Denton Police First to Adopt Decision-Focused Firearms Training

SILVER POINT, Tenn., Oct. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Saving Lives USA Foundation, a non-profit focused on reducing the negative impacts of police and security service use-of-force, has announced the successful implementation of a decision-based firearms training paradigm at the City of Denton Police Department. Saving Lives USA donated the NURO® Shooting System, specialized equipment designed for visual range control that helped enable this effort.

Denton's new capabilities mean that visual stimulus may now be used throughout live fire training to drive officer decision-making and skill performance relative to changing subject behavior. New York State's DCJS was the first entity globally to evaluate and implement these advances in training.

"It cannot be overstated how big of a deal this is," said Dr. Justin Smith, a neuroscience PhD whose research focus is decision-making and stress, during the 2023 annual Public Safety Symposium in Albany, New York. "Using visual stimulus to control range training develops firearms skills that are different, at a synaptic level, than anything we have seen before in law enforcement."

Previously adopted by Collin College in McKinney, Texas, Denton will be the second police academy and the first law enforcement agency in the State to implement these ground-breaking changes in the development of officer skill, decision-making, and de-escalation ability.

About Saving Lives USA
Saving Lives USA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) dedicated to reducing the negative impacts from police and security service use of force within the United States and its Territories. The non-profit focuses its efforts on reforming law enforcement use-of-force training by providing funding for instructor training and equipment that requires decision-making and de-escalation to become the primary focus of use-of-force training. Learn more at https://savinglivesusa.org.

Media Contact

Dustin Salomon
President, Saving Lives USA Foundation
[email protected]

SOURCE Saving Lives USA Foundation