Use of Force Training in Law Enforcement A Reality Based Approach

Introduction: Perceptions based on our past experiences sometimes take us in the wrong direction.-   Introducing the Scenario-Based Training: blending psychology, philosophy and technology.- When all expectations go wrong - Talk, Fight, Shoot or Leave?- Addressing   the “Unconsciously incompetent” mode through scenario-based training.- Changing behavior : scenario-based training versus the impact of theoretical knowledge.-S uspension of judgment   and time out for safety.-   Victim, witness, perpetrator – the psychological and physiological impacts on police officers.- Scenario-Based Training and delivery of the “Unconscious competence." The implementation phase, the u nleashed competence or "the OODA loop” – Observe, Orient, Decide, Act.- Conclusions and recommendations for the future.

M.R. Haberfeld is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. She was born in Poland and immigrated to Israel as a teenager. She served in the Israel Defense Forces in a counter-terrorist unit and left the army at the rank of a sergeant. Prior to coming to John Jay she served in the Israel National Police and left the force at the rank of lieutenant. She also worked as a special consultant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in the New York Field Office. She has conducted research in the areas of public and private law enforcement, integrity, and white-collar crime in the United States, Eastern and Western Europe and Israel. In addition to her research, she has also provided leadership training to a number of police agencies. Since 2001 she has been involved in developing, coordinating and teaching in a special educational program at John Jay for the New York City Police Department. Kenneth Murray is the Director of Training for the Armiger Police Training Institute (www.armiger.net) located in the greater Orlando area of Florida. Born in Winnipeg, Canada, he has spent the past twenty years as a police and military trainer, specializing in the field of Reality Based Training. Topics covered in his instructor classes include both the governing principles for effective training as well as the safe use of the broad spectrum of available and emerging technologies designed to improve realism in training for dangerous encounters. He is a member of the advisory board of the Police Policy Studies Council and the Force Science Research Center.