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Risk management of less lethal options : evaluation, deployment, aftermath, and forensics /

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"With risk management as the primary goal, this book helps law enforcement professionals reduce liability and increase safety to all parties involved when a less-lethal weapon is deployed to address an unruly individual or disrupt civil unrest. It covers testing, training, deployment, and foren...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wyant, R. T.
Other Authors: Burns, Thomas (Police officer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2014]
Subjects:
Law enforcement.
Nonlethal weapons.
Police.
Firearms > Law and legislation.
Forensic sciences.
COMPUTERS > Security > General.
LAW > Forensic Science.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1S. Police de-escalation tactics : a personal account / Tom Burns and R.T. Wyant
  • 2. Why we use less lethal / R.T. Wyant and Tom Burns
  • 3. Prevailing less lethal options for law enforcement / R.T. Wyant
  • 4. RCAs : chemical irritants (OC, CS) and flammability testing with conducted-energy weapons (tasers) / R.T. Wyant
  • 5. Less lethal impact munitions : the forensic testing model / R.T. Wyant and Lucien Haag
  • 6. Validating the LLIM testing model, documenting wounds/injuries / R.T. Wyant, C. Wigren, and T. Hatcher
  • 7. Training for a successful less lethal program / R.T. Wyant and Tom Burns
  • 8. Arrest-related death, in-custody death, and excited delirium syndrome / R.T. Wyant
  • 9. Forensics : conducted electrical weapons (taser) / R.T. Wyant
  • 10. Aftermath : post-event report writing, evidence collection, and court preparation / John Allgire, R.T. Wyant, Tom Burns, and Ron Mccarthy
  • 11. Risk management for law enforcement in modern society / R.T. Wyant and John Allgire.