Archive for March, 2008
Force Science News #94: One Officer’s Pain is Others’ Gain, as Her Shooting Becomes a Catalyst for Change
Force Science News #94
In this issue:
One officer’s pain is others’ gain, as her shooting becomes a catalyst for change
When a 52-year-old man-shirtless, coked up and bleeding from self-inflicted wounds-lunged at Shannon Brady and her partner with a “serious” folding knife in the cramped kitchen of a small adobe house in Santa Fe, she was prepared to react. She shot him dead.
Force Science News #93: Is the “Triangle Of Death” Real?
Force Science News #93
In this issue:
I. Is the “triangle of death” real?
II. Scott Buhrmaster joins Force Science
III. Center findings gain global exposure
I. “Triangle of Death”: Is the threat real?
The rumor bouncing around various law enforcement listservs piqued Cmdr. Michael Richards’ curiosity.
Street gangs in California, the story went, were training members to shoot cops at night by aiming for the highly visible patch of white T-shirt exposed above the top of many officers’ vests. “The Triangle of Death,” posters to the listservs called it.
