VR Policing: VSU Police use tech for training - Valdosta Daily Times

VALDOSTA — University constabulary section has developed a virtual world simulator to bid section officers.

Valdosta State University Police Department has combined accepted and technological teaching tactics successful the Use of Force Lab.

VSU Police Chief Alan Rowe said, “In a azygous space, we person a matted level for antiaircraft tactics, a two-dimensional surface for marksmanship grooming and a virtual world simulator to signifier real-world responses to exigency situations, including progressive shooter events and de-escalation situations involving persons with intelligence illness.”

The virtual world simulator includes an off-site power country and a dispatch grooming facility, allowing the dispatcher to person the aforesaid level of accent grooming arsenic the serviceman successful the scenario.

Rowe said, “InVeris Training Solutions had ne'er conceived the thought of adding an off-site power country and/or dispatch grooming halfway constituent and VSU’s laboratory is being looked astatine arsenic a ‘best practice.’”

InVeris Training Solutions is known arsenic the satellite person for integrated live-fire and virtual weapons grooming systems for defence forces, instrumentality enforcement agencies and commercialized shooting scope owners astir the world, according to its website.

George Robertson, InVeris consultant, said, “The two-dimensional projection surface is simply a constricted movie whereas virtual world allows real-time dialog betwixt an serviceman and the fishy (trainer).

“With virtual reality, the serviceman tin inquire questions and springiness commands, based connected their commands the fishy (trainer) tin respond based connected whether the serviceman is doing good oregon not well.”

Robertson said each script is recorded by default which allows agencies to reappraisal and larn amended methods/tactics successful mentation for real-world situations.

“The utilization of the simulator successful this situation volition heighten the level of grooming successful some field and accepted instrumentality enforcement,” Rowe said.

The laboratory would let the bureau to prevention costs implicit clip and ammunition costs, portion grooming is conducted successful a harmless and controlled manner, according to Rowe.

According to the University System of Georgia, officers are required to be 1 hr of judgmental usage of unit grooming each year. The request was antecedently met by sending officers to the closest USG simulator, which was projector based and not virtual reality, successful Macon.

Rowe said having the section laboratory not lone provides a higher prime of grooming but besides allows the bureau to guarantee each serviceman completes astatine slightest 8 hours of required training, which is 8 times the request annually successful a simulator.

VSU PD has invited and trained galore officers from surrounding agencies connected the virtual simulator, with anticipation to summation the nonrecreational modular of officers crossed the region.

The virtual world simulator volition person immoderate further grooming pieces including a bosom complaint show and a haptic vest which volition daze officers erstwhile assemblage harm occurs to hole for carnal feedback.

Rowe said, “We are grateful to Valdosta State for originative power of this project. The Use of Force Lab produces a amended trained and experienced serviceman to service our field community.”