In the 1950s, William Edmund Hick and Ray Hyman published a series of laboratory experiments that became known as the Hick–Hyman Law. Their findings showed that as people were asked to consider more choices, their reaction times slowed in a predictable way. Participants responded to simple signals, such as lights or tones, by pressing matching […] The post The Limits of Hick’s Law: Split-Second Police Decisions first appeared on Force Science.| Force Science
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In many of today’s efforts to hold police “accountable,” officers are no longer judged by the constitutional or agency standards they were trained to follow. Instead, they are evaluated using vague, academic, or entirely manufactured standards—many of which contradict their own training, policies, and practices. Concepts once confined to academic settings—often labeled “generally accepted police […] The post Weaponizing “Generally Accepted Police Practices”: The Dangers of P...| Force Science
