(Damage/"Health bar") We need to have a talk.

This could be a cheaty way for them to control the difficulty curve without having to develop the pursuit structures or the fact that the maps layout is such that the difficulty would be impossible to tailor based off of the cops actual abilities as we see in something like 2010s HP or 2005s MW. Either way I would assume that we wont be seeing the return of the massive hours long pursuits of old, stacking up massive bounty rap sheets.