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Park Police Chase Kills Driver, Experts Urge Pursuit Limits
7/27/2026
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- U.S. Park Police chased a stolen Honda that killed delivery driver Nolberto Meza in Washington, DC.
- The chase followed President Donald Trump’s August 2025 crime-emergency order lowering pursuit thresholds.
- At least seven pursuits have crashed since January, causing two fatalities and two life-threatening injuries.
- Experts Dennis Kenney and Chuck Wexler said the crash showed high risk and urged limiting pursuits to violent-crime suspects.
