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This is why officers are so paranoid when pulling over a vehicle. This has what soft on crime causes. Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputy Isaiah Cordero, a dedicated 32-year-old motorcycle officer, initiated what appeared to be a standard traffic stop in Jurupa Valley on a pickup truck operating without license plates. While waiting for the driver to retrieve vehicle registration and identification, Deputy Cordero was ambushed without warning. Despite immediate efforts by good Samaritans at the scene and emergency medical staff at a nearby hospital, Deputy Cordero did not make it. ​This kicked off a massive multi-agency manhunt and they quickly located the suspect, 44-year-old William Shae McKay, in San Bernardino County. A high-speed pursuit ensued across major Southern California corridors, including Interstate 15 and State Route 60, involving tactical armored BearCats and dozens of law enforcement units. Spike strips disabled the truck's tires which slowed him down but did not stop the suspect as he continued to drive at speeds in excess of 50 MPH into heavy traffic. In the end a tactical vehicles forced a stop, the suspect engaged pursuing deputies in an exchange of g*nfire. Deputies returned fire, and the suspect was pronounced dece@sed at the scene. ​The real twist on this story came once McKay’s extensive criminal background came to light. With a violent record spanning more than two decades, McKay had previously been convicted of a mandatory 25-years-to-life third-strike offense in 2021. A local soft on crime California judge significantly lowered his bail, allowing him to remain out of custody while awaiting formal sentencing—even after a subsequent failure to appear in court. ​This is why there really needs to be some kind of accountability on these judges that continue this soft on crime approach. Their number one focus should be preventing repeat violent offenders from returning to the streets, not aiding the criminals. Now in the end an officer lost his life in the due to negligence of this judge.