Weapons
Project Aims to Improve Planning and Training for Tactical Operations
Examining Cognitive Functioning Following TASER Exposure: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Trace Metal Detection Techniques in Law Enforcement
Hand-Held Aerosol Tear Gas Weapons - NIJ Standard 0110.00
May Piece Be with You: A Typological Examination of the Fear and Victimization Hypothesis of Adolescent Weapon Carrying
Fatal Injuries of Law Enforcement/Correctional Officers Attacked With Sharp-Edged Weapons
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Weapons Effects and Individual Intent To Do Harm: Influences on the Escalation of Violence
Winchester Issues Product Warning on 9mm Luger Ammo
Second National Ballistics Imaging Comparison (NBIC-2)
Less Lethal Force Policy and Police Officer Perceptions: A Multisite Examination
Less Lethal Weapons for Law Enforcement: A Performance-Based Analysis
TECHBeat, October 2017
TECHBeat, July/August 2018
Advancing Mass Shootings Research To Inform Practice
The Impact of Constitutional Carry Legislation on Urban Violence, Arrests, and Police-Citizen Encounters
Conducted Energy Devices: Policies on Use Evolve To Reflect Research and Field Deployment Experience
Police-on-Police Shootings and the Puzzle of Unconscious Racial Bias
Professor Christopher Stone recently completed a study of police-on-police shootings as part of a task force he chaired in New York State. He reported on his findings and recommendations, exploring the role of race in policing decisions, methods to improve training and tactics to defuse police-on-police confrontations before they become fatal, and methods to improve the investigations of such shootings.
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Are CEDs Safe and Effective?
Thousands of law enforcement agencies throughout the United States have adopted conducted energy devices (CEDs) as a safe method to subdue individuals, but are these devices really safe? What policies should agencies adopt to ensure the proper use of this technology? This NIJ Conference Panel discusses the physiological effects of electrical current in the human body caused by CEDs, as well as how this technology can reduce injuries to officers and suspects when appropriate policies and training are followed.