Around 11:30 p.m. Friday night, a Visalia police officer tried pulling over a silver Ford Focus near Center Avenue and Burke Street for having expired registration.
The driver would not stop and started leading officers on a pursuit.
The chase called off for public safety once it entered the Downtown area.
A short time later the suspect vehicle spotted a police patrol unit and attempted to ram it head-on.
The vehicle left the city but eventually stopped at Avenue 368 and Road 112.
The driver, 38-year-old 'Freddy Garcia', was arrested and booked into the Tulare County Jail.