Objectives

Test whether current law enforcement officers believe that they should immediately enter an active shooter scene before waiting on additional officers.

Methods

Quasi-experimental vignette design with random assignment to 10 vignettes from a universe of 324. The sample consisted of 796 current law enforcement officers from 43 states, which responded to a total of 7394 vignettes. This report utilized a mixed effects logistic model to assess the appropriateness of the hypothetical officer’s actions in responding to an active shooter event.

Results

Respondents were between 14 and 80 times more likely to agree with the hypothetical officer’s decision to immediately enter an active shooter scene when a driving force was present (i.e., ongoing gunfire or injured victims). This agreement varied across models as we explore different interaction effects.

Conclusions

Law enforcement agree with the public sentiment that officers should immediately enter active shooter locations if there is an ongoing threat.

中文翻译：

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等待备份还是不等待？警察在应对枪击事件时如何看待自己的角色

目标

测试当前的执法人员是否认为他们应该在等待更多警察之前立即进入枪击现场。

方法

准实验性小插图设计，从 324 个小插图中随机分配到 10 个小插图。样本由来自 43 个州的 796 名现任执法人员组成，总共响应了 7394 个小插图。该报告利用混合效应逻辑模型来评估假设的警官在应对枪击事件时采取的行动的适当性。

结果

受访者同意假想警察在有驱动力存在（即持续枪声或受伤受害者）时立即进入枪击现场的决定的可能性要高出 14 到 80 倍。当我们探索不同的交互效应时，这种一致性因模型而异。

结论

执法部门同意公众的观点，即如果存在持续威胁，警察应立即进入枪击现场。