The word "miraculous" scarcely describes the survival of a Santa Maria, California police officer who wrapped his Ford Police Interceptor around a tree (ow! is in the pronunciation of arOWWWWnd) thanks Kim!

the officer's Police Chief calls this the "worst accident he's seen in 35 years."

Keep in mind though, that police behaving stupidly (driving too damn fast for conditions, obviously) results in a disproportional response that clearly shows poor judgment. " officer chasing a burglary suspect" =/= "rape in-progress". 

In either case, now the citizens are on the hook for the cost of a replacement vehicle, cost of accident response, and the officer's medical expenses.... AND the initial goal of the officer responding to the call STILL wasn't accomplished.

cops have radios, so they do not need to chase at stupid high speeds. They also have helicopters... and can use them, instead of driving cars among innocent citizens, and stupid high speeds that risk innocent people, and kids, lives in order to catch a burglar.  Just because another cop requests help doesn't mean a responding cop should potentially kill themselves trying to help him by driving recklessly. It costs way more to replace two cops and a cruiser than one cop.

Pretend for a minute the tree was a human being, a kid, somebody's mother, sister, daughter, and I'm pretty sure the outcome would have been different. 

That's why many cities do not do high speed chases anymore because police are here to protect and make sure everything gets resolved without harming innocent people.

Actions should be judged, not parameters. 

 The cop should face the same exact scrutiny after a mistake that any working stiff civilian would face- and also deal with the same tickets/charges/expenses. Or do you think cops should be held to a lower standard than average civilians?

The fact of the matter is that he endangered the public--by accident or not doesn't matter. His job is to NOT endanger the public. 

 I've been in a hurry in the rain and I've never done that to my car

https://www.vwvortex.com/threads/this-may-have-hurt-a-bit-police-car-tree.4950499/?id=4950499

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna38245277