Evaluation of a Virtual Reality Simulation Tool for Studying Bias in Police-Civilian Interactions

Immersed in Training

“…In the context of police practice, VR is used across many areas in training: VR is currently being used for use-of-force training McAllister et al, 2022), tactical training (e.g., disaster preparedness and response, Murtinger et al, 2021;Mossel et al, 2015), de-escalation training (Kent, 2022;, cultural sensitivity training (Kishore et al, 2022;Doan et al, 2021), medical emergency training (Schrom-Feiertag et al, 2022), mental health awareness training (i.e., recognizing and responding to individuals with mental health conditions, Kent & Hughes, 2022), and personal professional development training (e.g., stress regulation, Brammer et al, 2021;Michela et al, 2022). The application of VR training in police has been shown to be particularly effective in improving cognitive-perceptual skills (Harris et al, 2021) and retaining and applying police-specific knowledge (Saunders et al, 2019).…”