Whitewater,WI, January 30, 2012 – irTactical, a division of Universal Electronics Inc., will be hosting an active shooter training program this June 8-10 in conjunction with the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater campus and police. The ‘irTactical Active Shooter Training’ event is on pace to become one of the largest training events ever to be held in the country.
This event will cover many different exercises, carried out on the big and beautiful University of Wisconsin – Whitewater campus. Dozens of tactical teams, SWAT personnel, law enforcement officers, ROTC cadets, federal agencies, EMT’s, and more will be on hand for two full days of training amongst the university grounds. The scenarios will include hostage rescue, school bus clearing, casualty treatment, evacuation under fire, and many other real world exercises. Students will be participating as hostages and bystanders while Emergency Medical Technicians evaluate and treat simulated casualties as the SWAT teams cover them. All of this will take place in the corridors and rooms of the recently built Hyland Hall and other campus locations. There will also be classes and interactive discussions taking place throughout the weekend. The latest in state-of-the-art law enforcement products from several high-tech companies will be used to accomplish individual scenarios and help provide the full training experience.
“This setting and these conditions will demonstrate that it is safer, easier, faster, and cheaper to train with the irTactical training system,” said Rick Jensen, President of irTactical. Police and Military from coast to coast have tested and evaluated the system and their acceptance is overwhelming. There is no other system on the market that allows shooters to train in any environment without damage or danger to participants and facilities.”
The irTactical system is a projectile less system that uses an infrared laser to mark hits on a vest that then causes a stressing electrical discharge, simulating a bullet strike. The officers and the “bad guys” will be armed with irM4’s and semi automatic irPistols for the event. All of the training data is then transmitted, recorded, and controlled from a Command Center Module, which collects the data from up to 100 tactical officers up to a mile away. Invaluable data such as accuracy, fire discipline, shot accountability, timing, and consistency is used for development during the after-action report.
Domestic and international law enforcement agencies, federal agencies, and military academies have used the system to date, with more being added to the list every week. For more information please visit www.irTactical.com.
About irTactical – irTactical is a division of Universal Electronics, Inc, a multi-million dollar contract electronics manufacturer. irTactical borrows and advances core technology adapted from UEI’s other technology. irTactical is located in Whitewater, Wisconsin.