VirTra’s Police Training Simulators Chosen by Three of the Largest U.S. Law Enforcement Departments
June 25 2018 - 8:00AM
VirTra, Inc. (Nasdaq:VTSI), a global provider of training
simulators for the law enforcement, military, educational and
commercial markets, today announced new contracts totaling more
than $1.15 million with three of the largest law enforcement
agencies in the United States. The Dallas Police Department, the
San Francisco Police Department and the Southern Desert Regional
Police Academy (SDRPA) in Las Vegas have selected VirTra’s V-300™
use of force, de-escalation and active shooter training simulator.
The San Francisco Police Department also purchased the VirTra
V-100™ system for additional throughput and marksmanship training.
Together, the three police departments represent more than 6,000
officers who can begin training this month.
“Dallas, San Francisco and SDRPA each spent more
than a year researching and vetting various training simulators and
scenarios,” said Jason Mulcahy, general manager of VirTra, Inc.
“Ultimately, they chose VirTra as the most immersive and effective
training solution for their agency. The in-depth research each
agency conducted shows they are demanding a higher level of
simulation training for their officers.”
The VirTra V-300 offers a 300-degree training
environment, teaching law enforcement officers to be aware of their
entire surroundings. The systems offer hundreds of fully
interactive branching scenarios that can convey body language and
other non-verbal threat cues that teach and train officers. Each
training scenario rigorously teaches, trains and tests officers
critical thinking skills, weapons skills under pressure and
psychological responses to the stresses of life-like situations.
Training scenario averages between 25 and 85 different branching
paths to resolution allowing for hundreds of possible outcomes per
training scenario determined by the officer’s behavior. After each
training session, the trainer reviews the officer’s response and
de-briefs on what they felt, saw and heard and why and how they
reacted.
The V-300 system integrates with VirTra’s
patented Threat-Fire™ device, which enhances training effectiveness
by delivering an adjustable electric impulse. Threat-Fire clips to
the belt or vest of an officer, applying stress on the officer
during training to simulate return fire or other real-world
consequences.
Additionally, VirTra’s V-Author™ software allows
trainers to create and edit content specific to their agency
training objectives and environments. V-Author is capable of
localizing scenarios, languages, dialects, skill drills, targeting
exercises and firearms course-ware proven to be highly effective
for training exercises. This tool allows agencies to take panoramic
images of any local building, facility, neighborhood or street and
drop that background into a VirTra scenario, customizing it to
their training needs for true-to-life training.
About VirTra VirTra is a
global provider of training simulators for the law enforcement,
military, educational and commercial markets. The Company’s
patented technologies, software and scenarios provide intense
training for de-escalation, judgmental use-of-force, marksmanship
and related training that mimics real world situations. VirTra’s
mission is to save and improve lives worldwide through realistic
and highly-effective virtual reality and simulator technology.
Learn more about the company at www.VirTra.com.
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Media contact: Susan LehmanSlehman@virtra.com(510) 599-6555
Investor relations contact: Brett Maas vtsi@haydenir.com(646)
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