A small business owner has called the police because a homeless person set up a tent in front of his store and won’t leave. When the young officers arrive on the scene, they know they need to treat everyone with respect while defusing the tense situation.

“I thought it was going to be easy, but when I was supposed to react, my mind went blank,” says Nahom Amanuel. But Amanuel is not a police officer—he’s a rising sophomore at DSST: Green Valley Ranch. And the situation wasn’t real—it was part of an immersive video simulation at the Denver Police Academy.

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