The Arrecife City Council has provided the Local Police force with a great technological tool for their continuous training.
The Mayor of Arrecife, Yonathan de León, has presented the first virtual shooting simulator in Lanzarote intended for the training of the Local Police. A simulator acquired by the Arrecife City Council, and which is already installed at the Local Police headquarters, in the capital of Lanzarote.
Yonathan de León, who is also directly responsible for the Local Police, has provided the Local Police Force with this great tool, which will allow the training of agents without having to travel off the island to recycle and perfect their training with the use of firearms. The mayor presented this simulator during a training day for police officers given by police officers Eduardo de Cobo and Pedro Barambio, instructing agents from the General Directorate of Security and Emergencies. Barambio also belongs to the Arrecife Local Police force.
Arrecife premieres the first shooting gallery - bunker on the island
In addition to this innovative technology provided by the simulator, the mayor has inaugurated the first shooting gallery - bunker installed on the island of Lanzarote. Yonathan de León said at the event, where a large representation of police officers was present, that "providing resources, technology and more personnel results in reinforcing security in the city." Residents and visitors feel more protected and safe knowing that their Local Police has more resources to increase services to society.
Thus, Arrecife with this virtual simulator and the new shooting gallery, located in the headquarters building of the Local Police, will allow to complete the police training of its personnel by simulating different real situations, in which the instructor, with solid experience, creates scenarios to evaluate the reactions of the police at each moment in hypothetical cases of criminals who use real firearms.
The Arrecife Local Police premiered these new facilities during a conference held last Friday, November 29, which brought together leading shooting instructors and specialists in weapons training, both at the regional and national levels.
During this event, the virtual reality (VR) tactical simulation system, Octopus Tactical Software, developed by the company Last Monkey Studio and installed at the Arrecife Local Police Headquarters, was presented to the media.
"The Arrecife Local Police becomes, with this new equipment, a pioneering benchmark in virtual reality training in the use of firearms," the instructors highlighted during the conference. The Councilor for the Area of Human Resources, Eli Merino, was present at the conference together with the mayor.
In the same, aimed at the training and use of the agents, were representatives of the General Corps of the Canarian Police, the coordinator of the General Directorate of Studies, Training and Research in Public Security of the Canary Islands and professionals from the Valencian Institute of Public Security (IVASPE).
The conferences have fostered a valuable exchange of impressions between experts in the sector, focused on training procedures and optimization in the handling of firearms.