Officer Safety Awareness Training (OSAT), provided by the FBI
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SESSION INFO

Monday, March 2, 2026
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Session Type: Workshop
Established in April 2004, the Officer Safety Awareness Training (OSAT) program provides free training for our domestic and international law enforcement partners. The OSAT program uses data and research collected from incidents during which officers were feloniously or accidentally killed or assaulted in the line of duty and focuses on why these incidents occurred. OSAT’s objective is to prevent deaths and serious injuries by helping law enforcement identify areas to supplement current training. Since 1992, the FBI has completed four research studies that support the OSAT program: Killed in the Line of Duty, In the Line of Fire, Violent Encounters, and Ambushes and Unprovoked Attacks. The researchers of each project studied what led to the deaths and assaults of police officers. They interviewed officers and offenders involved in specific assaults to compile vital information, then created demographic and behavioral profiles for the interviewees. In each training session, OSAT uses the video recordings of the officers and offenders, allowing attendees to hear their firsthand accounts.

SESSION PRESENTERS
Philip Wright
Law Enforcement Operations Specialist , FBI Law Enforcement Engagement Unit


Mr. Philip D. Wright, an 18-year law enforcement veteran, started his career in 1994 as a patrol officer with the Clarksburg Police Department (WV). He worked undercover in a multi-jurisdiction drug task force and was a member of the Special Response Team (SRT). Additionally, he was a certified instructor of RADAR and LIDAR enforcement. In 2000, Mr. Wright joined the West Virginia State Police where he spent a majority of his career working criminal investigations. He received specialized training as a forensic interviewer of children suspected of being sexually assaulted and was a member of a specialized unit responsible for investigating these types of crime. In addition, Mr. Wright provided officer survivability instruction to cadets in training at the West Virginia State Police Academy. Mr. Wright entered into duty with the FBI in 2012. He is assigned to the Criminal Justice Information Services Division in Clarksburg, WV. Currently, he serves as a certified training instructor for the FBI’s Law Enforcement Engagement Unit. Mr. Wright has lectured and trained multiple law enforcement officers nationally and has authored several articles relating to law enforcement safety. He has conducted research involving felonious assaults and deaths of law enforcement officers since 2012. He has consulted and advised federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies regarding law enforcement safety issues. Mr. Wright received a degree in Applied Science - Police Science with Honors at Marshall University, Huntington, WV.