Assistance program
Virtual Reality De-escalation Training
$4.5 Million committed in FY2024–FY2025
- Agency
- Office of Justice Programs, Justice, Department of
- Assistance
- Not Applicable
- CFDA number
- 16.054
- What it does
- Goal: To prepare officers to safely and effectively respond to the range of situations they face in the line of duty and develop confidence within the community that law enforcement will treat individuals fairly and in accordance with the law. Objective(s): 1) Develop and implement a virtual reality scenario-based training curriculum designed to improve officers’ de-escalation skills and enhance their ability to respond to individuals in crisis; 2) Enhance agency-wide strategy for the integration of the new immersive virtual reality scenario-based training; and, 3) Foster community participation in the planning and implementation of a virtual reality scenario-based training programs. Performance Measure 1: Percentage of grantees conducting community involvement; Performance Measure 2: Number of community members and officers who have undergone at least one virtual reality scenario-based; and, Performance Measure 3: Percentage of grantee training programs that improved officers’ ability to respond to individuals in crisis.
- Who benefits
- Not Applicable
- Who applies
- State and local governments, specifically law enforcement entities, including law enforcement agencies based at state educational institutions.
- Authorized by
- Public Law 117-328; Statute 136, p. 4459, 4534, 4535
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