Force Science News

Force Science News #75
June 26, 2007

What promotes peak performance in lethal-force conflicts?

Part 2 of a 2-part series

[Note: In Part 1 of this series, sent 6/18/07, we reported results of an important new study about LEOs and the use of deadly force, conducted by Dr. Darrell Ross, chairman of the Dept. of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration at Western Illinois University, who presented his findings at the 2007 ILEETA training conference.

[Ross meticulously analyzed 86 high-profile police-suspect confrontations about which federal lawsuits were filed, alleging excessive force and civil rights violations. He was involved in all as an expert witness for officers and their departments.]

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Force Science News #100
In this issue:

“The Pain Behind the Badge”: Powerful new documentary explores officers’ trips to the edge–and back.

Part 1 of a 2-part series

A few hours earlier, Sgt. Clarke Paris, a veteran of 22 years on the Las Vegas Metro Police, had finished a shift on which he’d responded to 5 suicide calls, the victims ranging from a 70-year-old man to a 13-year-old boy.

Now he was lazily floating with his wife in their backyard pool, but the desert sun could not bake out of his soul an unsettling sense that “my suitcase was finally packed with more than it could hold.”

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Force Science News #74
June 18, 2007

In this issue:

I. NEW STUDY: WE’RE GETTING BETTER PREPARED TO WIN ON THE STREET AND IN COURT

II. REGISTER NOW FOR UPCOMING FORCE SCIENCE SEMINARS

I. NEW STUDY: WE’RE GETTING BETTER PREPARED TO WIN ON THE STREET AND IN COURT

Part 1 of a 2-part series

–A high percentage of officers leave law enforcement after they’re involved in a shooting.

–Suspects who try to kill officers are usually drunk, drugged, or deranged.

–When multiple cops are in an armed confrontation, they’ll likely experience “contagion fire” and blast off a wild fusillade of rounds.

–In matters of deadly force, when you’re sued, you’re screwed.

Right?

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Force Science News #73
June 1, 2007

In this issue:

I. NEW EXCITED DELIRIUM PROTOCOL ISSUED BY SAN JOSE PD

II. YOUR HELP NEEDED WITH EXCITED DELIRIUM SURVEY

III. NEW INSTRUCTOR BRINGS UNIQUE BACKGROUND TO FSRC PROGRAMS

IV. DANGEROUSLY TIRED SGT. REJECTS EXTRA WORK, FACES FIRING

V. FSRC’S POLICE DRIVING RESEARCH FEATURED AT CONFERENCE

VI. IS STRESS A SEX THING?

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I. NEW EXCITED DELIRIUM PROTOCOL ISSUED BY SAN JOSE PD

Looking for guidance on a protocol for Excited Delirium calls? A recently updated training bulletin from San Jose (CA) PD might be a good starting point.

“It’s the closest thing to a policy on the subject that I’ve been able to find,” says Wayne Schmidt, executive director of Americans for Effective Law Enforcement, the organization that tracks legal issues pertaining to policing. Schmidt told Force Science News that he has searched for months for departmental policy statements on ED, with little success.

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