Serious Games for the Police : Opportunities and Challenges

This study describes the learning potential of serious game and their success in a number of domains. The work aims to highlight the training opportunities available for serious games in the police domain in general, and the Dubai Police force in particular and the challenges facing the serious games domain. The benefits are highlighted by the serious game's ability to improve the performance of participants during an experiment conducted in 2006 in the Dubai Police force for 56 police officers. The study also describes the implications of the use of serious games in the Dubai Police force for policy makers, educators, and researchers