Officers get to experience the mental health episode themselves before walking through how to respond to one.
“The morning part of our training is very material intensive and then in the afternoon that virtual reality component brings it all together,” said Dr. Cindy Gipson with AltaPointe Health.
“They get to make choices in the virtual reality world and those choices have no real-world consequences so they’re free to feel comfortable making those choices and see how they work out,” said Gipson.
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