Moving Targets: An Examination of Departmental Firearms Policies and Police Shooting at Vehicles

Authors

John Shjarback, Rowan UniversityFollow
Julie Ward

Document Type

Poster

Version Deposited

Not Published

Publication Date

3-27-2024

Abstract

Research question: Do restrictive deadly force policies reduce the likelihood and frequency of police shootings at moving vehicles?

Conclusions:

Departments with more restrictive firearms policies re: moving vehicles were less likely to 1) have these types of shootings and 2) had fewer of them – net of controls

-Policy language instructing officers to move out of the way of moving vehicles was not associated with this subset of police shootings.

Comments

Poster presented at Rowan University's Faculty Research Day 2024.

Recommended Citation

Shjarback, John and Ward, Julie, "Moving Targets: An Examination of Departmental Firearms Policies and Police Shooting at Vehicles" (2024). College of Humanities and Social Sciences Departmental Research. 18.
https://rdw.rowan.edu/chss_facpub/18

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