Can virtual reality training for US police help stop officer-involved shootings?
by Ava Kofman from Technology | The Guardian on (#1KZ38)
Hundreds of centers across the US are using virtual reality to train officers to shoot more accurately - and also help them to decide whether to shoot at all
When I arrived, two women sitting in a hot tub asked me what I was doing in their backyard. I wasn't quite sure myself. "I'm just here because I heard it was a little loud and I'm seeing if you could keep it down."
In the corner of my eye, a tall man lumbered toward me from inside the house, swinging a bottle. I asked him once, then twice, to put down the threatening object.
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