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Simulations prepare police for tricky scenarios

Jes­sica Lopez, a par­tic­i­pant in the Den­ver Po­lice De­part­ment’s women’s com­mu­nity academy, runs through a train­ing sce­nario us­ing a VirTra V-300 video sim­u­la­tor March 21 at the Den­ver Po­lice Academy. Law en­force­ment de­part­ments use the sim­u­la­tor as a train­ing tool for high-pres­sure sit­u­a­tions.
Jes­sica Lopez, a par­tic­i­pant in the Den­ver Po­lice De­part­ment’s women’s com­mu­nity academy, runs through a train­ing sce­nario us­ing a VirTra V-300 video sim­u­la­tor March 21 at the Den­ver Po­lice Academy. Law en­force­ment de­part­ments use the sim­u­la­tor as a train­ing tool for high-pres­sure sit­u­a­tions.
MICHAEL CIAGLO, SPE­CIAL TO THE DEN­VER GAZETTE

An active school shooter situation is just one scenario in a shooting simulator called VirTra V-300 used by the Denver Police Department, a training tool for decisionmaking in high-pressure situations.

A call crackles over a radio, alerting me to an active shooter situation in a school. A set of nearly 360-degree screens take me into the building, and I hold a handgun lowered but ready. C...