Nearly half of high speed chases by Georgia State Patrol end in crashes, AJC finds

The Georgia State Patrol form a line on the quad on the campus of Emory University during a night of Pro-Palestinian protests on Thursday, April 25, 2024. The blue light of a police car is visible in the background.
A Georgia State Patrol on the quad on the campus of Emory University during a night of Pro-Palestinian protests on Thursday, April 25, 2024. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

A new investigative analysis by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution finds that of more than 6,700 high speed chases by the Georgia State Patrol over a five-year period, almost half ended in a crash.

And when someone ends up getting injured or even killed, it was most often a bystander or passenger.

Investigative reporter Asia Simone Burns and data reporter Justin Price teamed up to look at how GSP compares to other state agencies.