{"id":223309,"date":"2026-03-13T16:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T20:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/13\/simulation-technology-helping-little-rock-police-with-de-escalation-training\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T16:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T20:40:15","slug":"simulation-technology-helping-little-rock-police-with-de-escalation-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/13\/simulation-technology-helping-little-rock-police-with-de-escalation-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Simulation technology helping Little Rock police with de-escalation training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thv11.com\/article\/news\/local\/simulation-technology-lrpd-de-escalation-training\/91-62d4774a-fe0d-4b14-9f02-dd9ef8b6cfae\">Simulation technology helping Little Rock police with de-escalation training<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thv11.com\/article\/news\/local\/simulation-technology-lrpd-de-escalation-training\/91-62d4774a-fe0d-4b14-9f02-dd9ef8b6cfae\">https:\/\/www.thv11.com\/article\/news\/local\/simulation-technology-lrpd-de-escalation-training\/91-62d4774a-fe0d-4b14-9f02-dd9ef8b6cfae<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-13 16:03:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.thv11.com\">www.thv11.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Little Rock Police Department is enhancing officer training with a focus on de-escalation and communication to improve decision-making in high-stress situations.<\/p>\n<p>LITTLE ROCK, Ark. \u2014 Police officers are frequently called to scenes where emotions are running high, and decisions need to be made within seconds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Little Rock Police Department said it is working to better prepare officers for those moments by expanding training that focuses not only on the use of force, but also on communication and de-escalation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we respond to a scene, the outcome of the scene is highly based on the decision-making of the individuals that we\u2019re talking to,\u201d said Sgt. Van Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>Police officers are responsible for enforcing the law, ensuring public safety, responding to emergencies, and fighting crime.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, we come into contact with some people that they\u2019re having their worst day,\u201d Thomas said. \u201cThey\u2019re having some of the worst days of their life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To better manage those encounters, the department has placed greater emphasis on de-escalation tactics, slowing situations down, and communicating effectively whenever possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we can properly communicate with them, and if they\u2019re willing to actually respond and listen properly, the objective is for everyone to go home safely,\u201d Thomas explained.<\/p>\n<p>Training for recruits and officers includes both classroom instruction and hands-on scenarios designed to mirror real-life encounters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We train our recruits, not only in firearms, but we also train in OC spray and taser, as well as other control tactics,&#8221; Thomas&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thv11.com\/article\/news\/local\/simulation-technology-lrpd-de-escalation-training\/91-62d4774a-fe0d-4b14-9f02-dd9ef8b6cfae\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simulation technology helping Little Rock police with de-escalation training https:\/\/www.thv11.com\/article\/news\/local\/simulation-technology-lrpd-de-escalation-training\/91-62d4774a-fe0d-4b14-9f02-dd9ef8b6cfae Publish Date: 2026-03-13 16:03:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":223310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.thv11.com\/assets\/KTHV\/images\/d18e7761-6bfe-4858-993e-362f545e18f2\/20260313T195850\/d18e7761-6bfe-4858-993e-362f545e18f2_1140x641.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223309"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223311,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223309\/revisions\/223311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}