Executive Director Cook County Sheriff's Department LOCKPORT, Illinois
Description: Our agencies have one thing in common: we all have use-of-force incidents. It is vital to our organizations and our staff that we understand all the elements of these types of incidents. Understanding the human factors of what occurs to our staff before, during, and post-incident; review processes, data collection, and training are all crucial factors that should be considered when reviewing these types of incidents. One way to account for these elements is to develop a review unit specifically addressing them during their review process. The best way to demonstrate the effectiveness of a review is to delve into an actual use-of-force incident and show how a review unit can be more beneficial than our standard review processes.
Learning Objectives:
Understand human factors, such as stress, inattentional blindness, narrowed focus, and auditory exclusion, and how they affect an officer’s decision-making, performance, and memory.
Understand how human factors come into play during a use of force incident, some more than others, through the analysis of an actual use of force incident.
Learn critical elements on reviewing use of force incidents which can be used to enhance current processes or be used to develop a review unit.
Understand what type of data should be collected and how it can benefit their agency. Data samples will be used to demonstrate the effectiveness of data collection.
Understand how information obtained through effective review processes and the data gathered can enhance their training, which benefits staff and the agency.
