The oswego county sheriff's office seeks to purchase a training simulator and its required accessories from virtra, specifically the v-180 law enforcement training simulator, for the oswego county…

The Oswego County Sheriff's Office was awarded a $115,270.52 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The funding will support the purchase of a VirTra V-180 law enforcement training simulator and required accessories for the Oswego County Regional Police Academy. The training simulator will enhance the Academy's existing de-escalation training by providing science-based and expert-created curriculum on situations involving de-escalation, implicit bias, and duty to intervene. As the parent organization of the awardee, County of Oswego will support delivery of this training to further the Community Oriented Policing Program's goals of developing collaborative partnerships and organizational strategies between law enforcement and communities to proactively address public safety issues.

The oswego county sheriff's office seeks to purchase a training simulator and its required accessories from virtra, specifically the v-180 law enforcement training simulator, for the oswego county regional police academy. The purchase of the training simulator will enhance the police academy's existing DE-escalation training by providing the academy with science-based and expert-created curriculum on situations involving DE-escalation, implicit-bias, and duty to intervene training.