New WSU study: Even tired cops are more hesitant to shoot black suspects
adrianaThe most explosive crisis law enforcement faces today is the allegation that rampant racial bias drives officers’ shooting decisions.
Yet a new study by Bryan Vila, professor of criminal justice and criminology, and two of his associates in the WSU Sleep and Performance research Center concludes that officers tend not to be biased against black suspects in resorting to deadly force, even when fatigued and thus potentially more vulnerable to making angry, irrational, and impulsive decisions. » More …