This week\u2019s episode of the Northeast Newscast is a digital follow up to our "Shoot or don\u2019t shoot" editorial piece in this week\u2019s edition of The Northeast News. Publisher Michael Bushnell ran through KCPD\u2019s OIS (Officer Involved Shooting) simulation in August. The simulation re-creates three separate scenarios in which police officers are faced with a shoot, don\u2019t shoot scenario.
KCPD Firearms Training Instructor Sergeant Ward Smith and Training Unit Commander Captain Brian Bartch facilitated the simulation event for a diverse cross section of fifteen media representatives and community leaders from across the city including Nick Haines from KCPT, Channel 19, Joe Arce, Publisher of Kansas City\u2019s Hispanic News, David Slater, Mayor of Pleasant Valley, MO and Executive Director of the Clay County Economic Development Council and Stacey Johnson-Crosby, a South Kansas City Real Estate Agent.\xa0
OIS simulations, according to KCPD Chief Rick Smith, are a way for citizens to experience what officers experience on a daily basis, even if only for a split second. That split second however could be the difference in life or death.\xa0