GREENVILLE, WI (WTAQ) – Fox Valley Technical College’s Public Safety Training Center can now bring real life situations into the classroom.
Criminal Justice Instructor Cory McKone says a new simulator tests students’ decision-making skills.
“Based on the decisons they make, anything from how they approach the scene, to the professional communications skills they use, will dictate whether or not they have to use force.”
The system has more than 800 different scenarios and allows students to create their own.
“Perhaps, there is something happening in the community, where there was an incident that occurred, we can learn from, we have the ability to create those specifics scenarios.”
Bryce LaLuzeren is one of the first students to use the program.
“Very real. You have something in front of you, on all three screens, you have to look around, just as you would when you’re in an unfamiliar situation.”
McKone says each session ends with an explanation on whether use of force was justified.
“If they make a mistake, this is the place they should make it.”
McKone says it will be fully integrated into the police science program this spring.
