Recent Films
| Date | 01 October 1979 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X7905200425 |
| Published date | 01 October 1979 |
| Subject Matter | Recent Films |
RECENT FILMS
SCREEN SHOOTING
Motorola Teleprograms Inc.. (available through 20th Century Security
Education Ltd. Leatherhead, Surrey)."Shooting Decisions"
16mm Colour/Sound Film $395
"Shooting Decisions" is the latest of a length from II seconds to 4 minutes.
series of Police Training Films produced Each enactment is introduced by a short
by Motorola.
It
is based on actual narrative but at no time is the student
shooting incidents experienced by U.S. told how to react.
Police Officers and is designed to help The student is briefed that he has the
Police Officers to develop weapon "eye" of the camera and that he should
handling skills, to make split second react to whatever he sees.
decisions on whether to shoot or not to The film provides a wide variety of
shoot, to react quickly and make the
challenging
situations;
crimes in
maximum use of cover in as realistic an progress, threats to an officer and/or
environment which can beproduced ona bystanders' safety, and non-jeopardy
Police Range. situations.
The film is basically designed to be 60per cent of.the enactments are made
used in conjunction with the specialcine in poor light in order to provide realism
projector
/
rolling
paper
screen
and to provide practice for an officer to
equipment installed in a number of use and service his weapon in near
United Kingdom Police and Military darkness.
Ranges in which the projector is .
The
film is
supplied
with
a
automatically stopped when a shot is comprehensive Instructor's Manual.
fired at the image on the screen. The film although designed for U.S.
It
would be possible to use the film ina Police use, can quite easily be used in the
classroom environment if used with a United Kingdom to provide more
projector capable of being stopped and realistic shooting conditions, using live
reversed in order that the instructor action subjects on a screen with built in
could criticise the students' decisions at stress provided on the sound track
the end of each incident. instead ofthe usual inanimate paper and
The film is divided into 21enactments plywood target systems.
of actual shooting incidents varying in I
like;
it. H.L.S.
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