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Force Science – Force Encounters

Investigation Fundamentals, Decision-Making, & Human Performance

Nov. 14 - 15, 2024
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Tuition:  Free
ILEAS Training Center
1701 East Main St.
Urbana, IL 61802
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Certification

This course is certified by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board.

Training Mandates

  • De-escalation Techniques (6.0 hrs.)
  • High Risk Traffic Stops (2.0 hrs.)
  • Officer Safety Techniques (7.0 hrs.)
  • Lead Homicide Investigator (16.0 hrs.)

Description

The Force Encounters Course introduces the psychological and physiological factors that affect threat assessment, sensory perception, decision, performance, and memory and applies these evidence-based concepts to high-stress and life-threatening encounters in a law enforcement context.

The curriculum for this program is based on Force Science’s peer reviewed research that uses precise time-and-motion measurements to document environmental, physiological, and psychological dynamics during high-threat events. Real-world examples are used to facilitate discussion and demonstrate the ways physiological and technological factors affect the answers to critical use-of-force questions.

The course materials are delivered in class by lectures, group discussions, video presentations, and case studies.

 

Topics

  • How attention, decision-making, and response dynamics influence reaction time.
  • How adrenaline, attention, and trigger speed affect shooting performance.
  • How video recordings’ capabilities and limitations may affect viewer perception of events.
  • How popular firearm tactics can increase the risk of armed encounters.
  • How critical incidents can affect memory.
  • How the speed of assault influences de-escalation strategies and tactics.
  • How the speed of assault, prone threats, attention, and exhaustion can affect traffic stops and investigative approaches.
  • How the aforementioned factors can affect the memory and performance of all participants in a critical incident.

Instructor

Force Science

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Deadline

Please register for this course by October 31.