Dr. Richard Hough Weapon-TASER Confusion

Dr. Richard Hough explores the issue of weapon confusion under stress and the science of human factors.

Recent events in Minnesota have driven many to question how it could at all be possible to mistake a gun for a Taser and to discharge that firearm while believing you are discharging a CED instead? In the following 10-minute video, Dr. Richard Hough, a highly experienced use of force expert from the University of West Florida, explains the human factors issues and scientific research that play a role in understanding how that can occur. Here’s Dr. Hough: