Contacts for Your Story

Looking for someone who has knowledge about Police Pursuits and can give valuable information.

  • Candy Priano, Founder and Director, Voices Insisting on PursuitSAFETY
    E-mail: kristies-law@sbcglobal.net or vips.pursuitsafety@yahoo.com
    Phone: 530-343-9754
    "I don't believe anyone disagrees that the first cause for these tragedies falls on the drivers who flee. Fleeing drivers don't care about my safety or your safety, so the burden to protect the public, by necessity, falls on our peace officers. That's the true meaning behind 'protect and serve.'" —Candy Priano
  • Dr. Geoffrey Alpert, an international expert on deadly force issues in law enforcement.
    Contact Dr. Alpert at the University of South Carolina.
    "Our research has shown the more members of the public know about the dangers of pursuit driving, the less they support it. Public opinion shows high levels of support for cases of serious and violent offenses. However, when citizens are provided with information about pursuits in their areas, the support diminishes."
    —Dr. Geoffrey Alpert
  • Major Tim Fitch, St. Louis County Police Department  (Missouri)
    Email: Tfitch@stlouisco.com
    Phone: 314-615-4294
    "We are always reviewing tactics, as well as technology, that will allow us to do our job safer and better." —Major Tim Fitch 
  • John Phillips, President of PursuitWatch.org
    E-mail: jharrissphillips@gmail.com or
    Phone: 321-228-9783
    "Sometimes, law enforcement forgets that their job is not to catch the bad guy, but it is to keep our community safe. Unfortunately, this mistake can have deadly consequences." —John Phillips
  • D.P. Van Blaricom, Chief of Police (Ret.)
    Bellevue (WA) Police Department
    Phone: 425-453-0082
    "Officers are strictly prohibited from firing into a crowd, but they are routinely given the latitude to pursue a stolen car through urban streets against traffic control devices until a collision terminates the chase. This has happened over and over again throughout the United States and will continue to occur until chief policymakers assert effective administrative control over when and how vehicular pursuits are to be conducted."
    —Ret. Chief D.P. Van Blaricom
  • Capt. Travis Yates, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Police Department
    Contact Capt. Yates at PoliceDriving.com.
    Phone: 918-596-1354
    "A sound pursuit policy is very important but so many times an agency will ignore the training that should go along with that.  Giving an officer a new policy is easy but real training that defines and justifies that policy is a must if that policy is going to be taken serious." —Capt. Travis Yates