Inspector (Ret.) Chris Butler New Research Improves Understanding of the Relationship between Sleep and Memory Consolidation Decades of research on memory formation has advanced our understanding of how we perceive events, the role of heuristics and context cues – how we see what we expect to see even if the anticipated stimulus was not present, [...]
I was recently involved in a use of force investigation where two police officers utilized physical force on an arrest who was handcuffed. The officers had a drawn-out battle with the suspect to get him into handcuffs during the arrest and were escorting him to the police vehicle when he again began to vigorously resist [...]
Unintended Firearms Discharges in Law Enforcement – Principle and Contributory Causes Part 6 of 7 Inspector (Ret) Chris Butler Well welcome back to this week’s study on untended discharges. Last week, in Part 5, we explored the ‘hand confusion’ effect and how the brain can be tricked to confuse one hand with the other. The [...]
Inspector (Ret) Chris Butler On July 31st the Washington Post published a very thought-provoking article by Tom Jackman dealing with the issue of critical incidents, such as officer-involved shootings, and whether it is better to delay the officer interview or interview the officer immediately. If you have not read the article, I highly suggest you [...]
Unintended Firearms Discharges in Law Enforcement – Principle and Contributory Causes; Part 5 of 7 Inspector (Ret) Chris Butler Welcome back to our study into the causes of unintended discharges in law enforcement. If you have been reading along as we have explored this issue, you will recall that in Part we took a look [...]
Unintended Firearms Discharges in Law Enforcement – Principle and Contributory Causes; Part 4 of 7 Inspector (Ret) Chris Butler Welcome back to Part 4 of our study into the causes of unintended discharges in law enforcement. If you have been reading along as we have explored this issue, you will recall that in Part 3 [...]
Unintended Firearms Discharges in Law Enforcement – Principle and Contributory Causes - Part 3 of 7 Inspector (Ret) Chris Butler Welcome back to our discussion on the causes of unintended discharges. If you missed the first two articles, I highly suggest reading those before undertaking this session. You can find the series at my website [...]
Unintended Firearms Discharges in Law Enforcement – Principle and Contributory Causes - Part 2 of a 7 part series Inspector (Ret.) Chris Butler In Part 1 of our exploration of unintended discharges in law enforcement, we briefly explored the seriousness of this issue. Every year in north American law enforcement officers are experiencing unintended discharges [...]
Unintended Firearms Discharges in Law Enforcement – Principle and Contributory Causes - Part 1 of a 7 Part Series. Inspector (Ret.) Chris Butler Aside from the profoundly rare instances of firearms discharging as a result of an inherent mechanical malfunction, there are several other causes of unintended firearm discharges, as a result of human performance [...]
