Police Training Simulators News & Articles

Utilizing simulation in a blended fashion with real driving is key to improving offer safety behind the wheel. ...

In order to maximize efficiency and deliver the highest quality training to our personnel, I believe simulator programs should include several, equally-important components. ...

We connected with four of the top industry experts in the area of police simulators, and got their thoughts on the challenges, solutions, and future prospects for this continually-developing technology. ...

Even as the capabilities of silicon-based simulators increase, our carbon-based simulators (a.k.a. trainers and role players), still need traditional 'inert' training tools. ...

By Greg Buckner Ogemaw County Herald OGEMAW COUNTY, Mich. — West Branch Police Department Chief Rodger Williams and officer Travis Collins go through a training exercise with the IES Interactive ...

By Mike Conneen WJLA.com Prince George's County police now have a new tool to help them train for dangerous situations. The Judgmental Enhancement Training System (JETS) will help officers train to ...

ABC15.com PHOENIX — Deciding whether to shoot or not is a challenge Arizona officers face everyday, and now regular people have a chance to experience those very same situations. The Phoenix Police ...

KXAN.com ROUND ROCK, Texas — Round Rock police are training using a powerful new tool. A unique, live-fire facility allows officers to fire real bullets using their actual service weapons in realistic, ...

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 ...