How police officers are shot and killed during active shooter events: Implications for response and training

Autor: Aaron Duron, J. Pete Blair
Rok vydání: 2022
Zdroj: The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles. :0032258X2210878
ISSN: 1740-5599
0032-258X
DOI: 10.1177/0032258x221087827
Popis: Active shooter events have driven police to change how they respond to events where an attacker is actively engaged in killing civilians. This paper examines these changes through the lenses of Normal Accident Theory (NAT) and Resilience Engineering (RE). Our results show a police officer is shot in one out of every six active shooter events in the United States. We then apply RE to better understand how these shootings occur so that police can improve their ability to anticipate, monitor, and respond during these attacks. Implications for police training are discussed.
Databáze: OpenAIRE