041. The Truth Behind Officer Involved Shootings & Police Use Of Force - Dr Bill Lewinski

Dr Lewinski has studied officer involved shootings and human dynamics in a way that no one has Obviously, in 2020, the police got a lot of attention. So, I wanted to bring on someone who has intelligently studied use of force and officer involved shootings to help shed some light on the topics. This interview, is in no way meant to be divisive, but is meant to give the audience another lens of looking at a topic that most really have no insight on. The mainstream media only gives us one narrative and the police only gives us one narrative. The public constantly asks, "Why did the officer shoot the suspect in the back? Why did the police fire so many rounds? Why do barbers get more training than a police cadet in the academy?" These are all valid questions, but the public rarely gets a great answer other than sensationalized news headlines. Dr Lewinski answers all these questions and much more in the interview.

Dr. Lewinski is a leading behavioral scientist whose work has focused on the intensive study of human dynamics involved in high stress, life-threatening encounters. He has a Ph.D. in Police Psychology and is a professor emeritus of Law Enforcement at Minnesota State University, Mankato, where he taught for more than 28 years, was an L.E. Program Director and also chair of the Department of Government.

Timeline

6:40 - How to regulate your emotions in high stress situations
08:00 - Biggest misconception from UOF and the public view
11:40 - Why officers fire so many rounds at suspects in UOF incidents
16:30 - The average shot cadence of an officer under stress
22:20 - The average high school football player is better trained than a 25 year veteran police officer
33:50 - The speed of an assault & why the officer is always at the disadvantage
40:30 - What’s the one things officers can do to reduce errors in the field
51:27 - What officers need to understand about attention and workload capacity
1:00:19 - Exciting research with edged weapons
1:03:20 - Why police shoot people in the back

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