Practical Issues Robinson and Towns’ bill was drafted in the wake of the controversial shooting of Sean Bell who died after New York officers fired a total of 50 rounds at him and two other men. We hope this information proves useful to you in addressing any shoot-to-wound advocacy that may arise in your jurisdiction. In light of this resurfacing of misguided “shoot-to-wound” thinking, Force Science News is reissuing a “position paper,” originally introduced following Paterson’s ’06 proposed legislation, that discusses why shooting to wound versus shooting to stop is neither practical nor desirable as a performance standard. When Michael Paladino, president of New York’s Detectives Endowment Association, showed him the bill he reportedly scoffed and suggested that it be called the “John Wayne Bill” because of the unrealistic, movie-like sharpshooting skills it demands of officers. It reflects a misconception of real-life dynamics and ends up imposing unrealistic expectations of skill on real-life officers.” “In reality, this thinking is a result of ‘training by Hollywood,’ in which movie and TV cops are able to do anything to control the outcomes of events that serve the director’s dramatic interests. Shooting to wound is naively regarded as a reasonable means of stopping dangerous behavior. “When civilians judge police shooting deaths–on juries, on review boards, in the media, in the community–this same argument is often brought forward.
Bill Lewinski, executive director of the Force Science Institute, told Force Science News in a 2006 interview centered on Paterson’s proposed legislation.
“When I encounter civilian response to officer-involved shootings, it’s very often ‘Why didn’t they just shoot him in the leg?’” Dr. The New York Post has just reported that Brooklyn Assembly Members Annette Robinson and Darryl Towns have introduced a “minimum force” bill that would require officers to “shoot a suspect in the arm or the leg” and to use firearms “with the intent to stop, rather than kill.”
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