There was an interesting study in Sunday's St. Louis Post-Dispatch that may lead to additional police training, esp. in "marksmanship".
It also seems to indicate that police shootings are related MORE to the violence in the neighborhoods they patrol rather than the racial make-up of those areas.
One of the three researchers is Dan Isom, the former chief of the SLPD.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_ea0e3c20-45d6-53ca-8114-1166852c701d.html
It also seems to indicate that police shootings are related MORE to the violence in the neighborhoods they patrol rather than the racial make-up of those areas.
One of the three researchers is Dan Isom, the former chief of the SLPD.
Analysis of St. Louis police shootings intended as national model
What it tells law enforcement leaders could lead to more effective changes in policies or training. For example, that St. Louis officers missed the people they were shooting at in half the encounters.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_ea0e3c20-45d6-53ca-8114-1166852c701d.html