Cape Fear Community College aims to save lives with a new virtual reality police training system.
The virtual training simulator, called VirTra, is designed to help basic law enforcement training (BLET) students improve how they respond to an active shooter, domestic violence, and other high-stress situations. It offers more than 200 different real-life scenarios such as a movie theater, courthouse, or a school campus and includes three large screens for a 180-degree engaging training environment.
The ending outcomes of the scenarios depend upon the actions and statements taken by the officer in real time, with multiple responses from on-screen persons. The simulator recreates psychological stressors, like an elevated heart rate and high levels of adrenaline, that officers experience during the intensive training.
âHere We Are Againâ: Police Killings Loom Over Andrew Brown Funeral
Mr. Brownâs family was joined by relatives of other Black people killed by the police, including George Floyd and Daunte Wright.
A funeral procession for Andrew Brown Jr. was held on Monday in Elizabeth City, N.C., where he was killed by county sheriffâs deputies last month.Credit.Amr Alfiky/The New York Times
May 3, 2021
In a funeral that served as both a celebration of life and a condemnation of racist policing in America, the family of Andrew Brown Jr. was joined in Elizabeth City, N.C., on Monday by the relatives of other Black men killed by police officers.
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(ELIZABETH CITY, N.C.) Family and friends of Andrew Brown Jr. gathered Monday at a North Carolina church for his funeral as protesters continue to take to the streets to demand justice and answers over why sheriff’s deputies opened fire on the 42-year-old Black man outside his home last month.
Brown’s invitation-only funeral service was held at noon at the Fountain of Life Church in Elizabeth City.
The service began with a choir calling itself the “Andrew Brown Jr. Ensemble” singing gospel tunes, “I Put it All in His Hands” and “You are my All in All.”
Final Call News
Demonstrators, led by clergy, march Wednesday, April 28, 2021 from Mt. Lebanon AME Zion Church in Elizabeth City, N.C., to the site where Andrew Brown Jr. was shot and killed by Pasquotank County Sheriff deputies. A Pasquotank County judge denied the petition by the media to release the body camera footage in the shooting of Brown Jr. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP)
Tragedy hit Elizabeth City, N.C., with the death of a 42-year-old Black man, Andrew Brown, Jr. He was fatally shot outside of his home by Pasquotank County sheriffâs deputies when they attempted to serve an arrest warrant.