4/ 💡 A first for #APB, and a step toward bridging law, research, and practice!
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3/ 👤 Prof. Seth Stoughton breaks down what this means for officers, policy makers & trainers, and why pre-force decisions now matter more than ever.
#EvidenceBasedPolicing
2/ ⚖️ In Barnes v. Felix, the Court ruled that use-of-force reviews must consider the totality of the circumstances, not just the “moment of threat.”
#CaseLaw #Policing
1/ 📢 New in #APB!
We’re introducing case law briefs: plain-language summaries of important court decisions. Our first: Barnes v. Felix (U.S. Supreme Court, 2025). 🧵👇
4/ Takeaway: Most officers match Priority of Life training & public expectations, acting decisively when danger is clear.
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3/ 12% said they’d wait even with gunfire, possibly due to risk tolerance, department culture, or prior experience.
#ActiveShooter #Policing
2/ With a “driving force” (gunfire, injured victims, chaos), officers were ~80× more likely to support immediate entry.
Without it? Most chose to wait, matching modern training.
#PoliceTraining #EvidenceBasedPolicing
1/#APB Summer 2025 Spotlight, Day 21! In an active shooter event, do police rush in or wait for backup? Today’s APB brief studied 796 officers rating 324 scenarios. 🧵👇
#ActiveShooterResponse #APBJournal
4/ 💡 Takeaway:
Public education works. Scaled effectively, it could improve trust, cooperation, & media coverage.
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#APBJournal #UseOfForce #PoliceLegitimacy
3/ 📊 Results:
• Better understanding of force frequency & accuracy
• Debunked 6/9 myths
• Higher perceptions of police legitimacy
#PoliceTraining #ProceduralJustice
2/ 📚 160 students took surveys, watched two 3-hour modules on police use of force, myths, & oversight, then took the surveys again.
#EvidenceBasedPolicing #PublicTrust
1/#APB Summer 2025 Spotlight Day 20! Many people misunderstand police use of force - how often it’s used, officer shooting accuracy, & training levels. Research by Ariane-Jade Khanizadeh, Craig Bennell, & Heather McGale tests if public education can fix that. 🧵👇
4/ 💡 Solution:
Independent oversight (e.g., Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics) + mandatory, standardized reporting. Time to make it happen!
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3/ ⚠️ Challenges:
• No mandatory reporting
• Inconsistent definitions & standards
• Agency resistance
• Privacy law limits
• Unclear ownership/oversight
#PoliceData #Transparency
2/ ✅ Benefits of a national database:
• Transparency & public trust
• Show force is rare & usually justified
• Identify trends & create mitigation strategies
• Correct misconceptions
#EvidenceBasedPolicing #PoliceLegitimacy
1/#APB Summer 2025 Spotlight, Day 19! Canada does not have a national police use-of-force database. Without it, trust suffers, myths persist, & training can’t be fully informed. 🧵👇
4/ 🧠 Takeaway: Don’t wait years for skill to develop, train it early under realistic stress.
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3/ 🚨 For new officers, contextually relevant threat training (e.g., sim munitions & opposed scenarios)improved accuracy by 10.6%. That’s equal to almost a decade of operational experience.
#PolicePreparedness #LEOTraining
2/ 📊 Review of 17 studies:
• Stress ↓ accuracy & decision-making
• Years of service mitigate impact (+1.1% accuracy/year beyond 10–13 yrs)
• Stress narrows gaze to threats, hurting technique
#UseOfForce #TacticalTraining
1/ #APB Summer 2025 Spotlight, Day 17! High-pressure situations, like facing an armed suspect, can cut police shooting accuracy by 14.8% and slow decisions. Today’s APB brief explores how to fix that! 🧵👇
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4/ Takeaway: Don’t just wear BWCs, use them! They’re a powerful tool to improve judgment, reflection, and performance.
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3/ Even recruits who made mistakes said the video helped them learn from it. But, discomfort was real, highlighting the need for instructor-guided review sessions.
#ReflectivePractice #PoliceEducation
2/ Key findings:
• BWC video helped recruits clarify feedback
• Boosted their confidence
• Revealed blind spots, especially in stressful moments
• Most recruits found it valuable for self-reflection
#LEOTraining #SimulationLearning
1/#APB Summer 2025 Spotlight, Day 16! Research by Louise Porter and colleagues explores BWC cameras as a training tool & how recruits used BWC footage to reflect on their own performance. 🧵👇
4/ Takeaways:
✅ Anti-bias training can work
⚠️ It must be tailored to local issues
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3/ 🔍 Most striking improvement:
Before training: 65% performance score with unhoused people; After training: 79%
Bias around homelessness dropped sharply
#PoliceBias #Homelessness #CommunityPolicing
2/ 50 officers’ BWC footage was coded before & after training
Training = classroom + simulation
Performance ↑ from 75% → 80% (training group)
Discrimination complaints ↓ by 50%
#EvidenceBasedPolicing #LEOtraining
1/ #APB Summer 2025 Showcase, Day 15! Does anti-bias training work? Today’s APB brief reports a rare field experiment testing anti-bias training. Results: real behaviour change + fewer complaints. 🧵👇
4/ 📌 Recs:
i. Make training practical—guided exercises, short formats
ii. Leadership support matters
iii. Changing culture means prioritizing wellness, not just offering options
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