Leon Lott's 'Working Toward The Truth In Officer-Involved Shootings'

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“Working Toward the Truth in Officer-Involved Shootings- Memory, Stress, and Time” is also written by Geoffrey P. Albert but as well as John Rivera, and Leon Lott. The authors went about the same subject but from a different angle. The focus of the discourse is significantly based on how trauma and high emotional experiences in general severely impact one’s memory and their perception of an event. There are countless factors that should come into play when determining the accuracy of such traumatic events. This is vital information because investigators and other police staff underestimate the toll these POIs take on the minds and memories of those involved. The research in this piece is severely needed to inform of alternative ways to more

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