Police Training Simulators News & Articles

Fosters.com ROCHESTER, N.H. — It may look like a video game, but the state-of-the-art simulator being used by local law enforcement helps keep officers safe and improves decision making, said Police ...

By Erin HicksIf you still use rubber or plastic shanks in your training classes, you are missing a very important element that's never absent in a real-life tactical situation: stress.When you're being ...

Police officers in Aurora are using a new training simulator ...

Over the past decade and a half, VirTra has grown in size and introduced some truly innovative solutions for law enforcement and military firearms training. ...

As I stated in part two of this series, intersections remain an enemy capable of injuring, disabling, and killing law enforcers across the country. The good news is that we have seen a number of trainers ...

Although there are 53 HYDRA training centers in the world, this is the first one operating in the U.S. ...

I don't want to paint a bleak picture, but agencies from coast to coast do not have their emphasis on training. Their emphasis is trying to maintain staffing levels in a shaky economy. The good news is ...

The Los Angeles Police Department has announced a new training system that will guide commanding officers during national disasters and emergencies. According to the LAPD press release, the state-of-the art training suite is “designed to test and hone decision-making skills in realistic critical-incident scenarios ranging from a terrorist attack to an earthquake.” ...

By Jim Bergamo KVUE News AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department hopes a virtual training facility inside a tractor-trailer can help its officers learn how to survive and save lives in a constitutionally ...

Among the greatest technological advances in Law Enforcement is the tremendous evolution in training simulation technology. During the last 20 years or so, Law Enforcement trainers have employed an array ...

By: Laurie Mason Bucks County Courier Times The first time I was killed, it wasn’t with a bullet, but with a wrench. I had pulled my gun out of its holster when the angry man started walking toward ...

What do a swimming pool, a dark room, and interrupted simulator scenarios have in common? All can be instrumental parts of innovative training that can help officers win against armed assailants, according to Chris Ghannam, president of Sark Securities Inc., an independent advanced-training organization based in Tampa, Fla., that is making its mark with unique hands-on and classroom programs for law enforcement and the military throughout the U.S. and Canada. ...

The Modesto Bee You’re a police officer who just pulled over a car. The driver looks as if he’s aiming a shiny object at you. Is it a gun or a cell phone? Do you shoot? Ripon police officers ...

By James Mennie The Gazette"How many times did you shoot?" The last time I pulled a trigger I was six years old, staring down the barrel of my Colt Buntline Special replica cap-gun while ridding ...

The Mock Prison Riot, held in May each year, serves as a venue for technologists that want to showcase new or improved law enforcement- and corrections-specific products and seek valuable feedback from end users. ...

By Sean Higgins zwire.comCOOLIDGE, Ariz. — Members of the Coolidge Police Department were given the opportunity to remediate themselves in evasive driving techniques and procedures without ever hitting ...