André Kecke

• Diplom (FH)
• Stellv. Campusdekan/ Institutsleiter Einsatztraining at HöMS

Training of different scenarios is essential to prepare emergency services for real-world situations. In this paper, we introduce a virtual reality (VR) simulator specifically designed to enhance the training of police officers in the context of apartment search and area securing, including the evaluation of potential threats or hazards. At this po...

Recent advancements in virtual reality technology contributed to the development of immersive games and simulations of any kind. Simulations are a valuable tool for police forces to practice specific skills within threatening, dangerous, and stressful situations without dangerous real-world implications. Effective virtual simulations need to be rea...

Polizeiliches Handeln beinhaltet Sprach- und Gewalthandlungen, zwischen denen Polizist*innen dynamisch wechseln müssen und die in Spannung zueinander stehen. Insbesondere in mehrsprachigen Situationen wird sichtbar, dass eine nicht situationsangepasste Auswahl beider Register zu Missverständnissen bei Bürger*innen führen kann. Im polizeilichen Eins...

Purpose: The study compares the impact of two different pedagogical approaches in police training by assessing the knife defense performance of German police recruits against different types of knife attacks. Linear or nonlinear-which pedagogical approach leads to more efficient knife defense performance? Design: 20 German state police recruits...

Der Beitrag präsentiert auszugsweise Ergebnisse einer trainingspädagogischen Interventionsstudie mit Polizeianwärter*innen der Hessischen Polizei. Den Mittelpunkt des Forschungsinteresses bildet die Wirkung zweier unterschiedlicher Vermittlungskonzepte zum Thema „Messerverteidigung“. Im Rahmen einer ersten explorativen Feldstudie wurde die Probleml...

The interaction between partners is an essential part of the training process in police use of force training. In order to simulate training tasks that are both representative and motivating, the level of contact when receiving and delivering punches and kicks is an important issue. The current study investigates the preferred level of contact of t...

Background In order to equip police officers with operational skills, the police use of force (PUOF) training plays a key role. While the situation of PUOF in Germany has hardly been inves-tigated to this day, national (Jaeger, Blatt & Bliesener, 2013) and international (Renden, Nieuwenhuys, Savelsbergh & Oudejans, 2015) data indicate problems of t...