
By stopping police from egaging in pursuit only encourages criminals to accelerate and hope the police give up.

At the end of the day, i really believe that failing to pull over should incur much heavier penalties/sentences.