Holy fuck that’s a great link. I didn’t click until @BWT commented.
Here are some screen caps:
Data regarding tiers of skills and opportunities that they open up.
I'm not putting down the cop just that I see this in a lot in videos of OIS's. I'm not sure how you can train past the tendency to focus on the threat while always maintaining awareness of the background. Especially when focusing on the front sight as is commonly taught.
Can it be done?
My answer would be yes, but in reality, no, not for the masses. I don't think it can be done solely on the live-fire range. Exercises such as placing a shoot target amidst a cluster of no shoot targets and having the shooter maneuver to get a clear shot on the shoot target can be of value, but they don't do the whole job.
We can train folks to perceive, versus just see, through training. I'm a big proponent of improving situational awareness using the concepts associated with commentary driving - simply talking about what you see as it is associated with the driving task. In the venue of situational awareness, you talk about things, situations or persons that could impact your safety - after a while it becomes a habit. You also strive to develop a pattern of scanning or looking that makes your more aware of your environment.
The initial problem, for some people, is recognizing things that impact the driving task, or personal safety. Once the person is fairly salty about observing the environment around them they still aren't prepared for that level of observation under stress.
That is where a carefully developed force-on-force or computerized force simulation program comes into play to anchor the concepts into the subconscious mind.
Thoughts?
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Thanks for the detailed reply. Thoughts? Yeah, more questions than answers. I've done FoF back in the day with miles gear and FATS. Maybe start with interviews as to what the officer recalled seeing or being aware of besides the threat during the encounter. Maybe that could help determine how well a person's level of broad awareness held up during high stress incidents. It would be interesting to compare their perception vs any available video.
Think I mentioned this work before. But good to reinforce the principles.
Here's a summary of a study:
The Effect of Brief Situational Awareness Training in a Police Shooting Simulator: An Experimental Study
Authors: Evelyn-Rose Saus Military Psychology, Volume 18, Issue 3s July 2006 , pages S3 - S21
Students from the Norwegian Police University College
SA-trained group received scenario-based training with freeze technique and reflection based on the SA stages,
Control group received skill training.
SA was measured both subjectively and objectively and
Performance was measured by the number of shots fired and number of hits.
Results:
SA-trained group to have higher SA.
Better performance
Less mental workload measured as suppression of heart rate variability
Brief SA-specific training in a shoot-not shoot simulator can improve police cadets' SA in critical situations
https://www.researchgate.net/profile...ntal-Study.pdf
https://carleton.ca/policeresearchla...mulation_t.pdf
Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
2007, Vol. 13, No. 1, 35–58
DOES USE-OF-FORCE SIMULATION TRAINING IN
CANADIAN POLICE AGENCIES INCORPORATE
PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE TRAINING?
Craig Bennell, Natalie J. Jones, and Shevaun Corey
Carleton University
Numerous police agencies in Canada incorporate use-of-force simulation training
into their overall instructional regime. A prominent theory of learning, known as
cognitive load theory, suggests that in order for this training to be effective,
instructional methods must facilitate the acquisition and automation of task-relevant
schemas without overwhelming the limited processing capacity of the learner. In
this article, several instructional effects, proposed and supported by the cognitive
load literature, are discussed. These training effects operate by minimizing unnec-
essary cognitive demands, by drawing on instructional methods that enhance
schema acquisition, and/or by carefully managing the inherent complexity of the
to-be-learned material. The argument is advanced that although use-of-force simu-
lation training may be able to capitalize on many of these effects, at present there
is little evidence to suggest that it currently does. The authors conclude by discuss-
ing the urgent need to assess how the knowledge gained from cognitive load theory
might serve to enhance the effectiveness of use-of-force simulation training
Last edited by Glenn E. Meyer; 08-05-2022 at 05:10 PM.
Thanks for posting that.
During F on F, our process was to 'Socratically' (is that a word?) guide the participant through an AAR after each scenario. Our process was also to redo the scenario if time allowed or if the officer had an unsatisfactory outcome. We were also to stop the scenario if the officer was going completely off the rails, do the AAR as quickly as possible, and redo the scenario.
In almost every case, the second guided AAR was more detailed than that of the first scenario.
I routinely asked student officers 'so, when did you forget you were in a scenario?' invariably the answer was along the lines of 'as soon as the guy started to get out of the vehicle' or, in other words as soon as they needed to take self-initiated action. This same response was virtually universal during both f on f and using our computer systems.
I also closely observed the participants for signs of stress - shifting of feet, clenching hands, etc. Not at all unusual to see these signs.
Very few officers told me 'I never did forget it was a scenario.'
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You can get much more of what you want with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone.