Force Science

Understanding Force Encounters Through Science and Research

Force Science advances expert decision-making, performance, and honest accountability in public safety. Their team of physicians, attorneys, policing experts, psychologists and human performance researchers focuses on understanding and optimizing how civilians and law enforcement make decisions and perform in high-stress situations.

LATEST ARTICLES

Officer-Involved Shootings

5 tips for officers in use-of-force interviews

Part Two: Dr. Ed Geiselman offers tips for protecting yourself from an interviewer who doesn’t understand the principles of human memory

October 31, 2011 06:01 AM

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Officer-Involved Shootings

Overcoming the ‘Achilles heel’ of use-of-force investigations

Part One: Dr. Ed Geiselman offers lessons for conducting fair, impartial, and comprehensive interviews in OISs and other critical-incident cases

October 26, 2011 12:06 PM

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Use of Force

Should ER physicians be required to report suspected cases of police brutality?

A clash between researchers has erupted over the question of whether emergency room doctors should report suspected cases of excessive force by LEOs

October 04, 2011 11:15 AM

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Officer Safety

As police deaths mount, what can you do now to stay safe?

July 06, 2011 07:05 AM

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Officer Safety

Current training may leave officers vulnerable

Soon to be released findings from the Force Science Institute indicate that time and cost concerns ‘significantly compromise the suitability and sufficiency’ of current physical force training

June 28, 2011 08:51 AM

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Survivors speak: A different view on police suicide

Sgt. Clarke Paris of the Las Vegas Metropolitan PD told Force Science News that he believes every officer should be aware of the “eternity of pain” suicide inflicts on survivors

June 28, 2011 07:00 AM

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Officer-Involved Shootings

Calif. Citizens’ Academy puts civilians in the OIS hot seat

June 06, 2011 09:41 AM

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New reaction-time study addresses what’s ‘reasonable’ in armed-suspect encounters

May 24, 2011 07:51 AM

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Officer Safety

Police officers impaired and imperiled by exertion and exhaustion

Final findings from Force Science exhaustion study begun in September 2010 reveal significant decline in environmental awareness and memory following just 60 seconds of all-out exertion

May 12, 2011 08:39 AM

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UCLA study on OIS survivors favors skilled investigative interviews

OIS survivors gain unexpected ‘therapeutic’ rewards from skilled investigative interviews, researchers report

March 31, 2011 04:14 AM

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