It seems to happen almost every week: a cop in America is called to respond to some sort of disturbance -– a man with a weapon, a woman disrupting the midnight calm at an apartment complex, an escalating domestic dispute.
Already this year, at least 53 people diagnosed with mental illness have been shot and killed by U.S. police officers, according to a Washington Post database, which experts on police use of force described as among the most comprehensive of its kind. The reasons for the increase in police interactions with those in psychiatric or emotional crisis are manifold, said Dr. Bill Lewinski, a leading behavioral scientist and founder of the non-profit Force Science Institute in Illinois, which studies police use of force.
As part of our latest investment in smart, technology-driven policing, CPD announes a partnership with @axon_us to provide virtual reality training for police officers on how to better deal with mental health and special need populations. pic.twitter.com/9sbZSusz1b Once you put on the headphones and goggles, you are suddenly immersed in a jarring scene in which bright lights are flashing ominously at you from different directions, multiple voices compete at varying volumes for your attention, and your vision blurs unpredictably. While this is happening, police officers are approaching you while a parent to the side is shouting instructions frantically to the police. No matter how you turn your head, you’re trapped inside the experience.
“We’re helping [officers] to develop that sense of empathy [for the mentally ill] -- how people with that condition might be experiencing the world.” One Chicago police officer who was particularly anxious to participate in the virtual reality training sessions is Officer John Tolley, whose son is schizophrenic.
In the picture are only women wearing the VR headsets. Really? Shouldn't the alpha white male cops be getting this important training? BlackLivesMatter BLM
Awesome! Might be useful for education against bullying as well.
Our new virtual world is only as good as the programming.
Are they watching realDonaldTrump’s rose garden speech? RoseGardenRant TrumpTantrum
Yes! This is why all K12 grades should learn VR AR ChiPubSchools chicagosmayor STEM CTE CS AI learning New technology skills will prepare Ss college career readiness and provide the training needed for jobs
Now use it to stop them shooting black people.
Why screw around with these 3D goggles? Just send the trainees to the White House to see the real thing.
It's just a scrolling image that says 'Don't shoot them'
Finally. Fingers crossed
ITALY DOES NOT USE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN CASE OF MENTAL ILLNESS. THEY USE PDYCHOLOGISTS.
About goddam time
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