Don’t science my violence. Thoughts on police training and data.

Don’t science my violence. Research into how police react in force on force training is very important and not at all easy to perform effectively. I applaud force science for putting in the effort, but I caution police leaders and trainers about how they go about using the information. Don’t let a snake oil salesman start talking about increased fixation quantities, decreased fixation durations, and increases in saccades because people lack tactical training. Or that arbitrarily increasing stress will improve training. Look at the research for yourself and ask questions. If you don’t understand it ask someone who does. @inextperformance helped me with it. Let’s start asking for definitions. What is tactical training? How does one demonstrate they’re trained and proficient? Is it the training or the individuals were selecting that make the difference?