By Associated Press - Sunday, May 2, 2021

ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) - Deputies in Anderson County are looking to buy a $200,000 training simulator that puts officers, virtually, in a potential deadly force situation.

The Sherriff’s Office is asking the Anderson County Council to buy the VirTra V-300 Law Enforcement Simulator, the Independent-Mail of Anderson reports.

The machine gives instant feedback on a number of different deadly force situations and has a variety of virtual firearms, the agency wrote in its written request to council.



“The system will hone the deputies’ skills relation reaction to violence and conflict and allow him/her the opportunity to train in a multitude of scenarios and environments where deadly force is authorized and justified, and in situations where it can be avoided,” the sheriff’s office wrote in its request.

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