Reminder

Chasing is dangerous, to the public and to the police (we don't really care about the criminal):

• A San Diego police officer and the driver of another vehicle died when the driver crashed into the officer's car following a chase Monday night, police said.

  A second officer who was in the same police vehicle as the other officer was hurt and "fighting for his life" after they were stuck by the speeding car, Police Chief Scott Wahl said at a Tuesday morning news conference.

  The deadly wreck occurred after a police officer saw a vehicle “traveling at a high rate of speed” on Clairemont Mesa Boulevard and tried to perform a traffic stop, Wahl said.

  The driver did not stop and sped away, leading to a brief pursuit before a supervisor called off the chase because of the dangerous speeds involved, Wahl said.

  “Two officers working together in one vehicle were responding to that fleeing suspect,” Wahl told reporters Tuesday. “And ultimately the suspect vehicle collided at a high rate of speed into the side of their vehicle.”

It sounds like the injured and deceased officers were merely responding to the area where the pursuit was taking place as a back-up unit and had the misfortune of being in the path of the maniac. Prayers for them both, their families and co-workers. And a reminder that you don't even have to be participating in a pursuit to be the victim of it. Be safe.