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Date: March 17,2023 <br /> To: Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe <br /> Decatur City Council Members <br /> From: City Manager Scot Wrighton <br /> Chief Shane G. Brandel <br /> Subject: Amended agreement between the City of Decatur and the Public Safety Training <br /> Foundation for the use of the VirTra V-300 Training System and the Grain Safety <br /> Building <br /> BRIEFING MEMO <br /> RECOMMENDED ACTION: <br /> It is recommended that the City Council approve the amended agreement with the Public Safety <br /> Training Foundation for use of the VirTra V-300 Training System and the Grain Safety Building. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The VirTra V-300 System is a state of art training simulator which puts officers in real life <br /> training scenarios. The Officers are forced to use their judgement, experiences, and training to <br /> make split second decisions in a training environment. The City of Decatur Police Department <br /> continues to recognize the need for current and real- life training. <br /> The amended agreement would allow the Decatur Police Department to continue to have access <br /> to the VirTra System housed in the Grain Safety Building to use for training as needed but would <br /> eliminate the department's responsibility to wholly use and maintain the system. The ownership <br /> and maintenance of the system would transfer to the Public Safety Training Foundation and <br /> would also allow the MCLETC use of the system for academy training to help facilitate the <br /> increased training demands and requirements associated with the police reform bill and the <br /> increased academy length. <br />