Dr. Blair will discuss Normal Accidents and Resilience Engineering in relation to active shooter events. He’ll examine the common conditions that lead to officer deaths. He'll also discuss the changes to training that may be needed for responding to these incidents.

These behaviors may contribute to the deaths of police officers. Dr. Pete Blair, from Texas State University, joins us to break down these events and what might increase the survivability of police officers who respond to an active shooter event.

Police officers are trained to use deadly physical force as a last resort and to reduce their own risk of death. Active shooter events, however, require a different behavior formula. Officers are trained to move toward danger, and there is an expectation that they should “kill the killer.”

Main Topics
• We’ll discuss the importance of studying contagious fire even if it’s a rare event.
• Eric will explain the use of video simulators to study officer shooting behavior.
• I also ask Eric to clarify the difference between shooting “errors” and justifications.

Explaining why a single officer shoots two or three times is important but explaining why three or four officers empty their clips seems to be a completely different question.
To better understand “contagious fire” we are joined today by Eric Dlugolenski from Central Connecticut State University.

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Hot spots policing has been around for more than 20 years. Joining us to discuss the research on the topic is Brandon Turchan from Michigan State University. We'll summarize the nuts and bolts of HSP, and how gains are amplified when combined with procedural justice or problem-oriented tactics.

Dr. Padilla explains her research into police officers accessing mental health and wellness services, and the views of officers and civilian staff regarding the availability of these services in policing.

Join me for an illuminating discussion about mental health and wellness services in policing with Dr. Kathleen (Padillahttps://bsky.app/profile/kepadil.bsky.social) from Texas State University at San Marcos.

Joining us on the podcast today to discuss a shifting focus for the police training academy is Dr. Beck Strah from the School of Justice Studies at Roger Williams University.

Technological advancements have always found their way into policing, and Artificial Intelligence is no exception.

Dr. Ian Adams joins the podcast today to discuss some of the seminal research exploring AI in policing.

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Joe goes beyond the obvious factors, such as better pay, to discuss subtle elements of hiring and retention, such as generational considerations in how officers view the occupation, and allowing temporary assignments to other PD units to relieve stress.

This week Dr. Joe Schafer from Arizona State University's School of Criminology & Criminal Justice joins the podcast to explore the issue of hiring and retention.

Several episodes are now available on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts, and I hope to have new episodes every week or two. Justin Nix @jnixy.bsky.social was kind enough to join me to discuss procedural justice.

The program is intended to help the police create better programs, understand challenging policies, and dispel myths of police officer behavior. I will be having discussions with policing experts where we cut out the jargon and makes things accessible and easy to understand.

I have started a new podcast titled "Police In-Service Training." The podcast dedicated to providing research evidence to street-officers and command staff alike.