Police Training Simulators News & Articles

• Minn. PD launches effort to recruit female officers with virtual simulator event

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  Young women between the ages of 14 and 18 walked through various virtual training scenarios to experience a day in the life of a police officer

• Minn. PD awarded $155K grant to advance officer training

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  The funds will purchase a training simulator that features immersive instructional scenarios focused on de-escalation, autism awareness and communication tactics

• The body won't go where the brain hasn't been

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  The importance of simulator technology for police training

• Professional police training

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  To reach the high standards that agencies and communities expect of their officers, it may be time to rethink traditional training methods

• New VR training center in Colo. available to any department for free

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  The center aims to increase situational awareness, lower response times and improve public safety

• Officers cite training and tech as top priorities

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  One agency is using virtual reality to tackle both

• How simulator technology improves police cadet training

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  High-tech simulators allow for the interleaving of skills while providing stress inoculation

• CXC Simulations’ Tactical Driving Simulator prepares federal LEOs to take on pursuits

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  The simulator replicates the sensation of driving a race car on a race track, the company says

• Okla. agency opens new police training center, planned as regional hub

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  Officials said the center's 300-degree, five-screen VirTra training simulator, which has around 300 scenarios, is the first of its kind in Oklahoma

• How this PD uses simulation training to boost realism and offer flexibility

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  Garden City PD in Georgia chose VirTra so officers could build decision-making skills and marksmanship without worrying about scheduling

• Watch: LAPD launches virtual reality training program for officers

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  The simulator involves a motion capture studio in the police academy's gymnasium, with dozens of cameras and wearable sensors

• Maximizing knowledge transfer from training

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  Repeated exposures to contextually meaningful exemplars with specific performance feedback under stress will improve officer performance

• View on-demand: Improving police decision-making under stress

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  The role of human factors and simulation training

• Spotlight: WRAP Technologies' BolaWrap provides officers with safe, simple solution for de-escalation

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  The BolaWrap enables officers to restrain a subject from a distance of up to 25 feet using a 7.5-foot Kevlar cord launched from a small, handheld device

• SHOT Show spotlight: Improving LEO decision-making under stress

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  VirTra aims to increase the realism of simulation training with visual upgrades and electrical impulse simulations

• Action Target joins forces with VirTra, forming global teaming agreement

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  The two companies will provide simulation training systems and live-fire shooting ranges

• InVeris Training Solutions releases 2 new target systems

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  QuikTurn 360 and QuikTurn 90 Turning Target Systems can be configured to enhance the live-fire training experience

• 5 ways police departments can improve officer traffic safety

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  How a Texas department enhanced officer traffic safety and accountability after two of its officers were struck and killed by passing vehicles

• Police departments are using new tech to practice communications, de-escalation

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  Law enforcement agencies across the country are using a variety of virtual reality and simulation training to better protect and serve

• Why LE agencies need to train for trigger discipline

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  A training gun equipped with an Unintentional Discharge Sensor can reduce unintentional trigger pulls by imprinting trigger discipline into recruits

• Utah sheriff's office offers active shooter training for teachers

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  The 20-hour course will cover tactical emergency medical techniques, de-escalation and firearms training

• High-tech training is not always the solution for a human problem

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  Choose a training platform that addresses the need to develop split-second decision-making skills amid rapidly changing variables

• How simulation training offers a more true-to-life experience for learning that sticks

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  The cop-crafted scenarios and varied outcomes offered by VirTra help officers practice making decisions in real time to develop more effective de-escalation tactics

• How simulation training helps officers hone crisis response skills

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  Reality-based scenarios can help improve communication techniques to reduce use of force in calls involving people in emotional distress

• Why simulation training is good for officers, agencies and the public

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  Officers who use simulation training programs are more confident, use less force

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