Insightful VIDEOS
Videos to give you something to think about
These aren't Hollywood police chase videos. These are video stories that show you what happens in real life.
These aren't the videos you see on COPS either. "Commercializing what law enforcement does is not healthy," says Ron Kelley, Deputy (Ret.) Osceola County Sheriff's Office, who is a career officer and conducts officer driver training classes. "It's just not healthy, especially because vehicular pursuits are a money maker and the potential cost of lives is not even a consideration nor should ever be considered the cost of doing business or collateral damage acceptance."
The first video on this page addresses the issue of an officer responding to an emergency call and stresses the importance of getting to the call safely without putting the public at risk.
For the first time, Houston police admit they could have better handled the chase that ended in the death of a man who claimed to be a CIA agent. May 9, 2008
Illinois Trooper responding to a call kills two teenage sisters. April 25, 2008 ... KSDK.com conducted this investigative report about an officer responding to an accident, with minor injuries. He is some 16 miles away on an interstate highway responding at 126 miles per hour. The existing accident is some 6 minutes old, other law enforcement are on the scene and the ambulance is leaving with the victim. The trooper loses control and crosses the median, strikes a vehicle head-on and kills two teenage sisters. Illinois and Missouri do not have any mandated driver training for law enforcement after graduation from the academy. Ret. deputy Ron Kelley, who conducts driver training classes to officers across the country is interviewed in this report. Ron serves on PursuitSAFETY's advisory board.
Officer Charged After Chase CNN's Sunny Hostin reports on a police officer charged with vehicular manslaughter after a fatal high-speed chase. (A commercial airs before the report.)
Mother of Katelyn Hoyt speaks June 13, 2007 ... Katelyn Hoyt is out of a coma, three weeks after a sport utility vehicle slammed into the cab in which she was riding. Her boyfriend Paul Farris was killed.
Deadly Pursuit This report is on California's immunity shield vs. Kristie's Law.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's fatalities reports on police chases show the following figures for California:51 deaths in 2003
30 deaths in 2004 (Kristie’s Law is in the news, deaths are down)
38 deaths in 2005 (Kristie’s Law is in the news from January to June, as law enforcement's measure moves forward)
50 deaths in 2006 (Law enforcement's law signed Oct. 4, 2005, and in 2006, California once again leads the nation in pursuit deaths using a per capita formula.)