Archive for February, 2006
Force Science News #39: Are Shoot-To-Wound Laws the Next Activist Crusade?
Force Science News #39
February 28, 2006
I. ARE SHOOT-TO-WOUND LAWS THE NEXT ACTIVIST CRUSADE?
A New York state senator has introduced legislation that he says would force police officers using deadly force to try to shoot violent suspects in the arms or legs to stop them.
His proposed law also requires that officers stop firing at an attacker as soon as a threat is neutralized, or face felony charges of second-degree manslaughter.
In an explanatory memorandum accompanying his shoot-to-wound bill, Sen. David Paterson, a Democrat and anti-capital punishment advocate from Harlem, states: “There is no justification for terminating another’s life when a less extreme measure may accomplish the same objective.”
Force Science News #38: New FSRC Inventions Will Help Studies of Unintended Discharges, Multi-Assailant Assaults, Shooting Accuracy
Force Science News #38
February 17, 2006
I. NEW FSRC E-JOURNAL WANTS USE-OF-FORCE RESEARCH RESULTS
To get more researchers involved in issues that relate to line officers and use of force, the Force Science Research Center today announces creation of an online, peer-reviewed “e-journal” that will post papers from police professionals and academics with relevant studies to report. Force Science News readers are encouraged to contribute.
“One of the fundamental missions of the FSRC is to stimulate investigations by researchers outside the Center into matters of street-level concern,” says Dr. Bill Lewinski, FSRC’s executive director. “We expect the e-journal to be an important step toward that goal.”
Force Science News #37: Readers Who’ve “Been There” Scorn PARC’s Guidelines for Post-Shooting Interviews
Force Science News #37
February 3, 2006
READERS WHO’VE “BEEN THERE” SCORN PARC’S GUIDELINES FOR POST-SHOOTING
INTERVIEWS
Responses from your fellow Force Science News members to Transmission #36
[1/20/06] were fast and emphatic.
Those who emailed us strongly took issue with the recommendations of PARC
(Police Assessment Resource Center) for how to interview officers after a
shooting.
PARC, a controversial, nonprofit “oversight” organization that is gaining
influence in LE circles, advocates treating surviving officers essentially
like suspects and subjecting them to interrogations/interviews as quickly
after a life-threatening confrontation as possible to prevent them from
colluding with others to distort what happened.
