A man in Charlotte, North Carolina, provoked police into a maddening cross-city car chase that lasted around two hours and involved three different stolen cars, along with a number of crashes.
Footage from an SAPS helmet-mounted camera features a man firing a gun from his motorbike, a chopper in hot pursuit, and the eventual surrender of the driver.
A few hours before the Kansas City Chiefs were due to start their victory parade, police were involved in a wild high-speed car chase along the route.
Sunbathers were left in shock when they witnessed a police helicopter in hot pursuit of a drug smuggler, piloting a speedboat.