This book is not about specific laws, tactics, or equipment, but how the science of human performance influences the people behind the badge. The authors keep that in mind through the book, while the stress is on mental survival. The book was written for police officers who have used or may have to use deadly force and for police administrators, chaplains, and mental health. Laurence miller, phd, clinical, forensic and police psychologist. Deadly force encounters sold so fast that it went into a second printing one week after it was released. Because i was trying to find, acquire, use and teach the best police tactics at the time, i bought the original street survival, tactics for armed encounters, which i read from cover to cover. This latest work with loren christensen continues that investment into the officers and the profession to which she has dedicated so much of her life. Deadly force encounters is the product of the many decades dr. Christensen this timely update to the first edition, deadly force encounters, will be available on amazon in paperback and kindle format in the fall of 2019. A shootings aftermath is often the most dangerous time for police officers. The psychology of police deadly force encounters charles c. Artwohl spent helping officers survive working on the edge, both during and after critical incidents.
Before you comment on an officer involved shooting read this book. Cops and citizens defending themselves and others, focus on the most infrequent but most challenging part of the police profession. This book provides accounts of real world gun fights and the aftermath experienced by police officers. Street survival tactics for deadly force encounters. If citizens use deadly force to survive, this book will help them prepare for the legal. It describes the emotional issues that anyone one could face after an incident involving deadly force and it should convince almost anyone that a gun fight should be a very last resort for stopping an attack. Next the authors discuss the selection process of police recruits, and the. Book outlines police tactics for deadly force encounters. Next the authors discuss the selection process of police recruits, and the nature. Published in 1980, the book has often been referred to as. Tactics for deadly force encounters is enthusiastically endorsed by the original author chuck remsberg.
The greatly expanded scientific research, stories, and analysis in this second edition, deadly force encounters. It quickly became an authoritative book for police officers, citizens legally carrying a concealed firearm, and police academies. This oneofa kind book reveals to law enforcement officers, agencies and citizens the hidden. The book starts with introduction of survival triangle. Thus book gives the reader a look at the event and the aftermath.
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