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POLICE Senior Editor Wayne Parham and Lawrence Kehoe, the training content specialist at MILO, discuss simulator training, content development, and using the AUFIRE System while running simulations with officers at ILEETA. Listen to the interview https://www.policemag.com/home/featured/video/15383121/talking-about-milos-new-training-content-at-ileeta-2023

  Article and photo from Wellsboro Gazette   The Mansfield Public Safety Training Institute at Commonwealth University-Mansfield recently hosted some high-profile guests from state government for a presentation on establishing a consistent and adaptable, proactive training model for law enforcement. Among those attending the sessions were Auditor General Tim DeFoor, PA Commission on Crime and … Continued

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

  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

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

Illinois State Police expanded access to their MILO Range simulator this year, allowing local law enforcement departments to participate in simulation training. So far, 19 other departments have taken advantage, placing a total of 78 officers through the eight-hour training. “I think the biggest takeaway is giving our recruits, cadets, and troopers the opportunity to … Continued

  Our biases have evolved from upbringing, education, and various experiences and exposures to threat in our lives and they exist to keep us alive. Unfortunately, our implicit biases also guide our interactions based on these stereotypes we’ve internalized and can result in unbalanced policing that increases vulnerability in the communities we are pledged to … Continued

Arcadia Cognerati Combines its Renowned Human Behavior Pattern Recognition Methodology with MILO to Enhance Early Threat Recognition & Improve Decision-Making Arcadia Cognerati is the world leader in developing cognitive training content, leveraging both Human Behavior Pattern Recognition & Analysis (HBPR&A) and an understanding of the limits of human performance. Combined with MILO’s deep technical knowledge and ability to … Continued

  A Low-Trust Environment Today’s public safety organizations operate in a complex and challenging environment while interacting with an often skeptical and untrusting public. Heightened scrutiny surrounding the use of force, demands for greater access to internal policies and procedures, and the public’s perception of biased police action—often fueled by incomplete or sensationalized media accounts—have … Continued

  When it comes to public perceptions of policing, discussions are often guided by terminology that may not be entirely clear to the public. Two common misconceptions involve the terms “de-escalation” and “less-lethal” force. As retired Lt. Frank Borelli describes in Officer Magazine (May 2022), de-escalation in policing is usually understood by the public as … Continued