Archive for November, 2004
Force Science News #6: DEA Agent Cleared in Shot-In-The-Back Case
FORCE SCIENCE NEWS
Transmission #6
In This Edition:
I. DEA AGENT CLEARED IN SHOT-IN-THE-BACK CASE
II. FSRC TO UNVEIL EXPANDED HEADQUARTERS FACILITY
I. COURT TOSSES COP’S MANSLAUGHTER INDICTMENT AFTER BRIEFING ON FORCE SCIENCE FINDINGS
A DEA special agent and former township SWAT officer who was indicted for first-degree manslaughter after killing a suspect who was fighting to grab the officer’s gun has been vindicated by a federal appeals court, thanks in part to studies by the Force Science Research Center.
A grand jury in Brooklyn (NY) indicted the agent, Jude Tanella, in circumstances that DEA administrator Karen Tandy says “could happen to any police officer or federal agent attempting to make an arrest.”
Force Science News #5: Latest Findings–and Recommendations–About Traumatic Stress
FORCE SCIENCE NEWS #5
LATEST FINDINGS–AND RECOMMENDATIONS–ABOUT TRAUMATIC STRESS
The largest study of its kind has confirmed that LEOs commonly experience a wide and potentially “devastating” range of mental and emotional reactions to life-threatening encounters.
But they show such remarkable resilience in bouncing back that, contrary to popular belief, very few actually leave law enforcement or suffer permanent damage from their traumatic encounters.
The study, which assesses nearly 1,000 officers with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, was conducted by two of the nation’s most prominent police psychologists, Drs. Audrey Honig and Steven Sultan, Director and Assistant Director respectively of LASD’s Employee Support Services Bureau.
Force Science News #4: “Scan Patterns”: Next Breakthrough in Survival Training?
FORCE SCIENCE NEWS
Transmission #4
IN THIS EDITION:
I. “SCAN PATTERNS”: NEXT BREAKTHROUGH IN SURVIVAL TRAINING?
II. FS NEWS READER SHARES FEEDBACK ON UNINTENTIONAL DISCHARGES
III. L.A. COMMAND STAFF BRIEFED ON FORCE SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER FINDINGS
IV. LIKE THE FORCE SCIENCE NEWS? SPREAD THE WORD!
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I. “SCAN PATTERNS”: NEXT BREAKTHROUGH IN SURVIVAL TRAINING?
Do experienced, survival-savvy cops visually dissect and evaluate a potentially deadly scene differently than inexperienced or unaware officers or civilians?
Certainly seems logical…and now researchers are about to find out not only whether that’s really true but also exactly how the best cops’ eyes seek and track danger cues.
