Police de-escalation training and its effects on communication (Kyle McLean, P. Trey Bussey, Justin Nix, Jeffrey Rojek, and Geoffrey P. Alpert, randomized controlled trial summarized by the U.S. Office of Justice Programs, 2026.)

Kyle McLean, P. Trey Bussey, Justin Nix, Jeffrey Rojek, and Geoffrey P. Alpert, randomized controlled trial summarized by the U.S. Office of Justice Programs, 2026.

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The randomized trial finds improved intermediary communication behavior but not the theorized relationship between those behaviors and use-of-force rates.

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