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MaGISTrA and elsewhere in the CoESPU (e.g. the cameras installed inside the Training
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House or in the Longare Training site ), but also any external device (digital cameras, etc.)
that can be adapted and connected ad hoc.
- The Briefing Room, dedicated to carrying out meetings and briefings, contains a large desk
equipped with microphones, whose audio can be redirected to the loudspeakers of the MER,
and a camera, that can
register what happens in the
room and redirect the signal
to the Video Wall installed
in the MER. In this way,
each briefing can be
followed by all exercised
personnel. This allows for
further training, discussion
and deeper learning; in fact,
according to the experience
gained at CoESPU, staff
meetings are an invaluable
opportunity for less-
experienced personnel to learn a lot on how a mission really “works” and how complex,
multi-dimensional decisions are taken at higher level.
- The Press Conference Room, dedicated to the simulation of press conference releases, an
important training activity aimed at getting CoESPU trainees accustomed to release
interviews, speak in front of a camera and of several persons, stay calm when aggressive
questions are posed, and so on.
- The Direx room, hosting the “Direction of the Exercise” (Direx). It contains 13
workstations, employed by the Direx staff for both sending injections (via e-mail or by phone)
to the Training Audience and
analysing their performance.
- The Ops Room, equipped with
PCs, radios and 3 monitors to
simulate an Operational Room or
other operative environment such as
a Police Station. The monitors can
be used as well for different
purposes, from simulating a TV,
where press media (realized by the
Direx) are released, to showing
images from outer cameras. In the
latter case, real time videos from the Longare site or the Training House can be chosen.

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The Longare site is a training area, located about 10 kms from CoESPU, containing several
buildings, including a jail, roads, and green areas; it can be employed for Field Training eXercises
to simulate, e.g., a riot, a search, arrests, etc. The Training House is a large room employed to
simulate irruptions, arrests and other Police operations.

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