When a police officer or a group of officers get called for duty, they don’t always know what they are walking into. Even if they do know, there is always going to be a first.
Even with a constant influx of people in the region, a pandemic, inflation and constant scrambles for housing, crime overall does not seem to be on the rise in Garfield County or the Roaring Fork.
Simulation training is giving Glenwood Springs police officers the ability to practice use and level of force to speed up reasonable decision making on the job. The MILO Virtual Simulation Training gives officers different scenarios.
Glenwood Springs Police Department’s youngest enlistees will hit the streets this weekend, directing traffic and maintaining order during Strawberry Days. As members of the department’s Police Explorer program, three local teenagers are scheduled to patrol.