Police Marksmanship Under Fire

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Officer-Involved Shootings: What We Didn't Know Has Hurt Us . By Thomas J. Aveni, The Police Policy Studies Council Long debated, the nature of Police shootings elicits considerable emotion, as well as ample dosages of misinformation. Central issues of concern and contention have long been severe errors in judgment, and dismal handgun hit ratios. But, there is much, much more to chronicle that has never been fully explored. Police handgun hit probability has long been an area of focus amongst Police trainers, and has generally been discussed within the realm of (1) low expectations of Police gunfight performance based on historical data, (2) whether the way in which Police are trained has contributed to low hit probability, and (3) whether physiological and psychological impairments experienced in critical incidents contribute to degradation of performance. This article will address those issues, and many more beyond them. Anyone attempting to research the Police use of deadly force encounters a myriad of hurdles.

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