FORCE SCIENCE INSTITUTE, Ltd.

www.forcescience.org

On behalf of the entire Force Science Institute, I would like to begin by saying that we
understand and fully support the desire of individuals who strive to ensure that the
training provided to police officers is of the highest quality available. We, too, share that
desire and have dedicated our lives to supporting the pursuit of excellence in law
enforcement. With that in mind, and with the awareness that our training meets that high
standard, we are disappointed and saddened that Rochester Police Department officers
will not have access to this important training. We believe that the decision to withhold
the critical scientific information we provide in our program from these officers
rendered by individuals who have regrettably been swayed by misinformed, irresponsible
sourcesis detrimental to the community as a whole.

The mission of the Force Science Institute is two-fold.

First, we are dedicated to providing law enforcement professionals with the findings of
more than 150 years of highly regarded scientific research into human factors and human
behavior under stress that should be brought to bear during investigations of force events.
After discovering that most, if not all, of this critical information generally buried in
academic textbooks and scientific journals was not being introduced into law
enforcement training and investigations, we sought to fill this dangerous void, which
threatened law enforcements ability to provide the best training possible and to conduct
thorough, scientifically-based, fact-findingand accurateinvestigations.

Second, we are fully committed to self-funding and conducting scientifically rigorous,

peer-reviewed research into areas of human behavior that have not yet been studied. All
of our work is scientifically vetted and completely unbiased. We work with some of the
most highly regarded academic institutions in the world and have complied a stellar team
of physicians, Ph.Ds., psychologists, kinesiologists, physiologists, professors and a wide
variety of law enforcement and legal experts with whom we conduct this research and
provide subsequent training to a wide range of federal, state, local and international law
enforcement agencies.

Because of our groundbreaking work, we have often been asked to provide expert
testimony in courts across the country and, in several instances, in other countries. The
information we provide is scientifically vetted and void of opinion and judgement. We
simply present scientific facts relative to human behavior during high-stress, rapidly
unfolding encounters. In many highly intense cases, our testimony has played a critical
role in clearing the fog of emotion and confusion surrounding some force events and
revealing the scientific truths that help judges and juries better understand and fairly
judge officers performance under extraordinary stress in life-threatening situations.
Our work has been accepted for publication in the most highly regarded peer reviewed
scholarly journals such as:

The American Psychological Associations, Law and Human Behavior

Psychological Science (the highest rated journal in the world in psychology)
Journal of Applied Ergonomics (highest rated journal in ergonomics in the world)
International Journal of Exercise Science
Human Movement Science
Police Quarterly
Investigative Sciences Journal
Police Practice and Research
Law Enforcement Executive Forum
Journal for the Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction
International Journal of Police Science and Management
Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology.

We have also presented our research at many prominent international peer-reviewed

conferences including those conducted by the American Psychological Association and at
two international medical conferences in the United Kingdom where we were invited to
present keynote speeches on our research on decision making.

It is to be noted that we were selected to participate in the Presidents Commission on 21st

Century Policing. Additionally, members of the Force Science team have presented our
research to law enforcement agencies throughout in the U.S. and Canada as well as to
several military agencies. We have been invited to present our findings to the General
Counsel of the Department of Homeland Security and have presented twice before select
committees within the House of Commons and House of Lords in the United Kingdom.

The fact that Force Science is held in such high esteem by so many law enforcement
professionals, agencies and courts and the increasingly heavy demand for our research
and our training stands testimony to the fact that regardless of the inflammatory, often
slanderous claims that have been made against us by those with malicious, often
financially-motivated intent, have not clouded the credibility and importance of our work
and our efforts.

Dr. Bill Lewinski

Force Science Institute