Send us a text

A police officer’s body camera can record the objective reality of an event, but the officer’s recall of the event will often be inaccurate. Dr. Louise Porter from Griffith University joins the podcast to discuss her research exploring the memory and recall of police officers who are exposed to high-stress events.

Main Topics
-Dr. Porter discussed the perceptual distortions as they related to high stress events.
-We cover the differences in asking officers to document an incident as soon as possible or providing them with a waiting period before they are interviewed.
-Finally, Dr. Porter will review the findings of her research on how an interview should be conducted to allow an officer the best opportunity to document an incident as accurately as possible.

Don't forget to like, FOLLOW, and share. Sharing this podcast or an episode is one of the best complements I can receive, which will help grow the show.

And don't forget to provide a review. Giving five stars is never a bad idea.

Feel free to email me your comments using the "send us a text" option, or at the following email address: policeinservicetrainingpodcast@gmail.com

Bluesky: @policeinservice.bsky.social

Send us a text

Police officers are trained to use deadly physical force as a last resort. They are also trained to reduce their own risk of death. Active shooter events, however, require a different behavior formula. Officers are trained to move toward danger, and there is an expectation that they should “kill the killer” (as stated by a Florida Sheriff after the active shooting incident at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School). These behaviors may contribute to the deaths of police officers. Dr. Pete Blair, from Texas State University, joins us to break down these events and what might increase the survivability of police officers who respond to an active shooter event.

Main Topics
•Dr. Blair will discuss Normal Accidents and Resilience Engineering and their relation to officer behavior during these events.
•He’ll examine the common conditions that lead to officer deaths.
•Finally, Dr. Blair will discuss the changes to training that may be needed for responding to an active shooter event.

If you are interested in discussion your agency's participation in the research project I mentioned in the leadup to the podcast episode, feel free to contact me at my Buffalo State email address: phillisw@buffalostate.edu

If you are interested in the data discussed by Dr. Blair, use the link below:

https://tacticalscience.substack.com/p/updated-data-on-the-most-dangerous

Chain Survival: Responding to an Active Attack, by Dr. Blair and Dr. Martaindale, is available at Amazon (check the link below):

https://www.amazon.com/Chain-Survival-Responding-Active-Attack/dp/B0DFS3K8P8/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=8-1

Don't forget to like, FOLLOW, and share. Sharing this podcast or an episode is one of the best complements I can receive, which will help grow the show.

And don't forget to provide a review. Giving five stars is never a bad idea.

Feel free to email me your comments using the "send us a text" option, or at the following email address: policeinservicetrainingpodcast@gmail.com

Bluesky: @policeinservice.bsky.social

Send us a text

Whenever a police officer fires their weapon at another person it is important to understand why. What were the conditions that lead to the shooting? Explaining why a single officer shoots two or three times is important but explaining why three or four officers empty their clips seems to be a completely different question.
To better understand the idea of something called “contagious fire” we are joined today by Eric Dlugolenski from Central Connecticut State University.
Main Topics
•We’ll discuss the importance of studying contagious fire even if it’s a rare event.
•Eric will explain the use of video simulators to study officer shooting behavior.
•I also ask Eric to clarify the difference between shooting “errors” and justifications.

Don't forget to like, FOLLOW, and share. Sharing this podcast or an episode is one of the best complements I can receive, which will help grow the show.

And don't forget to provide a review. Giving five stars is never a bad idea.

Feel free to email me your comments using the "send us a text" option, or at the following email address: policeinservicetrainingpodcast@gmail.com

Bluesky: @policeinservice.bsky.social