Archive for November, 2007
Force Science News #85: Two Officer-Survival Studies Due to Kick Off in New FSRC Facilities
Force Science News #85
November 03, 2007
Two officer-survival studies due to kick off in new FSRC facilities
Pilot studies for 2 new research projects with significant officer-survival implications will get underway next month [12/07] at a new testing facility designed by the Force Science Research Center near the campus of Minnesota State University-Mankato.
Force Science News #84: Readers Speak Out About Officer’s Mass Slayings
Force Science News #84
Transmitted November 03, 2007
Readers speak out about officer’s mass slayings
In Transmission #83, we explored the nationally headlined incident in Crandon, WI, in which a rookie sheriff’s deputy and part-time municipal officer shot and killed 6 high school friends during a pizza party, including an ex-girlfriend who had rebuffed his attempts at reconciliation.
The involved lawman, Tyler Peterson, who later killed himself, was 20 years old and had been hired at 19 by both departments without pre-employment psychological screening.
