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Kristie's Law was a proposed California law that would restrict immunity for damage (including injuries or deaths) caused by high-speed pursuits, where law enforcement agencies have established, but not followed, written pursuit policies. Kristie's Law is named for Kristina "Kristie" Marie Elena Priano a 15-year-old honor student, athlete, and community volunteer from Chico, California who died from injuries she sustained when her family's minivan was hit by a SUV that was being chased by the police. ==Background== On the evening of January 22, 2002, Kristie, her father, mother, and brother were in the family's minivan on the way to her high school basketball game when their car was broadsided by a Toyota Rav4. The other driver, a teenage girl, was being pursued by the Chico police because she had taken her mother's car without permission. The force of the crash was enough to cause the minivan to spin around and around until it finally came to a rest on its side. Mark Priano, Kristie's father, was in a hospital's intensive-care unit for almost 48 hours with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Kristie's mother and brother received minor physical injuries. Kristie, however, suffered massive head trauma and died six days later.〔("This story needs to be told" ) http://www.kristieslaw.org Retrieved 2010-11-29〕 June of that year, the Prianos filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the family of the fleeing teenage driver and the Chico Police Department alleging that the agency was ultimately responsible for the car crash that claimed Kristie's life.〔("Prianos file suit over death of daughter" ) http://www.newsreview.com Retrieved 2010-11-29〕 The lawsuit was dismissed because according to a 1987 state law, California Vehicle Code 17004.7, "A public agency employing peace officers ...is immune from liability for civil damages for personal injury to or death of any person ...resulting from the collision of a vehicle being operated by an actual or suspected violator of the law..."〔("V C Section 17004.7 Public Agency Immunity" ) http://dmv.ca.gov Retrieved 2010-11-29〕 The Prianos approached California State Senator Sam Aanestad, R-Grass Valley, about changing the existing law and in early 2003 the Senator did introduce a bill but withdrew it shortly thereafter to do more research.〔("Safety quest, 'Kristie's Law' gets first hearing today" ) Originally posted on http://www.chicoER.com/ Retrieved 2010-11-29〕 Then in 2004, State Senator Aanestad introduced Senate Bill 1866 known as Kristie's Law to establish minimum guidelines and procedures for police vehicle pursuits that a public agency must adopt and implement, and its law enforcement officers must adhere to, as a condition of obtaining immunity from liability for injury or death caused to innocent third parties by a suspect fleeing a police vehicle pursuit.〔("SB 1866 Senate Bill - Bill Analysis" ) http://www.sen.ca.gov Retrieved 2010-11-29〕 That bill was defeated. Senator Sam Aanestad re-introduced the legislation later in 2004, and then again in 2005. Each time the bill was defeated. The Court of Appeal of the State of California, Fourth Appellate District, submitted this opinion regarding California's immunity shield that protects law enforcement agencies from accountability when officers do not follow their pursuit policy. On page 9, all of the judges concur with the following statement written by Justice J. Rylaarsdam. He wrote, "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, as well as compensation for innocent victims, twisting in the wind."〔http://www.kristieslaw.org/images/4th_appellate_ct.pdf〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kristie's Law」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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