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Thank you to Michael Warren and Virtual Academy Advanced Training Solutions for having Lawrence Kehoe, our Training Content Specialist, and our partner, Brian Vella, From Folds of Honor, on the Between The Lines Podcast live at ILEETA 2023 conference. Watch the podcast

The federal government is going all-in on a battery-powered future for mass transit—but transit agencies themselves aren’t so sure. Last year Vice President Harris announced a collection of new federal initiatives to cut carbon emissions from buses and trucks. These initiatives include “$1.1 billion in new funding to help cities and states purchase electric buses … Continued

  MILO is pleased to participate in a pair of much-anticipated trade shows in the coming weeks: Enforce Tac 2023 (Hall 10 Booth 452) and the IWA OutdoorClassics 2023 (Hall 3 Booth 327). These will once again be running back-to-back, February 28 through March 5, at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre in Nuremberg, Germany. For decades … Continued

The post-pandemic period is making it increasingly clear that situational awareness training is more important than ever for law enforcement, especially behind the wheel. Traffic accidents have long been among the leading causes of on-duty law officer fatalities. During the pandemic, traffic deaths rose 7% nationwide—and jumped 44% for police officers. Every law enforcement agency … Continued

A disturbing video showing what went down when Memphis police officers brutalized Tyre Nichols is a situation the Danville Police Department wants to prevent before it arises. The department has a virtual tool called MILO Range or Multiple Interactive Learning Objectives. It is one of their de-escalating training tools. The system allows officers to be … Continued

Wildland fires are becoming more frequent and more severe. For example, the eight largest wildfires in California history all happened in the last five years. In that time, wildland fires burned 10+ million acres in the state, killed hundreds of Californians, and destroyed at least 32,000 homes. As a nation, we are desperately short of … Continued

  In one week of August 2022 alone, three dangerous petrochemical fires raged all around North America and brought attention to the serious challenges facing first responders fighting hazmat accidents, spills, and crimes—not to mention the ordinary incidents arising from the prevalence of everyday hazardous materials in industry and our communities.  On August 6, a … Continued