LASER SHOT SHOOTING SIMULATORS INSTALLED AT TRAINING CENTER AND POLICE ACADEMY OF ARMENIA
ARMENPRESS
Jun 29 2007
YEREVAN, JUNE 29, ARMENPRESS: The U.S. Embassy in Armenia dedicated the
installation of four Laser Shot shooting simulators at the Training
Center and Police Academy of the Republic of Armenia. The dedication
ceremony took place at the Police Training Center in Kanaker. Present
at the ceremony was Artashes Andriasyan, Head of the Training Center,
Eduard Chibukhchyan, Head of the Training Department of the Police
Academy, William Douglass, Transnational Crime Affairs Officer at
the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan, and representatives of Laser Shot, Inc.
The U.S. Government invested over $95,000 dollars to purchase the
simulators and provide training for technical personnel at the Academy
and the Induction Center through the U.S. Embassy’s International
Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Office.
The Laser Shot simulator systems donated by the U.S. Embassy will be
the first in Armenia. Police personnel will use live-action videos
to simulate life-threatening situations. The trainees will use laser
guns to simulate live fire exchanges. The systems will train Armenian
law enforcement personnel in tactics, marksmanship and combat skills
in a safe, controlled environment.
U.S. embassy’s press service told Armenpress that this project is
only one part of the U.S. Government’s comprehensive law enforcement
assistance program in the Republic of Armenia. The U.S. Embassy in
Yerevan was the largest contributor by far to the renovation of the
Kanaker Police Induction Center and is the biggest contributor to
the development of new curricula in that facility. The Embassy has
renovated a number of other buildings in Armenia’s law enforcement
community, such as the National Bureau of Expertise, the Border Guards
Training Facility in Yerevan and the Vanadzor Customs House training
center. The Embassy has donated equipment for training in many areas,
such as physical conditioning, and we have also donated equipment
for the computer infrastructure in all these facilities. The Embassy
is working with the Government of Armenia to establish a nationwide,
computerized border management information system and a nationwide
computer network for the police. The US Embassy’s International
Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Office provides about $3 million
a year in law enforcement assistance to Armenia.