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March 2016
Teen driver fled from police. He lost control of the car. The vehicle overturned and caught ablaze. The driver and front-seat passenger escaped from the car, but his two friends remained trapped inside the burning vehicle until they died. See NBC broadcast
Pull Over; Have No Regrets: Presentation for Teen Drivers
PursuitSAFETY's national educational program, Pull Over; Have No Regrets, targets teen drivers. Most drivers who flee are between the ages of 13-25. Parents, educators, and the public of all ages need to teach younger drivers, and understand themselves, that the consequences for fleeing police are much worse than doing the right thing: pulling over.
The Rose Capela Bio Story

The first stories Patti DeAngelis shares about her daughter Rose is that she was smart, funny, and fiercely loyal to her friends and family. She served as a math tutor.

So what went wrong? How could the celebration of a friend's birthday turn into such a tragedy?

Teen Fleeing Police Kills Mom
Day After Daughter's Birthday
It took four miles and less than four minutes to forever change the life of a West Michigan family. 

Crystal Norton of Paw Paw was killed on a Saturday night when a 17-year-old driver trying to outrun police smashed into her car, authorities said.
Safer Way Award Program
Law enforcement representatives from associations and departments of any size as well as civilians from the United States and Canada are urged to submit nominations for the 6th annual PursuitSAFETY Safer Way Award. PursuitSAFETY extends a special "thank you" to XHAUSTR Industries for its support of the award. Capt. Gary Berg, Campbell (Calif.) Police Department and founder of XHAUSTR, will present an XHAUSTR Kit to the 2016 winners. Even though XHAUSTR recently came on board with their support, they gave one of their kits to last year's winners!  
Here's what Police One wrote about Capt. Berg and his robust public-safety solutions company: After getting into pursuits as an officer and seeing risks become reality, Berg sought out a solution that could eliminate dangerous pursuits altogether. "I knew there had to be a better way of doing it," he said.

Current & Past Safer Way Award Recipients | Technology
Police 'Pursuit Alert' App Launches in Pickens

When Stacey Green Tolliver-Whitney talked with Candy Priano on the phone, she said, "I believe that alerts will warn people about pursuits. I believe if my son, Garrett, had received an alert, it would have saved his life." Stacy wrote the following on our Facebook page about the Garrett Alert: "We are completely at peace with our decision to learn more and help launch this amazing PURSUIT ALERT!" 

"Risk vs. Reward" Law Enforcement Policy
 
Ret. Police Chief Richard E. Schardan, Sr. has strategically set up this first in a series of "Risk vs. Reward" PowerPoint presentations for the law enforcement policymaker to decide what is too risky. For this presentation, he based his work on the IACP 2015 model policy. Be sure to review Chief Schardan's notes on each slide.
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Our members are conducting e-mail and letter-writing campaigns to Toyota. More to follow.

April is Crime Victims' Rights Month
We always remember your loved ones at PursuitSAFETY. We will recognize your loved ones in our April Newsletter in observance of National Crime Victims' Rights Month. 

Send us your pictures with photo captions by March 30.

In memory of our loved ones, we encourage everyone to do something special, volunteer, or give hugs to people who need them during National Crime Victims' Rights Month.

About Us
PursuitSAFETY, a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is committed to reducing the number of deaths and injuries as a result of vehicular police pursuit and response call crashes. We are working for a safer way to prevent these tragedies from happening to others and to save lives, especially innocent bystanders and police officers.
 

PursuitSAFETY is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.