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Title: Deadly Force Encounters : What Cops Need To Know To Mentally And Physically Prepare For And Survive A Gunfight by Loren W. Christensen ISBN: 0-87364-935-4 Publisher: Paladin Press Pub. Date: July, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.86 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Required Reading for ALL Officers
Comment: As with any book authored by Christensen, one feels the reality and truth of the content. This book is no different, it is enlightening to all inexperienced and experienced police officers. It should be mandatory reading for all police recruits in the academy as well as veteran officers on the job.
The mind MUST be prepared for what it will go through during a lethal encounter and more importantly, what it will go through after the encounter; unless of course you lost and are DEAD. Then, your loved ones must now deal with your failure to have survived. Do not do that to them ! Read this book, train and be prepared.
"The mind must be trained and then the body will follow." Anthony M. Cataldo www.blackbelts.ca/ucma
Rating: 4
Summary: On mental aspects of combat
Comment: This is a very important book about officer survival. The focus is not on tactics, but on mental aspects of combat, and especially the aftermath of violent encounter.
The book starts with introduction of Survival triangle: You have to survive both physically, mentally, and legally to fully survive an violent encounter. The authors keep that in mind through the book, while the stress is on mental survival. Next the authors discuss the selection process of police recruits, and the nature of violence the police are forced to encounter in their line of duty. Next they give a thorough explanation of fear and it's effects on a person, and they address the issue of training, as well.
The main portion of the second part of the book (about 100 pages) is real-life stories told by cops, and the author's comments of the events. There is not any tactical reviewing, but the incidents are discussed on a psychological point of view. At the end of the second part there is a chapter of psychological injuries, starting from physical effects right after the incident, going to post-traumatic stress disorder and difficulties with relationships with other persons.
The third part of the book covers the treatment of a traumatic event survivor. The authors cover all aspects: What the survivor himself can do, what his superiors, family members, peers and so on can and should do. The authors also stress that there are many different kinds of encounters that can cause post-traumatic stress disorder other than gunfights, and that all participants of such encounter can develop mental problems, not just the ones who pull the trigger. There is also advise to detectives who investigate officer-involved shootings.
All things considered, this book is a very complete package. It is easy to read and the text is not too "scientific" for a layman to understand. This was the first book by Loren Christensen I have read, but it sure won't be the last!
Rating: 5
Summary: A needed tool for law officers
Comment: As a former Oakland, CA police sergeant and veteran of a number deadly force encounters, I can recommend this book to all street officers. In 1972 I was involved in an incident with an armed suspect who was killed. Today I can still relate the incident second by second. It will never leave me. This book allows you to gain from experience of deadly encounters without having to go through it yourself. This is very helpful and will certainly save lives. I recommend the book.
Wayne D. Ford, Ph.D, author of Managing Police Stress. [email protected]
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Title: On Killing : The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman ISBN: 0316330116 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Force Under Pressure: How Cops Live and Why They Die by Lawrence Blum, Laurence Blum ISBN: 1930051123 Publisher: Lantern Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Into the Kill Zone : A Cop's Eye View of Deadly Force by David Klinger ISBN: 0787973750 Publisher: Jossey-Bass Pub. Date: 02 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: I Love a Cop: What Police Families Need to Know by Ellen Kirschman ISBN: 1572301937 Publisher: The Guilford Press Pub. Date: 07 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Gift of Fear by GAVIN DE BECKER ISBN: 0440226198 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 11 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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