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On 31 March 2024, Inter-Coastal Electronics (ICE) concluded more than two decades of an amazing partnership with Leonardo UK in jointly providing world class service and support to the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (MoD).  This journey began in 2003, when ICE was contracted to provide an onsite Field Service Representative in Wattisham in support … Continued

Abstract: Body-worn cameras (BWCs) continue to be adopted by law enforcement agencies around the world, yet how camera monitoring affects performance dimensions of policing in “critical incident” situations has received scant attention. We contribute to filling this gap. Guided by distraction-conflict theory from psychology, we conducted a laboratory experiment and used electrophysiological methods (EEG and … Continued

Abstract: The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate the relationship between simulation training and police officers’ ability to think creatively in crises. The results of this study suggest that cognitive load could be affected by changing the manner in which the officers train in simulation. When a simulator curriculum is designed with the incorporation … Continued

  Law enforcement officers and experts agree that de-escalation training is essential for the safety of both officers and the public. However, given trends in violent altercations with officers, many understandably wonder if current training approaches are sufficient and effective. Theo Chalogianis is Lead Police Officer at Michigan Medicine, with 25 years in law enforcement, … Continued

Overall, firefighters in the U.S. fight roughly one-half to one-third as many fires as they did 50 years ago. On-the-job experience is the ultimate test of skills learned in academy, and fewer fires mean fewer chances for first responders to practice. Meanwhile, firefighting has become more complex. The growth of electric vehicles (EVs) on the … Continued

According to CALSTART’s annual report on zero-emission buses there are now at least 5,480 full-size ZEBs (zero-emission buses) in the United States, a 66 percent increase since 2021. That includes a 75 percent increase in fuel-cell electric buses in 2023 alone (according to an analysis by Hydrogen Central)—excellent news for the many communities enjoying lower-emission … Continued

VR is becoming a buzzword in so many fields, and now it is making its way into police training, but the question agencies and their instructor teams have to ask is: What are the benefits? Click here to read the article. Read David Griffith’s insightful article, ‘The Value of VR Training,’ which examines VR in … Continued