Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract for the purchase of the Milo Range Theater 180 Multi-Screen Training Simulator Suite from FAAC Incorporated in the amount of $76,495.00. The Division of Police needs to purchase the new simulator because the current simulator requires ongoing maintenance and is out of date in regards to scenarios. This new range will be used to provide sworn personnel with advanced police tactical training and recruits with entry level tactical training. The simulator is also used to educate civilians through family nights, the Citizen Police Academy, media engagement, and recruiting seminars. The simulator will increase trainee’s knowledge, skills, and confidence in a safe, challenging environment that is highly interactive and engaging. The Course Designer Program is an editing software program that can be used to create lessons, tests, and presentations for classrooms, auditoriums, and training rooms or for one on one instruction. Training is streamlined and more efficient by using this simulator. One instructor is able to get personnel through three to four scenarios in less than fifteen minutes in contrast to live simulations that would take three to four instructors to run safely and each scenario takes five to ten minutes depending on the scenario. This simulator also helps instruct and correct trainee issues such as OPOTA qualification courses for firearms. This simulator allows officers/recruits to run through the course without using live rounds, which saves thousands of dollars. Another large benefit of the simulator is the ability to pause and playback the scenario to teach the trainee about shot placement, reaction time, and environmental awareness. They are also able to show where there were warning signs of what the suspect might be doing that cannot necessarily be replayed in a live scenario. In 2022 the Training Academy has been tasked with traini...
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