Archive for July, 2009
Force Science News #128: Recent training in Canada puts 71 new Force Science analysts in the field
From across Canada, from Nova Scotia to British Columbia, and from 2 US states, 71 more trainees were awarded certification as Force Science analysts recently, after completing an intensive 5-day program in Calgary, Alberta.
With 3 previous courses in England and California, there are now nearly 300 graduates in North America and overseas trained to examine use-of-force cases according to scientific principles of human dynamics. Read the rest of this entry »
Force Science News #127: Research roundup: Latest on Tasers, arrest-related deaths, excited delirium
The specific dynamics of many arrest-related deaths remain a mystery, but recent research findings have fitted a few more pieces into place for understanding these puzzling and often controversial events. Our reports:
Force Science News #126: New study yields best profile yet of suicide-by-cop offenders and their threat
A new study of suicide by cop that is unprecedented in its breadth, depth, and detail reveals that these encounters are “shockingly” on the rise, explains specific ways that they differ from “regular” OISs, and establishes emphatically that they create exceptional threats to civilian bystanders, responding officers, and the subjects themselves. Read the rest of this entry »
