VirTra and Force Science Announce Scholarship Award Recipients
October 08 2019 - 3:05PM
VirTra, Inc. (NASDAQ: VTSI), a global provider of
training simulators for the law enforcement, military, educational,
and commercial markets, today announced the twelve peace officers
who have received scholarship awards from VirTra and Force Science
Institute to attend a five-day Force Science Analyst Certification
course, which is designed to better educate officers and improve
their performance.
The winners include:
- Polk County Sheriff's Office, Iowa
- Saint Peter Police Department, Minnesota
- Stoughton Police Department, Massachusetts
- O’Fallon Police Department, Missouri
- Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, California
- Cleveland Division of Police, Ohio
- Monterey County Sheriff’s Office, California
- Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office / Wilsonville Police
Department, Oregon
- Delta Police Department, British Columbia, Canada
- Brighton Police Department, Colorado
- Erie County Detective Bureau, Pennsylvania
The five-day program, taught by nine world-renowned instructors,
allows attendees to receive a Force Science Analyst Certification.
The certification signals their proven ability to recognize
multiple factors that impact human behavior in use-of-force
encounters. By participating in complex, rapidly unfolding
encounters, the officers will be introduced to the scientific
realities that impact officer performance like stress,
action/reaction time, memory, decision-making, and more. Winners
will attend one of the courses scheduled for either October or
November in Columbia, SC, Omaha, NE and Chicago, IL.
“Working with Force Science to develop a scholarship program
helps further our goal of providing expert training to officers
around the country,” said Jason Mulcahy, VirTra General Manager.
“VirTra’s hope is that each of the twelve officers will learn
extensive and important concepts, which they can then take back to
their respective agencies to better educate their colleagues and
improve their departments and communities.”
Dr. Bill Lewinski, Executive Director and co-founder of the
Force Science Institute added: “Preparation through effective
training is key to increasing officer performance and
decision-making in time compressed situations. VirTra has done a
great job of integrating Force Science research into simulator
scenarios. The partnership between VirTra and Force Science
Institute encourages research-based and science-backed training,
which is vital to furthering officer education to improve safety
and performance.”
VirTra and Force Science instructors will be exhibiting at the
Second Annual Force Science Conference on October 16-17 in Chicago,
IL, during which attendees of the conference will have an
opportunity to witness a demonstration of the VirTra simulator with
Force Science concepts applied first-hand.
About VirTra: VirTra (NASDAQ: VTSI) is a global
provider of judgmental use of force training simulators, firearms
training simulators and driving simulators for the law enforcement,
military, educational and commercial markets. The company’s
patented technologies, software, and scenarios provide intense
training for de-escalation, judgmental use-of-force, marksmanship
and related training that mimics real-world situations. VirTra’s
mission is to save and improve lives worldwide through practical
and highly-effective virtual reality and simulator technology.
Learn more about the company at www.VirTra.com.
About the Force Science Institute: The Force
Science Institute is dedicated to promoting the value of knowledge
through empirical research in behavioral science and human
dynamics. Force Science develops and disseminates high quality
scientifically grounded education, training, and consultation to
support fact-based investigations, inform decision processes,
enhance public safety, and improve peace officer performance in
critical situations. Learn more
here www.forcescience.org/.
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whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise,
except as required by law.
Investor Relations Contact: Matt Glover or
Charlie Schumacher VTSI@gatewayir.com 949-574-3860
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