The purpose of this study was to explore the feasibility of engineering resilience into the split-second decision environment police officers face during potential deadly force encounters. Using a randomized controlled experiment that incorporated a police firearms training simulator and 313 active law enforcement officers, this study examined the effects of muzzle-position – where an officer points their weapon – on both officer response time to legitimate threats and the likelihood for misdiagnosis shooting errors when no threat was present. The results demonstrate that officers can significantly improve shoot/no-shoot decision-making without sacrificing a significant amount of time by taking a lower muzzle-position when they are dealing with an ambiguously armed person – a person whose hands are not visible.

这项研究的目的是探讨在潜在致命部队遭遇时，警官面对瞬间决策环境的工程弹性的可行性。该研究使用了随机对照实验，该实验结合了警察枪械训练模拟器和313名现役执法人员，从而研究了枪口位置（警官将武器指向哪里）对警官对合法威胁的响应时间以及误诊射击的可能性的影响没有威胁时的错误。结果表明，警官在与模棱两可的武装人员（手不可见的人）打交道时采取较低的枪口位置，可以显着改善射击/不射击的决策，而不会花费大量时间。