TY - JOUR

T1 - The Exploration of Body-Worn Video to Accelerate the Decision-Making Skills of Police Officers within an Experiential Learning Environment

AU - Richards, Pamela

AU - Roberts, Deborah

AU - Britton, Mark

AU - Roberts, Nathan

PY - 2018/3/1

Y1 - 2018/3/1

N2 - Abstract Previous research has highlighted benefits of body-worn video (BWV) to support the work of police officers. The daily demands of policing require officers to make highly pressurized decisions (with associated rapidaction) in unpredictable changing environments. It is important that new officers learn techniques of decision-making in a safe and controlled way, which minimizes the risk and harm to all parties while at the same time facilitatingeffective learning. While the benefits of experiential and immersive learning characterized by active participation have long been used in related professional disciplines, the application to police education has been under-explored. BWVcan be used to identify decision-making cues from the environment and nurture pattern recognition, essential to the development of mental models within the officer’s decision-making process. The article will therefore explore theapplication of BWV in the context of experiential immersive learning to accelerate police officers’ decision-making.

AB - Abstract Previous research has highlighted benefits of body-worn video (BWV) to support the work of police officers. The daily demands of policing require officers to make highly pressurized decisions (with associated rapidaction) in unpredictable changing environments. It is important that new officers learn techniques of decision-making in a safe and controlled way, which minimizes the risk and harm to all parties while at the same time facilitatingeffective learning. While the benefits of experiential and immersive learning characterized by active participation have long been used in related professional disciplines, the application to police education has been under-explored. BWVcan be used to identify decision-making cues from the environment and nurture pattern recognition, essential to the development of mental models within the officer’s decision-making process. The article will therefore explore theapplication of BWV in the context of experiential immersive learning to accelerate police officers’ decision-making.

KW - experiential learning

KW - Decision Making

KW - skills

U2 - 10.1093/police/pax017

DO - 10.1093/police/pax017

M3 - Article

VL - 12

SP - 43

EP - 49

JO - Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice

JF - Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice

SN - 1752-4512

IS - 1

ER -