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.
Winners of the Vertical Flight Society’s 38th Annual Student Design Competition, entitled “2025 Unmanned Vertical Lift for Medical Equipment Distribution” have been revealed.
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.
Misconduct in police forces can have far reaching consequences. Mario Pierobon investigates what misconduct is, the factors that can lead to it, how it can be countered and by doing so, promote workforce wellbeing more generally.
Falck Fire Services Nederland will be using the XVR On Scene simulation platform in the cloud to train their Fire Services in several locations around the Netherlands.
Group Editor Marty Kauchak continues his review of simulation and training activities for fire fighters and first responders in adjacent high-risk sectors.
BETA Technologies raised $368 million in a private round of funding led by Fidelity Management & Research Company to support continued development of an integrated system for Electric Vertical Aviation.
Axon has launched its first wireless Virtual Reality Simulator Training. Axon's VR Simulator will provide immersive virtual reality content that can help officers develop critical thinking, de-escalation and tactical skills.
Wildfire takes place in France every year, destroying hundreds of thousands of hectares of vegetation and threatening the lives and possessions of many citizens and communities.
Group Editor Marty Kauchak files this first in a series of reports on training shortfalls in law enforcement agencies – and how ever-more capable learning technologies are supporting these organizations’ training enterprises.