High-speed pursuit policies in Minneapolis and across America must be better written and stringently enforced to protect innocent civilians."

Cummings, 37, was responding to a stolen vehicle report in North Minneapolis in the early morning on July 6 when he spotted a black Kia Sportage matching the description of the vehicle "suspected to be involved in thefts from businesses," the complaint reads.

The officer attempted to make a traffic stop, but the Kia sped away and a chase was initiated, according to the complaint.

Frazier died at a nearby hospital as a result of his injuries.

The reconstruction found the collision "can be attributed to the Defendant for failure to operate his vehicle with due regard for the safety of other motorists."

According to the Minneapolis Police Department's pursuit policy, officers "shall not initiate a pursuit or shall terminate a pursuit in progress if the pursuit poses an unreasonable risk to the officers, the public or passengers of the vehicle being pursued who may be unwilling participants."

Officers must always "be aware of the inherent danger to the public and to themselves in vehicle pursuits or emergency responses," the policy states.

In a memo, Freeman urged an overhaul of police pursuit policies in Minnesota, saying they are "inadequate and do not do enough to protect human life."

Vehicle pursuits allow officers to initiate "dangerous pursuits in situations where it is simply not critical for public safety to pursue wrongdoers at high speeds" and they cause serious injury or death of suspects and innocent bystanders, Freeman wrote.

Last year, there were 3,109 reported pursuits, and roughly 8% of those were initiated due to a felony offense, according to the most recent Uniform Crime Report for Minnesota.

In 2018, Minnesota State Patrol troopers chased a driver, who fled from an attempted traffic stop, into a residential neighborhood and then into a playground, resulting in "two young children suffering life-threatening injuries and a third young child suffering less severe injury," according to Freeman's memo.

Last year, three teenagers who were riding in a stolen vehicle were killed in a crash after they were being chased by Minneapolis police officers, the memo says.

"It is unacceptable that most police pursuits are initiated because of something other than a felony offense," Freeman's memo reads.