Talk:Kristie's Law

References

Just a question... how good a citation is kristieslaw.com? I mean, I would think it would take a rather biased opinion. References from non-related statistics bodies would be better i feel. mattbuck 01:11, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Information on the Kristie's Law Web site, kristieslaw.org, is documented by many published sources, including the following sources:

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes Involving Police Pursuit. It reflects data from the time NHTSA began issuing these reports in 1982 through NHTSA's most current report 2006. I made a recent inquiry to NHTSA. The 2007 report is not completed yet.

California State Senator Sam Aanestad, R-Grass Valley, has information about Kristie's Law posted on his web site: http://republican.sen.ca.gov/web/4/kristie.asp

From 2003 to 2005, information on the measure, Kristie's Law, is in the State of California records.

California Vehicle Code 17004.7; Bogus legislation passed in 2005 still does not require officers to follow their pursuit policy: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d09/vc17004_7.htm

Control of Police Vehicular Pursuit, Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Forum

Police Pursuit: Policy and Training, National Institute of Justice: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/164831.htm

Because of the death of Kristie Priano and the continuing climb in the lives of innocent bystanders being sacrificed to police chases, a national, nonprofit organization has been founded, Voices Insisting on PursuitSAFETY: http://pursuitsafety.org/

An excerpt from California's Fourth Appellate Court regarding California's blanket immunity even when officers do not follow their pursuit policy

"The law in its current state simply grants a 'get out of liability free card' to public entities [law enforcement agencies, cities and towns] that go through the formality of adopting a policy. The adoption of a policy, which may never be implemented, is cold comfort to innocent victims. We do not know if the policy was followed in this instance, and that is precisely the point: We will never know because defendant [police] did not have to prove [that they] followed the policy. ... We urge the Legislature to revisit this statute and seriously reconsider the balance between public entity immunity and public safety. The balance appears to have shifted too far toward immunity and left public safety twisting in the wind."

-- An Excerpt from a 2002 Ruling by California's Fourth Appellate Court on a case where a pedestrian was killed during a pursuit in a California high school parking lot.

Candy Priano —Preceding unsigned comment added by Candypriano (talk • contribs) 21:10, 3 June 2008 (UTC)