Apparently, Realistic Firearms Training Is Now Racist

By Bob Owens

The goal of firearms training simulators for police is very simple. They recreate scenarios for police to help them refine tactics and commands, in hopes that they will not have to shoot a suspect. It also gives officers a realistic look at just how fast a mundane interaction with citizens can become a lethal force threat.

For example, a FATS (FireArm Training Simulator) scenario I watched recently had several possible outcomes.

Officers responded to reports of an argument and possible domestic violence incident at an apartment complex.

When the door is opened, a half-dressed, attractive woman greets the officers. If the officers are drawn to her, uh, assets, they might pick up the movement in the background of her boyfriend stepping out onto the apartment deck and out of frame, but they might not pick up the AR-15 he picked up along the way.

Depending on how officers handle the scenario, (and the look the trainer wants to give them), the man may come back in guns blazing (splattering his girlfriend’s head all over the officers if they don’t take him down fast enough), or he might put the gun down and come out hands raised.

The Pasadena Police Department is one of …Read the Rest

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