Welcome!

I’m Candy Priano, a writer. My stories cover the tragedy of vehicular police pursuits and the impact they have upon innocent bystanders. People who were going about their daily business when it happened. People who were obeying the law.

Police chases kill the innocent.
On average, crashes that end police pursuits kill one person a day. Over one-third of the people killed are innocent bystanders. Throughout the United States, and the world, police chase crashes kill and injure children, spouses, parents, siblings, and other family members and friends. This number continues to climb with no promise of action.

Kristie Priano gets some love from Chance, who appreciates the taste of whipped cream. Click on the video: You’ll see me, Candy Priano, reading from my manuscript during an Open Mic session at the Butte County, CA, Library. Prepare yourself for a sneak peek of my upcoming memoir, Fifteen Forever.

Fifteen Forever

A Memoir of Society’s Acceptable Collateral Damage

Police pursuit crashes to capture nonviolent offenders kill and injure thousands of innocent bystanders each year. This number continues to grow, leaving behind shattered families who discover hidden darkness in this unfettered, police practice that unfolds on our roads and highways every day.

Fifteen Forever introduces you to my family and others like me suffering from unnecessary and preventable deaths of loved ones who had nothing to do with the chase. Soon after I place an orange rose on my daughter Kristie’s casket, people tell me to move on, to accept it. Not one to walk away from unanswered questions, I search for solutions and take up the cause to save innocent lives from these unnecessary and preventable deaths. I have no idea what ugly obstacles lie in my path—or what beauty lies in the generosity and bravery of the people who fight with me to prevent the tragedy of pursuit.

Agents and Publishers. This memoir tells the stories of innocent bystanders who pay too high a price as a result of drivers fleeing police and the deadly crashes that end police pursuits. With guidance from writers, editors, and more than two decades of spending time with families of the innocent and law enforcement, I finished my sixth draft, 85,000 words, and am querying agents and publishers.
Contact candypriano@kristieslaw.org or 530-519-9754.

Meet Glenn

Glenn Morshower is an actor, motivational speaker, and the spokesman for PursuitSAFETY, a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization working every day to save lives. Like everyone at PursuitSAFETY, Glenn volunteers his time, talent, and amazing acts of kindness to the families impacted by the tragedy of pursuit.

Glenn Morshower has appeared in over 300 film and television projects in a career spanning four decades. He plays the role of Marshall, the hospital’s board chairman on the popular FOX hit, The Resident. Audiences worldwide know Glenn for his seven-year run as Agent Aaron Pierce on the FOX series 24, his appearances in X-Men and Transformers.

Glenn became involved with my nonprofit, PursuitSAFETY, in 2007 after watching me and my husband, Mark Priano, on a morning TV show. The story of Kristie’s death deeply touched Glenn, prompting him to reached out to me via the Kristie’s Law website. He offered to help get the word out. Since that time, Glenn filmed dozens of video public service announcements, attended and spoke at our Family Connections event in St. Louis, and filmed additional PursuitSAFETY videos at a studio in Dallas. The families who support PursuitSAFETY through their volunteerism and donations greatly admire Glenn for his thoughtfulness toward them.