Citizens Police Academy: Week 9

Members of the Citizens Police Academy met Tuesday night for their ninth week of classes.  Academy participants got a chance to work with the Firearms Training Simulator (FATS).  The FATS system is used by officers for training purposes.  It is an interactive system that enables officers to make "shoot - don't shoot" decisions in a controlled training environment.  It allows officers the opportunity to practice their verbal direction, use of cover, weapon handling and observation skills.

Officer Chris McDonald explains the FATS system to an academy participant

An academy participants takes part in a FATS training scenario

Comments

[Tonya]

Wow, I'm going to have to retake the citizens academy. We didn't get to do many of the fun things that this class is doing.