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SC sheriffâs office asks for deadly force training simulator Deputies in Anderson County are looking to buy a $200,000 training simulator that puts officers, virtually, in a potential deadly force situation. (Source: Gray News) By Associated Press | May 2, 2021 at 4:46 PM EDT - Updated May 2 at 4:47 PM
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) - Deputies in Anderson County are looking to buy a $200,000 training simulator that puts officers, virtually, in a potential deadly force situation.
The Independent-Mail newspaper reports that the Sherriffâs Office is asking the Anderson County Council to buy the VirTra V-300 Law Enforcement Simulator.
The agency says the machine gives instant feedback on a number of different deadly force situations and has a variety of virtual firearms.
Sheriff s office asks for deadly force training simulator
May 2, 2021
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ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) Deputies in Anderson County are looking to buy a $200,000 training simulator that puts officers, virtually, in a potential deadly force situation.
The Sherriff’s Office is asking the Anderson County Council to buy the VirTra V-300 Law Enforcement Simulator, the Independent-Mail of Anderson reports.
The machine gives instant feedback on a number of different deadly force situations and has a variety of virtual firearms, the agency wrote in its written request to council.
“The system will hone the deputies’ skills relation reaction to violence and conflict and allow him/her the opportunity to train in a multitude of scenarios and environments where deadly force is authorized and justified, and in situations where it can be avoided,” the sheriff’s office wrote in its request.
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