The Response to Resistance Survey results and the Action Response Continuum have been used by Sam Faulkner in over 250 law suits throughout the United States in defense of police and correctional officers and their respective organizations. This includes 90 law suits relating to the use of a firearm by the officer(s).

The Response to Resistance Research was used by a major mid-western city to successfully defend itself against imposition of a consent decree by the US Justice Department alleging "excessive use of force". Using an incident tracking program modeled on the Action Response Continuum – the department was able to prove that force was threatened or used in less than one percent of all police/citizen contacts. When force was used, all such actions were examined by supervisors to determine compliance with departmental and legal guidelines.

1. Expert Witness Services: Utilizing the RTR survey results from over 20,000 respondents Mr. Faulkner has been very successful outlining for juries how and why the actions of an officer were “objectively reasonable” response to resistance and aggression given a certain set of circumstances. The testimony is backed by hard research data – not a hired gun’s opinion. The RTR approach has been critical to the defense of law enforcement agencies across the country.

2. Case File Review

3. Use of Force Policy Analysis

4. Liability Risk Reduction Seminars

5. RTR’s Incident Tracking Software: This copyrighted program will allow your officers to document all police citizen contacts with the click of a mouse. All actions can be red-flagged for immediate supervisory review. Please Click Here to see the RTR Tracking Program Before/After Table.