On one side, you have a head of state making transactional decisions almost on a whim, and on the other is a government that operates by planning and then executing 5-year plans. It's not hard to see who is going to come out ahead here.
Other traffic is the main reason for calling off high-speed pursuits. Too many innocent people get hit. That's why they have police tarffic helicopters in the first place. They go faster, higher, and farther than drones.