Still a Blind Spot in Officer Safety Training. (Neurobiology, Deception, and Implications for Officer Safety) By Chris Butler (Raptor Public Safety Coaching Inc.); December 2025 Police officers always desire that the members of the public they interact with will respond positively, and cooperatively, to officer presence. Aggression is not a single phenomenon and there is [...]
When we consider the fact that a near-contact assault against an officer (physical attack, impact weapon, edged weapon or firearm) can begin and be completed in approximately a quarter second or less, understanding the human factors involved becomes critical in order to properly train officers to have an effective response to those threats. One of [...]
When officers are confronted with spontaneous threats at close range, the effective response to controlling and surviving these encounters comes back to realistic and research-based training. There are many human factors that trainers simply must understand in order to ensure we are developing and training effective techniques. One of these critical human factors has to [...]
There is a massive disconnect between the human factors of spontaneous, rapid threats at close range and the current law enforcement firearms training paradigm. The result of this defective training continues to result in police officers being shot in the head and neck in almost 80% of officer-involved shootings. Shot in the Head: We Have [...]