Our federal law should set a standard to keep the public safe from fleeing driver. The following should be upheld in our courts. Fleeing drivers
a. cannot make bail because they are flight risks,
b. cannot plea-bargain for eluding officers,
c. must serve mandatory prison time for the full sentence, and
d. must pay a mandatory fine—larger than fines for traffic violations, DUI, or driving without a valid license—before being released from jail/prison.
Monies collected will build state-of-the-art pursuit training tracks for officers.
Limiting vehicular police pursuits to violent felony offenders, when the need to immediately apprehend a suspect is so great as to outweigh the inherent dangers of the pursuit to innocent bystanders and there is no other way to apprehend them.
An independent investigative team (comprised of officers from other agencies, victims' advocates and non-law enforcement professionals) will review police vehicular pursuits ending in death or injury.
Officers must follow their pursuit policy. If you live in California, click here.
Republican California State Senator Sam Aanestad, author of Kristie's Law states, "I introduced Kristie's Law for one simple reason: to save lives. An innocent child in my district was killed in a high-speed police pursuit, and the police weren't even after some violent, dangerous criminal. They were chasing a teenage girl for driving her mother's car without permission. There's something very wrong when the police response to a crime poses a greater threat to public safety than the crime itself."
California senators vote down Kristie's Law in 2005. Everyone laughed at Florence Nightingale, too!
The Supreme Court of the United States
Tennessee v. Garner, 1985 California Supreme Court
August 13, 2018, the LA Times: California's top court rules for police. The publics comments at the end of the story, show no consideration for the innocent bystanders who are killed, on average, at least three times every week. July 17, 2018, the LA Times: California's top court to decide what officers must do to escape liability in pursuit crashes. The article mentions the Prianos' efforts with the state legislature and the crash that killed Kristie. Candy Priano's primary goal is preventing the tragedy of pursuit from happening to others, especially innocent bystanders. Lewis v. Sacramento, 1998 Kishida v. The State of California, 1991 |
In The News
The Berkeley Daily Planet: Priano family continues fight for chase limits Anderson Cooper 360° covered Kristie's Law. |
Innocent Victims of pursuit (worldwide) and their stories.
Top 10: Nine myths and one fact why police pursuit crashes will kill and injure more innocent people.
The police chases that "weren't" are right here!
Catch & Release!Too many are released back into the streets before officers finish their paperwork.
Los Angeles Community Policing: The Real Tragedy of Police Pursuits
"If it's predictable, it's preventable." More than 40 percent of all reported police chases end in a crash. More Quotes