PursuitSAFETY, the only national nonprofit organization of its kind, exists to prevent these tragedies and, ultimately, save the lives of innocent bystanders & police officers. We are here; you don't have to go it alone.
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Actor Glenn Morshower cares and shares a personal message
Glenn also says, “It has everything to do with risk versus reward. In many cases, where the suspect poses no immediate danger to the public, it's the chase itself that causes the threat. This is a pro-law enforcement campaign. I am a huge supporter of what it is police do. I just believe policy and procedure are there for a reason and need to be followed." Read more ...
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On Average...
• Crashes as a result of police chases and police response calls kill more than one person a day, and one-third of the people killed are innocent bystanders.
• On average, these crashes kill innocent bystanders every week and one officer every six weeks.
• According to a 2004 Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center analysis of nine years of national statistics [submitted on a voluntary basis], "One third of these pursuit fatalities occur to innocent bystanders.”
After the Chase...
Most people believe drivers who flee and are caught, go to jail. Not so. In 2008, Indiana State Police superintendent Paul Whitesell stated:
If we catch and arrest, the most common sentence is probation, followed by parole or they are released because there is "no room in the inn,” i.e., prison.
PursuitSAFETY's stance on legislation for penalties. Not one of the deaths on this website resulted from a chase or a police response call to catch a murderer, rapist or pedophile.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) gathers pursuit fatalities on a voluntary basis. A 2002 FBI Bulletin notes, “The absence of mandatory reporting hampers the government’s ability to track the actual number of deaths.” Under-reporting of pursuit fatalities still exists today. According to NHTSA, crashes as a result of police pursuits kill at least one person a day. Sometimes, it is more than one person a day. Of those killed, at least a third are innocent bystanders. About nine officers are killed every year. Read more ...