TY - JOUR PY - 2021// TI - Training and safety: potentially lethal blue-on-blue encounters JO - Police practice and research A1 - O'Neill, Dawn A. A1 - Spence, William R. A1 - Lewinski, William J. A1 - Novak, Emily J. SP - 1209 EP - 1228 VL - 22 IS - 2 N2 - Potentially lethal blue-on-blue (i.e. officer-on-officer) encounters result in the use-of-force against an unidentified officer, such as an off-duty or undercover officer (OD/UC), and have not been empirically investigated. A vignette involving an ambiguous situation involving a plainclothes individual with a gun and 6-item survey were used to determine (a) how oļ¬ƒcers would respond to ensure the safety of those on scene and (b) how well responses from participants with blue-on-blue training or lived experience adhered to recommendations from the New York Task Force on Police-on-Police Shootings. A secondary aim was to investigate near misses (i.e. almost using force against a fellow officer in the field). In the vignette, a uniformed officer arrives at a scene where one plainclothes individual is holding another plainclothes individual at gunpoint. Thematic analysis revealed variables perceived to maximize safety. Less than half of the sample received blue-on-blue training, and exposure to training was not significantly related to previous recommendations. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.

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LA - en SN - 1561-4263 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2019.1617143 ID - ref1 ER -