Simulations in Law Enforcement

Simulations in Law Enforcement

Brandon CombsEDUC688 Fall 2013

Horman and the US Gov’t There has been a call for increased

educational requirements of police officers since 1967.

This called for bachelor degrees and an application of state of the art training environments for all officers.

Current Uses Simulations and

games are currently used to control dangerous situations while in the training environment.

Hostage Negotiations One of the articles researched

discussed the use of role playing in hostage negotiations training.

Crisis Intervention Team The last article researched involved

Crisis Intervention training, which again was role playing reliant.

Other, not referenced, uses:

What do you think? As a practitioner, it’s easy to lose

sight of other alternatives. So I ask you: “What other ways could

we use games or simulations to improve the overall law enforcement training environment or program?”