Axon’s new autism empathy VR training allows trainees to be fully immersed in the scene from both the officer’s perspective, and the perspective of the person in crisis. At its fifth annual Axon ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — News 8 got a behind-the-scenes look at the kind of police training that one New Haven officer says helped him save the life of a suicidal man. Back in July, Officer Chad ...

Connecticut State Police receive hundreds of calls for service daily, and for a wide range of reasons. One of the tools they use to prepare recruits for what they could see, a simulator inside the ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- There's a special way that new officers at the Minneapolis Police Academy learn to care for those who may have behavioral or mental health issues. Leah Isaacson is a first ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD)- Each year, the Charleston Police Department gives citizens an opportunity to experience and learn the ins and outs of the department through an 8-week Citizens Police Academy.

The Lafayette Police Department is confident in the training recruits receive throughout the police academy. But that hasn’t stopped LPD from looking for more and more ways to help better prepare its ...

SAN ANTONIO – It is one of the toughest parts of the job for law enforcement officers — deciding whether or not to fire a gun at someone. SAPD officers shot 22 people in 2023, killing 14. At least ...

GREENWICH — Back in 2015, a sanitation worker’s arm became trapped inside the compactor of a garbage truck, nearly severing his limb below the elbow. A police sergeant and a patrol officer who ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The police supervisor who oversaw the response to the Boston Marathon bombing last year said one of the keys to preparing for terrorist attacks is conjuring up worst-case ...