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ARMED ENCOUNTERS ARMED ENCOUNTERS PROJECT PROJECT

Presentation to the Quality of Life Council Presentation to the Quality of Life Council Nova Southeastern University Nova Southeastern University September 14 September 14th

th, 2010

, 2010

Tammy Kushner, Psy.D., Principal Investigator Tammy Kushner, Psy.D., Principal Investigator Marguerite Bryan, Ph.D. Marguerite Bryan, Ph.D. Kelly Armstrong, Doctoral Student/Research Assistant Kelly Armstrong, Doctoral Student/Research Assistant Center for Psychological Studies, NSU Center for Psychological Studies, NSU Zachary Scott, Training Instructor, ICJS Zachary Scott, Training Instructor, ICJS Leslie Taylor, Ph.D. Leslie Taylor, Ph.D. Broward Sheriff’s Office Broward Sheriff’s Office

ARMED ENCOUNTERS GRANT REPORT ARMED ENCOUNTERS GRANT REPORT (IMPLEMENTATION) (IMPLEMENTATION) (IMPLEMENTATION) (IMPLEMENTATION)

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

• Hired research assistant

Kelly Armstrong (CPS doctoral student)

• Hired research assistant – Kelly Armstrong (CPS doctoral student)
• Advertised and created a selection committee reviewing all 11

applicants. STATISTICIAN

• Secured a statistician/ from the Statistical Consulting Center of NSU.

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• Dr. Gabriel Suciu from HPD.
• Went beyond statistical methodology and is assisting with data

collection by creating a database utilized by the CDC collection by creating a database utilized by the CDC.

• Assisting with the methodology
• Assisting with sampling and interpretation of the data (data analysis)

Assisting with sampling and interpretation of the data (data analysis)

GRANT IMPLEMENTATION GRANT IMPLEMENTATION

DATA GATHERING

• Established point of contacts with 19 law

Established point of contacts with 19 law enforcement agencies including BSO which accounts for another 14 districts which accounts for another 14 districts. B d t ll ti ith th

• Began data collection with these

departments.

GRANT IMPLEMENTATION GRANT IMPLEMENTATION

DISSEMINATION DISSEMINATION

• Panel discussion on Sept 29th at 3:15pm at the Southern Criminal

J stice Association Conference in Clear ater FL Disc ss Justice Association Conference in Clearwater, FL. Discuss preliminary data.

• Future Research and Outreach Activities:

Incorporate findings into the ongoing training curriculum of the Institute for Criminal Justice Studies (ICJS) Regional Training Center of The BSO. Presentation to the NSU community (QOL Award Committee & NSU/BSO Advisory Board); Broward Chiefs of Police Association, Institute of Public Safety (Broward College); Broward Police Department’s Training units

GRANT IMPLEMENTATION GRANT IMPLEMENTATION

Future Research and Outreach Activities:

• Manuscripts for publication will be submitted in peer-reviewed

journals such as Justice Quarterly, Journal of Criminal Justice, American Journal of Police Journal of Criminal Justice Education American Journal of Police, Journal of Criminal Justice Education and Public Administration Review. S ff’ Off

• The work will be disseminated at the Broward Sheriff’s Office

Institute for Criminal Justice Studies as a set of training recommendations for inclusion in their recruitment and in-service curricula curricula.

COMMUNITY IMPACT COMMUNITY IMPACT

• A significant impact of the study will be to influence

ti d id li t i ith i i ht i t practice and provide police trainers with new insights into armed encounters and appropriately adjust training methods.

• The community benefits because better training for
• fficers leads to less dangerous encounters with

suspects and increases officer safety and officer and suspects and increases officer safety and officer and suspect survival.

EXTERNAL FUNDING/SUSTAINABILITY OF THE EXTERNAL FUNDING/SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PROJECT PROJECT PROJECT PROJECT

• The current project is a pilot study in Broward County to

p j p y y investigate the factors associated with outcomes of

• fficer armed encounters.
• The goal is to conduct a larger and more in-depth

records analysis of law enforcement armed encounters records analysis of law enforcement armed encounters through a records analysis of armed encounters kept by law enforcement agencies across the state of Florida.

SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABILITY

• Funding for the current study in Broward County will

provide a base from which researchers can expand the research to the state of Florida and attract funding from research to the state of Florida and attract funding from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and other pri ate f nding so rces Assistance (BJA) and other private funding sources.

CURRENT RESEARCH DATABASE AND CURRENT RESEARCH DATABASE AND SURVEY SURVEY SURVEY SURVEY

• 139 cases of discharged weapons from over

8900 in the sample Officer killed, felonious – 3.6%, Officer Assaulted Serious Injury 5% Officer Assaulted, Serious Injury – 5%, Officer Assaulted, Minor Injury – 15.8%, Officer Assaulted, No Injury – 71.9%, Unknown – 3.6% , j y ,

• Most weapons were discharged when officers

responded to disturbance (12.9%) and traffic stops (12.9%)

CURRENT RESEARCH DATABASE AND CURRENT RESEARCH DATABASE AND SURVEY SURVEY SURVEY SURVEY

• 57.6% of officers were wearing body armor
• Majority of officers (40.3%) were not aware that offenders had

a weapon

• Majority of discharges occurred 2 feet or less (33.1%)

92 8% of discharges were made by male officers and majority

• 92.8% of discharges were made by male officers and majority

were Whites (80.6%)

• Majority of offenders (67 6%) are were males
• Majority of offenders (67.6%) are were males
• 38.8% of offenders who discharged their weapons were

Blacks and 35 3% were Whites Blacks and 35.3% were Whites

CURRENT SURVEY CURRENT SURVEY

CURRENT SURVEY CURRENT SURVEY