Deadly Force Encounters, Second Edition: Cops and Citizens Defending Themselves and Others

by Alexis Artwohl and Loren W. Christensen

In 1997, renown police psychologist Dr. Alexis Artwohl and police officer Loren W. Christensen (co-author of On Combat) wrote Deadly Force Encounters: What Cops Need to Know to Mentally and Physically Prepare for and Survive a Gunfight. It quickly became an authoritative book for police officers, citizens legally carrying a concealed firearm, and police academies.

The greatly expanded scientific research, stories, and analysis in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1650012195
• ISBN13: 9781650012193
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 546 Pages
• Weight: 1.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Required Reading for ALL Officers

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.blackbeltdojo.com

A needed tool for law officers

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. docwifford@msn.com

THE BEST BOOK ON THE SUBJECT

Finally, the much anticipated book by police psychologist Dr. Alexis Artwohl and 25-year police veteran Loren W. Christensen has been released. Deadly Force Encounters sold so fast that it went into a second printing one week after it was released. Caliber Press has praised this book as a must read! This one-of-a-kind book reveals to law enforcement officers, agencies and citizens the hidden dangers of deadly force encounters. The authors help officers understand how to stay alive when faced with a kill-or-be-killed threat and gives them information and resources on how they and their families can survive the personal and professional pandemonium that follows. From training tips and first person accounts by officers who have survived deadly threats, to the impact on the officers' familes and traumatic incident debriefings, this remarkable book offers a wealth of information about deadly force encounters. It is a must read for officers, command staff, mental health professionals and citizens. Chapters include: Shocking personal accounts of officers and their families The Survival Triangle: Physical, legal, psychological The nature of police work and violence Mastering the psychobiology of fear Perceptual, memory and cognitive distortions during traumatic events The 4 R's of deadly force training Recognition and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder Making yourself stress resistant The four tyupes of traumatic incidents Helping officers' families Administrative guidelines for agencies Peer support recommendations Guidelines for investigators on investigating shootings and interviewing officers The components of a comprehensive officer survival program

A vital book for anyone who wants to understand combat

I am Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, author of the Book "On Killing." I train and speak to law enforcement, military, and medical personel world-wide. The information in "Deadly Force Encounters" has become one of the cornerstones of my presentations, and I recommend the book strongly to everyone I train. In particular, the information (based on Dr. Artwohl's groundbreaking research) on perceptual distortions in combat provides vital, revolutionaly new insight into what happens to people in combat. This book is an absolute must for ANYONE who wants to understand the reality of combat, in law enforcement or military, in history or in their personal future. The book will be extremely useful to individuals after a deadly force encounter, but its greatest value is to prepare those who will have to face combat. Like a bulletproof vest, the mental preparation that this book can provide is best when in it is put in place BEFORE the bullets fly, thereby, enevitibly, undoubtedly, saving lives.