Fascinating experiments by 2 California researchers show that young civilians who might someday be on an OIS jury overwhelmingly disagree with veteran officers about when police are justified in shooting armed, threatening perpetrators.
Interestingly, tests also reveal that when facing shoot/don’t shoot decisions of their own, civilians tend to be quick on the trigger—and often wrong in their perceptions. Even in ideal lighting conditions, civilian test subjects show “a very low capacity for distinguishing” a handgun from an innocuous object, such as a power tool. Forced to make a time-pressured decision, the vast majority would shoot a “suspect” who is, in fact, unarmed.
“On one hand,” says Dr. Bill Lewinski, executive director of the Force Science Research Center at Minnesota State University-Mankato, “this research should make civilians more sympathetic to officers who mistakenly shoot unarmed subjects under high-stress, real-world conditions.
“But on the other hand, the study shows the woeful lack of understanding most non-cops have about the larger legality and appropriateness of using deadly force. And this can result in serious ramifications in the courtroom.”
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So many LEO's have heard the old story by some civilian "well I wouldn't have done that..." Kind of funny when the shoe goes on the other foot. Police Academies will improve recognition skills and technique but they don't give the LEO's the ability to slow time like some video game where they can evaluate the situation for a few minutes.
Wow... neat.
I'm glad the police are so highly trained... Must be the explanation on why they shoot at perp 17 times and hit him 3 times... I'm so glad they're displaying such awesome trigger control.
:roll::roll: </sarcasm>
Giving a firearm to a normal person isn't the same as training them to use it effectively. In that same respect, normal people stop way more crime than the cops ever will, because they're there when the crime is happening, not the cops.
Nice push on the agenda that only LEO / Military should have firearms though. :2wave:
Fascinating experiments by 2 California researchers show that young civilians who might someday be on an OIS jury overwhelmingly disagree with veteran officers about when police are justified in shooting armed, threatening perpetrators.
Interestingly, tests also reveal that when facing shoot/don’t shoot decisions of their own, civilians tend to be quick on the trigger—and often wrong in their perceptions.
Wow... neat.
I'm glad the police are so highly trained... Must be the explanation on why they shoot at perp 17 times and hit him 3 times... I'm so glad they're displaying such awesome trigger control.
:roll::roll: </sarcasm>
Giving a firearm to a normal person isn't the same as training them to use it effectively. In that same respect, normal people stop way more crime than the cops ever will, because they're there when the crime is happening, not the cops.
Nice push on the agenda that only LEO / Military should have firearms though. :2wave:
lol. most police officers are not really trained, but rather "qualify". That said, qualification is based on initial training and maintaining the basice.
That is why hit rates hover around 30%.
What can we learn from this. Untrained and you own a gun does not make you one who has planned for his self defense.
Even police officers often lack the proper training and the maintenence training required to make a good shoot.
bottom line is training is as important as the tool.
I know this was not the intent of the thread starter, but I find this an opportunity.
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