Police Officers Get Shot at Life or Death Scenarios
Wilmington officers were trained this week using a high tech trailer that allows bullets to be fired at a video screen running through a long list of police scenarios.
Wilmington Police Chief Michael Begonis recalled the weapons training he took part in when he first entered the police force. He would stand at a range, gun drawn, firing at paper targets that were moved by a hand crank as the smoke rose from the range up the stairs into the station above. Standing inside the thermal sensitive, video-based, interactive Mobile Training Center on Friday, Begonis doesn't need much more evidence on just how much things have changed. “It’s a different place from 25 years ago,” said Begonis. “If you think about one of the most critical situations in law enforcement with either the most risk or most liability, these situations where you have your handgun out and you’re taking that deadly force scenario is one of …
