In an effort to provide officers with better training, the New Bern Police Department is taking steps to get a virtual training simulator. It’s called a VirTra System and it provides the officer using it a 300 degree view of all kinds of different training situations.
Leaders in the department will now beginning working with the Public Works department and Craven Community College to update a building on the campus of the Volt Center near downtown. Craig Ramey, Communications Director for the college says this program will also be used for Basic Law Enforcement training at the college.
