Back yourself out to the beginning and tell me how you would manage this in a way that guaranteed no innocent lives were lost.
After the fact arm chair quarterbacking is total BS but since you ask.
Not being a trained LEO I don't understand the benefit of 75 squad cars verses half a dozen when apprehending 2 individuals.
If I didn't let that happen (75 different cars/cops) I could be more capable of developing and controlling strategies when dealing with 6 or so.
That's where I'd start.
It's said the pursuing officers were drawing fire.
Back off until they aren't, find the robbers comfort zone while protect bystanders, win/win.
The truck is pretty big to worry of losing it in traffic it's GPS tacked by UPS anyway, it can't get away.
That's a start...................
