A parolee at large led police on an approximately 50-minute chase through the San Fernando Valley today, occasionally driving on the wrong side of the street, before surrendering.

The chase started about 4:10 p.m. near Victory Boulevard and the Hollywood (170) Freeway in Van Nuys, when officers from the Los Angeles School Police Department tried to make a traffic stop.

There was no direct connection between the attempted traffic stop and any campus problem, said Susan Cox of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Los Angeles police Officer Sara Faden said she had heard that radio traffic indicated the driver was wanted for assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer, but could not confirm the report.

School police stayed up to half a mile behind the car during the westbound chase through the San Fernando Valley, but a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter was overhead, keeping track of the driver, according to ABC7.

School police turned the pursuit over to the Los Angeles Police Department at 4:40 p.m., Cox said.

The suspect drove the white Infiniti on the sidewalk at one point, but did not cause any accidents, Faden said.

The driver was talking to his father on a cellular telephone during the chase, KCAL reported.

Shortly before 5 p.m., the driver pulled over on Louise Avenue, near Vanowen Street, in Reseda and surrendered, just after a woman approached the car.

The suspect was a parolee at large, who was taken to the LAPD's Topanga Area Station to be booked, Faden said.