Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2024, $963,000)
Rio Hondo College plans to build a Situational Simulation Training Center (AKA: Scenario Village) which will be available to train members of the law enforcement community throughout Los Angeles County. Rio Hondo College, is a POST certified Regional Law Enforcement Training Facility, and in addition to police academy recruit training, the proposed Rio Hondo Situational Simulation Training Center will produce much more realistic training which will be extremely beneficial to police officers and in turn, the public. The Simulation Center will meet the needs of several of Los Angeles’s local law enforcement agencies and other public service agencies to allow them to carry out realistic de-escalation training, prisoner extraction training, active shooter training, training for SWAT Teams, and public safety preparations for the 2028 Olympics.