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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.