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CONFERENCE AGENDA
Monday, June 24, 2019
7:00 p.m.
Host Chief’s Night
Top Golf, Ocean’s Hotel & Casino
Buffet Dinner, Cocktails and Entertainment
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
7:45 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Buffet Breakfast
Understanding Human Factors in Lethal Force Encounters
Dr. William J. Lewinski, Ph.D. , Force Science Institute
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
11:00 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.
12:15 p.m.
Dr. Lewinski is one of the world’s leading behavioral scientists
whose work has focused primarily on the intensive study of the
human dynamics involved in high stress, life-threatening
encounters. He has a Ph.D. in Police Psychology and is a
professor emeritus of Law Enforcement at Minnesota State
University, Mankato, where he taught for more than 28 years. In
2003 he was named Distinguished Professor of the Year for the
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. He is a professor of
negotiations at the University of Padua in Italy. He is the founder
and director the Force Science ® Institute, Ltd. (FSI), which is a
research, consulting and training organization focused primarily
on human behavior in use-of-force situations. The mission of FSI
is to gather experts from a variety of academic and research
disciplines from a wide range of educational institutions,
including Minnesota State University, Mankato, the Mayo Clinic,
UCLA, University of Calgary, Indiana University, and many
universities in the United Kingdom, to assist in the study of
officer and subject behavior, primarily in lethal force
encounters. Dr. Lewinski’s research has looked at subject and
officer movement in lethal force encounters, action/reaction
parameters,
perception
and
memory.
His
groundbreaking findings have been presented at peer-reviewed
conferences in psychology, criminal justice and engineering.
Police/Security Expo Seminars
Atlantic City Convention Center
Police/Security Expo Opening Ceremonies
Atlantic City Convention Center
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