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PursuitSAFETY is the only national nonprofit organization reaching out to bereaved families of innocent victims of pursuits and to survivors. For 100-plus years, the violent crashes that end vehicular police pursuits and response calls have killed and injured innocent bystanders and police officers.


Nine years ago when my daughter Kristie was killed, I had no place to turn to for the support I needed. Today, people have told me that PursuitSAFETY became their lifeline. They no longer have an overwhelming feeling of isolation because PursuitSAFETY is a safe place they can turn to for the support they need: to ask questions, to share their grief and to vent their anger and not be judged. They connect with people throughout the World, people who have a better understanding of what they are going through.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Taking a Stance Against Convicted Felon

Comment on our story about the hearing to keep the driver who killed Christopher Cooper in jail. Link to our newsletter.
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IACP Conference: Police Chief Richard Schardan talks about Risk vs. Reward

Chicago--Police Chief Richard Schardan, Maryville, IL, will give his presentation "Police Pursuit Policy and Practice: Risk vs. Reward" at the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) conference Sunday, Oct. 23, from 3 to 4:30 p.m., McCormick Place, Room W192ABC, Chicago. 

Chief Schardan serves on PursuitSAFETY's Professional Advisory Board and is the administrator of our Safer Way Award program.  

This workshop will reinforce the ethical aspects of vehicle pursuits and address the need to reverse the dangerous trend of current police driving behaviors. Participants receive practical recommendations/tools for creating or revising pursuit/response driving policies.  Link to the rest of the story and the entire newsletter!
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PursuitSAFETY's Safer Way Award on IACP Highway Safety Committee Agenda

"The Safer Way Award honors officers and is needed because drivers who flee from the police do not care about anyone's safety," Candy Priano, PursuitSAFETY's executive director said. "I will speak about innocent victims and police officers killed or injured as a result of drivers fleeing from the police. The focus of my presentation is promoting the Safer Wsaferwayay Award and PursuitSAFETY's work finding sponsorship for an all-expense paid Safer Way Officers' Training Day."

In April 2011, the organization gave its first Safer Way Award to the St. Louis County Police Department. Their pursuit policy does not allow chases for property crimes which do not involve violence. Two detectives developed a plan to catch thieves who were breaking into cars at a rest stop. These officers were successful. They apprehended the suspects without a chase. Click here to watch the April presentation of this award and to download the 2012 nomination form. You can use email or the U.S. Mail to send your completed nomination form(s) to Chief Schardan.
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