MILO Unveils Distinguished 2024 MILO Cognitive Advisory Board
Published on February 29, 2024
MILO Training Solutions, a leader in cutting-edge training solutions, proudly announces the formation of its prestigious 2024 MILO Cognitive Advisory Board, a collective of renowned experts and visionaries in the fields of learning and development, law enforcement, military, and academia. Chair of the Board Dr. Joy VerPlanck, a distinguished senior leader with over 25 … Continued
How to Keep a Clean and Healthy Shooting Range
Published on February 28, 2024
Keeping a clean and healthy shooting range involves three fundamentals: Ballistic containment: Ensure the range doesn’t let any bullets escape or ricochet dangerously. Air-handling: Making sure the range brings in outside air, maintains a downrange laminar flow within OSHA specifications, filters that air, and exhausts air free of lead and other dangerous particulate. Periodic … Continued
El Paso Police Recruits Undergo MILO Training
Published on February 27, 2024
Read the link below to see how El Paso police recruits utilize the MILO simulator for active shooter training. The training program allows officers and recruits to examine their responses to those scenarios by watching back every move they make. “What could I have done better? How could I have handled this better? It’s not … Continued
Trust-Building Campaign: Time For a Progress Check
Published on February 22, 2024
If you want public order, the public needs to cooperate with the police. Cooperation creates opportunities for information-sharing, leading to a safer environment where police can patrol safely without suspicion. And if you want the police to create a bond with the community where collaboration is reliable, there has to be a sense of … Continued
Four Key Features of a Well-Designed Indoor Shooting Range HVAC System
Published on February 8, 2024
Unless a target range is ice-cold or broiling, few shooters give a second thought to the HVAC system. But for range operators, it’s an entirely different story. As the National Shooting Sports Foundation points out, depending on their role and the design of the HVAC system, shooting range workers “may be exposed to lead … Continued
Beyond Shoot/No Shoot: The Evolution of Police Simulator Training
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Most police officers are familiar with classic simulation scenarios, such as a man standing at a door who quickly raises his hands to reveal either a knife, flip phone, wallet, gun, or empty palms. In typical training settings, participants are considered successful if they shoot when justified or abstain when not. If it gets … Continued
Rob Schneider Builds an AR-15 Tactical Rifle at Nemo Arms
Published on January 8, 2024
Although best known for his starring role in “Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo” and as a mid-1990s SNL mainstay, comedy icon Rob Schneider is also a Second Amendment enthusiast. During a trip to Idaho last fall, Rob bumped into Nemo Arms CEO Bill King and his wife, Jeana. They started chatting, and Schneider ultimately took … Continued
Preparing officers for Crisis Response
Published on December 1, 2023
Law enforcement officers across America face a staggering reality: a substantial portion of their calls involve mental health, a trend echoing nationwide statistics. Whether your department serves a small town or a large urban metropolis, your officers and co-responders are responding to calls involving community members in mental health crises daily. Within this landscape, … Continued
FAAC Incorporated supports US Army’s Soldier Virtual Trainer phase II prototype
Published on November 15, 2023
Ann Arbor, Michigan – November 15 2023 – FAAC Incorporated, a member of Arotech Corporation’s Training and Simulation Division (ATSD), announces the award of US Army Soldier Virtual Trainer (SVT) Phase II to CAE, with FAAC as a contributing team member to the solution. Following a competitive Phase I, with two teams selected to … Continued
Differences Between Static & Tactical Shooting Ranges
Published on August 11, 2023
Shooting ranges can be broken into two broad categories: static shooting ranges and tactical shooting ranges (also sometimes called “dynamic shooting ranges.”) Static Shooting Ranges In a static shooting range, everything stays behind the firing line. Each shooter has their own stall and remains confined to that area, separated from other shooters by … Continued