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

3 keys for maximizing the value of video footage

October 05, 2015 03:06 PM

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Think tank author: Payoff from anti-police attitude is societal havoc

In an article titled “Welcome to Post-Ferguson Policing” in the online version of the conservative magazine National Review, Heather MacDonald writes about the issue of deadly hesitation

September 18, 2015 01:48 PM

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Police Training

6 myths of police training that inhibit effective learning

Police trainers must make the most of the time they have by using the science of motor learning and performance to improve the training they deliver

August 17, 2015 03:44 PM

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Use of Force

Does your agency reflect these use-of-force trends?

Despite the hyperbolic media coverage of late most arrests are effected with verbal communication alone, with deadly force by police an extreme rarity

August 03, 2015 02:18 PM

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Police attorney: Use-of-force “reform” will bring catastrophe

As high-profile police shootings continue to grab headlines, emotion is being used to attempt to eradicate long-settled law that strikes a balance between the rights of police officers and suspects

July 13, 2015 03:26 PM

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From research to court: Update on conducted electrical weapons

In real-life confrontations, TASERs are effective in incapacitating actively resistant suspects over 90 percent of the time, compared to a success rate of less than 75 percent for pepper spray, according to a new study by two associate professors in criminal justice

May 11, 2015 03:32 PM

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How much do finger placement and ready position matter?

Results of a two-part study by the Force Science Institute reported in the current issue of the peer-reviewed journal Law Enforcement Executive Forum provide some answers that may surprise you if you’re a strong advocate for particular positioning

April 06, 2015 01:52 PM

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Can you (and should you) really use your sights in a gunfight?

It’s important to understand that using your sights in a gunfight is not always necessary or even desirable for effectively placing rounds

February 27, 2015 05:33 PM

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Use-of-force expert finds hidden truth in ‘incriminating’ video

Lt. Paul Marik of the Pleasant Prairie (Wis.) PD painstakingly reviewed a dash-cam recording frame by frame, breaking it down into fractions of a second, allowing him to “see the action as someone would feel it”

February 17, 2015 12:55 PM

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Use of Force

7 findings from first-ever study on body cameras

For 12 months, Rialto’s 54 frontline officers all were assigned randomly to wear or not wear TASER HD Axon Flex video/audio cameras attached to their clothing during each of their 12-hr. shifts

February 02, 2015 02:05 PM

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