Archive for June, 2005
Force Science News #22: “Bread & Butter” Tactics Work Best Against Spontaneous Knife Attacks
Force Science News #22
June 27, 2005
FIRST FORCE SCIENCE SEMINAR DRAWS ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE
At the first break at the first Force Science seminar, an attorney from Idaho approached presenter Dr. Bill Lewinski and said he’d figured out how to defend an officer he’s
representing in a controversial shooting, just from what he’d heard in the program’s first
hour.
It was that kind of day!
More than 200 enthusiastic attendees were present from 6 states, ranging
from Arizona to Alaska, and 2 Canadian provinces for the debut of the day-long instruction at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Academy near Seattle (WA) on June 10.
Force Science News #21: Findings Are Now Firm: Ejected Shell Casings Can’t Reliably Tell Much About a Shooter’s Location
Force Science News #21
June 15, 2005
FINDINGS ARE NOW FIRM: EJECTED SHELL CASINGS CAN’T RELIABLY TELL MUCH ABOUT A SHOOTER’S LOCATION
Nearly 8,000 rounds fired by Los Angeles County (CA) sheriff’s deputies have now conclusively proved what the Force Science Research Center first asserted more than 2 years ago: The single greatest influence on where spent shell casings land when ejected from a semiautomatic handgun is how the pistol is physically manipulated by the shooter, not any rigid, intrinsic mechanical factor.
