"The Virginia State Crime Commission today began a study that could lead to new laws or policies governing police chases or emergency police responses.
"The effort was prompted by the 2008 death of a Fairfax County woman killed when a police car ran a traffic light while not using its siren and the death earlier this year of a Richmond clergyman killed by a car that sped through a stop sign while fleeing police."
The Virginia State Crime Commission proposes and recommends legislation to the Virginia General Assembly.
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