It Couldn't End Well

"There was no gun.  Afterward, the police tried desperately to find a gun, going so far as to use metal detectors to check storm basins for a weapon that might have been tossed from the car. No gun.  But once the call went out, adrenalin flowed. Sixty-two officers joined in the chase, 59 of whom had no permission to do so and violated police policy."