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  Keeping Sharp: Sheriff's Tactical Training Held Tuesday web posted February 13, 2013 EDGEFIELD – The Edgefield County Sheriff's Office held a "tactical training" session on Tuesday that was open to all law enforcement agencies in the county. Those attending the session included Sheriff's Deputies, Narcotics Investigators, Criminal Investigative Division Investigators, Johnston Police and School District SRO's to hone their skills in taking dangerous felons into custody. Although Edgefield Daily was allowed to observe a portion of the training, we were not allowed to take any photographs or reveal any details of the training - in spite of how impressive it was. The officers went through multiple scenarios that ranged from generic and co-operative suspects to those who would not comply and even tried to escape. Every group of deputies and officers chosen to participate had no idea what they would be facing. The instruction came from the Sheriff's Training Officer Lt. Mark Howard with Capt. Chris Wash and Sheriff Dobey observing. Even the slightest misstep was pointed out in every scenario. The situations involved a driver, sometimes a passenger, and up to four people in the car and how to remove them from the vehicle one by one while staying in control of the situation. The purpose of the training is to allow deputies and officers to know exactly what the other deputy or officer would be doing in the event of a felony stop where one wrong move could lead to the loss of life, be it the suspect or the officer. It enforced team work in high stress situations. The training also allows law enforcement officers to build instincts in such situations. By constant training, when deputies or officers are faced with a real life situation and nerves kick in, the training takes over on what to do, and not to do, in order to protect the officer and the suspect from harm. Additional training will be held for deputies and officers not able to attend the training on Tuesday. © Copyright 2012 - 2013 All material is property of
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