Tom Aveni, "Surviving the Nightshift": Low light issues & strategies - Sponsored by ITT Night Vision

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"Surviving the Nightshift": Low light issues & strategies - Sponsored by ITT Night Vision with Tom Aveni

Tom Aveni has been a career law enforcement officer, having served on the local and state levels in three states (NJ, UT, NH). His police career began in 1978, and he has served as a police trainer since 1983. From 1990 to 2001 Tom served as a police "Training Coordinator" with the once prestigious Smith & Wesson Academy. There he was instrumental in training over 12,000 police and military personnel from across the United States and 23 other countries.

Since 1995, Mr. Aveni's police training focus became oriented toward researching so-called "questionable" police shootings, which routinely involve suspects who were unarmed and non-assaultive when shot by police. Tom's research in this area contributed to the creation and advancement of the first (1995) and most comprehensive low light instructor training program.

In 2001, Mr. Aveni co-founded the Police Policy Study Council, a multi-disciplinary organization that brings together the diverse talents of clinicians, physicians and police practitioners in an ongoing effort to elucidate complex criminal justice issues.

He can be reached at:

Mobile: (413) 575-8026 Mobile
Voicemail/fax: (603) 386-6007
E-mail: tom@theppsc.org

ITT Night Vision is sponsoring this column in order to facilitate information sharing across law enforcement around this important topic and to keep law enforcement personnel safe and effective in low light situations.

Every year, ITT Night Vision (ITT) partners with various associations in support of the law enforcement community, including the IACP/ITT Community Policing Award program; the SafeShield initiative of IACP/SACOP; and the work of the Patrol and Tactical Operations Committee, also within the IACP. ITT's efforts range from regional sponsorships of K-9 and SWAT team competitions to national and international program sponsorships.