Redefining force-on-force training
Contents
- Overview
- Testimonial
- Hardware
- Features & Benefits
- Specifications
SenseSuit provides real-time position tracking for Law Enforcement officers or soldiers performing force-on-force training.
To use SenseSuit, a range master briefs officers on a mission and then asks them to execute it. While the mission takes place, the range master sees the current position of each officer overlaid on aerial imagery. After the exercise, the range master performs an after action review (AAR) by replaying the operation and analyzing each officer's/soldier's maneuvers.
Future versions of SenseSuit will support modules for bidirectional audio, ordinance tracking, video capture, and physiological monitoring.
Figure 1 : Soldier. Equipped with dead reckoning modules and wireless network adapters, soldier/officers perform force-on-force training exercises.
Figure 2 : Range Master. A range master briefs officers on their objectives and then watches the mission unfold. At any time, the range master can freeze the action and provide guidance. After the mission, the range master can perform an after action review (AAR) by replaying the operation and analyzing individual officer maneuvers.
Figure 3 : Impact Map. For each officer, the range master can view health status and an impact map. The health status indicates whether an officer is dead or alive. The impact map shows impacts sustained during training or missions. The impact map shows the most recent hit in red and others in green.
According to an officer training veteran, SenseSuit enable realistic force-on-force training:
"With SenseSuit, police officers will be better equipped with decision-making alternatives that can then be worked out in real-life situations. To be able to encounter a suspect, use de-escalation, and move to other degrees of force with the resistance from another human being can prove to be the most valuable tool to the officer, the department, and the community the officer serves."
John Eramo, Firearms Trainer, 16 Mar 05
John Eramo is a firearms trainer and owner of HMS Consultants that provides training to police, security and corporate clients and their employees. John has 34 years of investigative service and has retired from the New York State Inspector Generals office.
3.1 Officer's Hardware
| Description |
Make |
Model |
| Ballistic suit |
Tech Valley Technologies |
SenseSuit |
| Dead reckoning module |
Point Research |
GyroDRM |
| Handheld computer |
Dell |
Axim X30 |
Table 1: Officer's Hardware. In a typical training scenario, six officers pull up to an abandoned building. Each dons a vest. Two go into the building to serve as assailants. The remaining four enter the building in an effort to extricate the assailants.
Figure 4 : Officer's Hardware. SenseSuit equips each officer with a ballistic suit, dead reckoning module, and handheld computer.
Figure 5 : SenseSuit. The SenseSuit is outfitted with pressure sensitive membranes that detect and locate training rounds such as rubber bullets and plastic pellets.
3.2 Range Master's Hardware
| Description |
Make |
Model |
| Laptop |
Panasonic |
Toughbook 29ET |
Table 2: Range Master's Hardware. A range master watches the mission unfold from a laptop computer.
| Feature |
Benefit |
| Dead Reckoning |
Track officers in outdoor or indoor training facilities |
| Mission Playback |
Replay operations and analyze each officer's maneuvers |
| After Action Review |
Assess missions and gauge a squad's improvements over time |
| Real-Time Tracking |
Watch the mission unfold and interject instructions on the fly |
| Bidirectional Audio |
Communicate freely with officers, freeze the action, provide intelligence |
| Ordinance Tracking |
Determine whether a shot killed, injured, or missed its target |
| Video Capture |
See what each officer sees while moving toward the objective |
| Physiological Monitoring |
Determine a officer's well being as he or she executes an operation |
Table 3: Features & Benefits.
| Specifications |
Operating Systems
- Windows XP
- Windows Mobile |
Table 4: Specifications.
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