Archive for December, 2010
Force Science News #166: “Scapegoat” cop wins back job with Force Science help
A northern California transit officer who was fired on charges of lying about circumstances that preceded a nationally controversial OIS has been ordered reinstated after an arbitration hearing in which Force Science played a pivotal role.
Twenty-nine-year-old MarySol Domenici was among half a dozen Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) officers whose actions were challenged amidst a racially fueled “media frenzy” after they responded to a brawl on a public train near San Francisco early on New Year’s Day, 2009.
Force Science News #165: New report underscores credibility of Force Science’s shell-ejection studies
Please note: The recently announced Force Science Certification Course scheduled for February in San Jose, CA is now completely SOLD OUT. No additional registrations can be taken. In an effort to respond to the extremely high demand for this course we have made arrangements to offer five additional Force Science Certification Courses in 2011. Dates and locations will be announced very soon. Stay tuned…
New report underscores credibility of Force Science’s shell-ejection studies
Contrary to persistent myth, where a cartridge case lands when it’s ejected from a semiautomatic pistol is not a reliable indicator of where the shooter was standing when the gun was fired.
That fact has been scientifically confirmed by the Force Science Institute in a series of research experiments starting back in 2004. “Yet some investigators and firearms experts continue to use the location of spent casings as critical reference points in reconstructing shooting scenes,” says FSI’s executive director, Dr. Bill Lewinski.
