Sunday, December 19, 1999
Experts who reviewed shootings
For this series, the Enquirer asked national experts in policing and the use of deadly force to review cases in which Cincinnati Police officers fired their weapons. They were chosen based on published work and recommendations by the Department of Justice and police officers. They are:
• Carl B. Klockars, a professor of criminal justice at the University of Delaware. Mr. Klockars has worked with several police departments to revise and strengthen police policy, training and tactics. He worked with the police department in St. Petersburg, Fla., after a 1996 police shooting led to violent riots. He helped guide the department through significant changes in the department's deadly force policy.
• William A. Geller, a deadly force expert for more than 20 years. He co-authored the last comprehensive national study of police shootings, Deadly Force: What We Know, for the Police Executive Research Forum in Washington, D.C., in 1992. Mr. Geller regularly works with police departments across the country on police shooting policies and procedures. He is working with the Department of Justice analyzing a number of police shootings.
• Lawrence Travis, a professor of criminal justice at the University of Cincinnati. His textbook, Policing in America, has been reprinted numerous times during his 15-year career as a policing expert.
• Geoffrey Alpert, a professor of criminal justice at the University of South Carolina who specializes in police car chases and use of deadly force. For this series, he examined 11 motor vehicle case summaries. Mr. Alpert has studied policing for more than 15 years.
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