Passenger Security Virtual Reality Training Model

The objective of this pojecct is to enhance transit security personnel responsiveness to deliberate acts of intentional harm in the transit environment, an innovative Virtual Reality Model for Law Enforcement Personnel will be developed and used to train first responders and others. Virtual Reality is defined as an artificial environment created with computer programs, and presented to the user in such a way that it appears and feels like a real environment. These environments are used in real time to simulate life threatening situations and aid in training transit security personnel to react to potential terrorism events and violent criminal attacks.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $200000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  MA-26-7073.01

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Crawley, Rhonda

• Performing Organizations:

  Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

  10 Park Plaza
  Boston, MA  United States  02116
• Principal Investigators:

  McCall, Ann

• Start Date: 20020600
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20030700
• Source Data: RiP Project 9378

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Countermeasures; Law enforcement and criminal justice personnel; Passenger security; Research projects; Standards; Technological innovations; Technology assessment; Terrorism; Training programs; Virtual reality; Weapons
• Identifier Terms: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Education and Training; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01458831
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Transit Administration
• Contract Numbers: MA-26-7073.01
• Files: RiP, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 12:51PM