The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has opened the De-Escalation Training Facility at the academy in Charlotte, North Carolina, which is the first of its kind in the Southeast and will aid in continuing de-escalation training efforts.
VirTra Inc. has received an $800,000 delivery order under the five-year, single award contract from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Misconduct in police forces can have far reaching consequences. In the second of two articles Mario Pierobon investigates training to counter police misconduct, the role of active bystanders, wellbeing support and assessment, and the functioning of early intervention programmes.