Candy Priano is the founder and victim services director of PursuitSAFETY, a national nonprofit organization. PursuitSAFETY's mission is to save lives, specifically the lives of innocent bystanders and police officers by working for a safer way to protect all of us from the tragedy of police chases.
Candy's 15-year-old daughter Kristie, an innocent bystander, was killed as a result of a non-policy police chase. As is the case for other innocent victims of pursuit, Kristie's death was not only preventable; it was predictable.
For more than a decade, Candy has researched vehicular police pursuits — all sides of this issue — with an increased focus on the need for public safety. Research proves that when officers chase for only known violent crimes, the number of motorists fleeing has not increased. The only change has been a reduction in the number of innocent bystanders killed and injured.
Deaths and injuries to the innocent can—and do—happen to people who thought it would never happen to them.
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