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Some of the scenarios that VirTra offers to customers include "Hot tub trio," where an officer encounters people "in the backyard hot tub, playing loud music and possibly smoking marijuana," and has to decide how to respond to someone confronting them with a liquor bottle, according to scenario descriptions found online. Another is "School Mayhem," where an officer has to respond to shots fired at a school. Some of the "EDP (emotionally disturbed person)" scenarios are called "Mad Bomber," "Suicide By Cop," and "Bag Man." In practice, officers stand in front of a circular set of large monitors that play footage of the acted out incident; officers can then make decisions on when and whether to fire their weapon, for example.Do you know anything else about virtual reality and police training? We’d love to hear from you. Using a non-work phone or computer, you can contact Joseph Cox securely on Signal on +44 20 8133 5190, Wickr on josephcox, OTR chat on jfcox@jabber.ccc.de, or email joseph.cox@vice.com.
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