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

Supreme Court ‘OK’s deadly force to stop dangerous pursuit

The Supreme Court is making it clear that the Fourth amendment allows the use of deadly force to stop drivers in those exceptional cases when their actions pose a very serious threat to public safety

June 23, 2014 06:00 AM

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Innovative OIS protocol focuses on compassion for involved officer

When and how to interview an officer and conduct a walk-through of the incident are sources of controversy among OIS investigators

June 02, 2014 09:54 AM

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Use of Force

New studies counter plaintiffs’ CEW arguments

There is much about sudden death that simply “is not fully understood”

May 19, 2014 07:01 AM

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Officer-Involved Shootings

Force Science Institute details reasons for delaying interviews with OIS survivors

Recently, Force Science News sat down with FSI executive director Dr. Bill Lewinski to explore this persistent controversy — here are highlights of that conversation, explaining in detail why the Force Science Institute supports delayed interviewing

April 25, 2014 07:38 AM

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Use of Force

New study: “No fatal risk” in proning out violent resisters

The controversy over prone positioning has raged in the policing community since the 1980s

April 14, 2014 05:40 AM

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Officer-Involved Shootings

New study: Mental imagery boosts shooting accuracy under threat

When then exposed to a simulated gunbattle, the mental imagers consistently out-performed the others, whose targeting skills under fire tended to erode significantly from their “normal” level of accuracy

April 14, 2014 05:17 AM

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Use of Force

6 ways cops can aid their lawyers to win use-of-force litigation

How can an officer can best help a lawyer in preparing the strongest defense possible after an OIS or other major force confrontation? Here are six ideas to get the discussion going.

April 07, 2014 05:10 AM

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Officer-Involved Shootings

Innovative OIS protocol blends interview and walk-through processes

By advocating that the two events be combined into a single occurrence, Lieutenant Todd Larson of the Scottsdale (Ariz.) PD has brought a new protocol to his agency that satisfies administrators, prosecutors, investigators, and officers alike

March 03, 2014 04:29 AM

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Researchers want ER docs to focus more on “excessive” force claims

February 03, 2014 04:47 AM

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Does TASER deployment on a subject cause ‘mental impairment’ with legal ramifications?

Prosecutors and police attorneys may find a new study useful in countering the assertion that a TASER “ride” messes with the mind to a unique and significant degree

January 06, 2014 06:18 AM

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