OIS

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ois"

English

Noun

OIS (countable and uncountable, plural OIS)

1. (law enforcement) Initialism of officer-involved shooting.
   • 2007, David E. Hatch, Randy Dickson, Officer-Involved Shootings and Use of Force: Practical Investigative Techniques, Second Edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 188:

     But an objective overview of the current literature and research associated with post-OIS officer support compared to various aspects of the research ...

   • 2017, Darrell L. Ross, Gary M. Vilke, Guidelines for Investigating Officer-Involved Shootings, Arrest-Related Deaths, and Deaths in Custody, Routledge, →ISBN, page 285:

     Officer-involved shooting (OIS) investigations are directed at the determination of whether the shooter officer's decision to use deadly force was "objectively reasonable […] "

   • 2019, James F. Albrecht, Garth den Heyer, Perry Stanislas, Policing and Minority Communities: Contemporary Issues and Global Perspectives, Springer, →ISBN, page 117:

     The SHOT database gathered a dataset of 4283 officer-involved shootings (OIS) that have occurred in 50 states between January 2000 and December 2017 […]

2. (photography) Initialism of optical image stabilization.