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In this edition:

I. “Point shooting” clarification…Plus: What new gaze pattern findings mean for your training

II. Where to find the latest legal reports online for police psychologists, attorneys Read the rest of this entry »

Editor’s note: The next Force Science Certification Course has been scheduled for February 8-12, 2010 in San Jose, California. Registrations are now being taken. Full details on the course can be found by clicking here or visiting www.forcescience.org/sanjose2010.pdf.

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Major new study: How your eyes can cast your fate in a gunfight

Part 1 of a 2-part series

A major new study by the Force Science Research Center for the first time has identified exactly how the “gaze patterns” of officers who are likely to win gunfights differ from those who are likely to lose them.

Winners, it is revealed, tend to anticipate an emerging threat sooner, shoot to stop it faster and more accurately, and make fewer errors in judgment because of the unique way in which they watch a potential attacker’s body as a deadly confrontation unfolds. Read the rest of this entry »