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Kristie’s Bill Introduced in California On 2/20/04 Republican State Senator Sam Aanestad introduced SB 1866, known as Kristie’s Law after Kristie Priano, a Chico, California teenager who was the innocent victim of a Chico Police Department pursuit on January 22, 2002. Kristie’s parents,…

Battle lines are drawn over Kristie’s Law in California Today (3/7/05) California State Senator Gloria Romero (D-Los Angeles) and State Senator Sam Aanestad (R-Grass Valley) hold a press conference to introduce Senate Bill 718. SB 718 would establish a statewide…

I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you that night—I know I promised I always would be, no matter what. Ever since the day you were born 21 years ago and I ran around telling everyone that you really were a…

On 4/13/04, the hearing for Kristie’s Law (SB 1866) took place in front of the California Senate Public Safety Committee. After the introduction of the bill by Sen. Aanestad and testimony by Mark and Candy Priano and myself, the opponents…

May 30, 2005, Orlando, Florida Recent events have demonstrated a crisis of management in the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Uniform Patrol Division. Public statements, as well as statements made to PursuitWatch by Chief Frank Fabrizio, co-commander of that division, have…

From the May 25, 2005, Orlando Sentinel “We will reserve judgment until all reports are in and the ongoing investigation by the Florida Highway Patrol is concluded,” Beary wrote in an e-mail. “Any speculation or opinion by anyone at this…

2/21/2004 Quite often we hear the Pursue/No Pursue decision has to be made in a split second, and we should allow some latitude to officers if they don’t follow policy or make poorly reasoned choices. I can best demonstrate the…

2004 If I have heard this once I have heard it ten thousand times. While the statement is certainly true, it is far from the whole story. The decision to pursue, or not to pursue, is a complex one and…

1/16/2004 After more than 3 months of bi-weekly meetings, the Mayor’s Review Committee on Pursuit Policy has substantially completed its work. The committee, chaired by Dr. Stanley Stone of Valencia Community College, has completed a draft policy that greatly simplifies,…

10/10/2003 They are the ultimate reality program, life and death, live and in living color. The Police Pursuit—from COPS to The Scariest Police Chases to live broadcasts—a heart-thumping, adrenaline-pumping, high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse where the loser, or innocents, may pay the supreme price. In…