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A Note from Candy Priano:
Welcome to a safe place for people impacted by the tragedy of pursuit crashes (vehicular police pursuit and police-response calls).
When it happened to my family on the way to my daughter, Kristie’s high-school basketball game in 2002, we learned that we were not the first bystanders or the last to endure the death of a loved one killed as the result of an unnecessary pursuit. After working for four years advocating for a statewide restrictive pursuit policy in California, giving testimony at state Senate hearings, appearing on hundreds of news broadcasts, and telling Kristie’s story to anyone who would listen, I could not stop.
When Kristie’s Law failed in the California legislature in 2005, I continued to search for answers. In 2007, with assistance from others, I founded PursuitSAFETY®. It is the first and only national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of its kind serving people from around the world. We at PursuitSAFETY® are committed to reducing the number of unnecessary vehicular police pursuits and response calls. We work with law enforcement to work toward our shared goal: to prevent this tragedy from happening to others.
Central to PursuitSAFETY’s® mission is our passion to provide a safe place for injured victims of pursuit and bereaved families—a place you can turn to for the support you need. You only need to remember one phone number and one email—both are direct lines to me. Candy Priano: 530-519-9754 or candypriano@kristieslaw.org. I answer and return every call, e-mail, and letter from innocent victims and their families.
I do not hold degrees in counseling or the law, but I will listen and try to provide you the knowledge so that, by uniting together, we can bring about the change we all seek.
We Are All Working for a Safer Way
Your tributes and special events bring awareness to this public-safety issue. We are all working together to make our roads safer. In addition to tributes, families have set up fundraising events that help PursuitSAFETY get the word out about the inherent dangers of vehicular police pursuits. These events contribute to PursuitSAFETY’s® Education and Victims’ Advocacy programs. With all that you do, we see examples of the love that exists through our pain in every event and every fundraiser.