Video games suggested for new police training
Jun 25, 2008
New York City police officers could be employing techniques from video games to improve their firearms training, Newsday suggested this week.
The recommendation stems from a report produced by the Rand Corporation, which was hired by the NYPD in the wake of the Sean Bell shooting to investigate the way the department trains its officers.
Cops aren't going to be playing Halo 3 on duty, even if NYPD commissioner Raymond W. Kelly opts to implement the report's recommendations. They'll more likely be participating in simulations where potential criminals are depicted using technology familiar from sports video games.
Newsday quotes a senior fellow at Rand, Bernard Rostker, as saying; "Maybe a better way of looking at it is to look at something like the NBA basketball [games]. The quality of the figures is very real and the quality of the facial expressions is very real."
If the proposed program goes ahead, it'll represent something of a change of heart for Kelly, who last appeared in the video games news when he criticized Grand Theft Auto IV, which was set in a representation of New York City, for glamorizing violence.
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