Upcoming Training

Uniformed Patrol Scenario Based Force on Force Training

February 3, 2012
MCRD Parris Island
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Bureau of Justice (U.S. Department of Justice)  VALOR Training

February 15 & 16, 2012
Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
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CSI 101: Introduction to Crime Scene Investigation and Evidence Collection “Dust and Bust”

February 23, 2012
Myrtle Beach Police Department Annex (Former Air Force Base)
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Hostage/Crisis Incident First Responder “Verbal Containment”

March 23, 2012
Mt. Pleasant Police Department
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Combat Handgun Skills Course

March 24, 2012
A. Lewis McCarty Firearms Training Center
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Verbal Defense & Influence: Tactical Communication for Law Enforcement Instructor

April 9-13, 2012
Lexington County Sheriff’s Department
The course is designed to equip attendees with the knowledge to teach others within
their agency how to control verbal encounters in order to generate voluntary
compliance, cooperation, and collaboration.

**class has been approved for 35 CLEE Hours at the Criminal Justice Academy**

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Verbal Judo Results (opens in new window)

With Verbal Defense & Influence, you’ll learn how to:

• Look at conflict creatively
• Remain under emotional control during disagreements
• Find solutions to potentially difficult situations
• Maintain professionalism in any context
• Use words instead of actions to achieve goals
• Avoid using language that expresses personal feelings during conflicts
• Employ empathy to stay engaged with people while maintaining self-control
• Use words that are on target by first understanding the listener’s point of view
• Ensure that you are understood
• Achieve cooperation and break through uncertainty, confusion, anger, mistrust, and even prejudice
• Communicate with difficult people without shaming, blaming or manipulating
• Safely take action when words fail

 

 

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Training Committee

The Training Committee makes recommendations and coordinates training seminars for the association.

Region 1

Sgt. Jeff Underwood
Oconee County Sheriff’s Department

junderwood@oconeelaw.com

864-638-4111

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Region 2

Sgt. Don Wieder
Lexington County Sheriff’s Department

dwieder@lcsd.sc.gov

803-785-2477

 

Sgt. David Pritchard
Lexington County Sheriff’s Department

dpritchard@lcsd.sc.gov

803-785-2561

 

Lt. Bill Wright
Lexington County Sheriff’s Department

bwright@lcsd.sc.gov

803-785-2554

 

Lt. Ricky Ezzell
Richland County Sheriff’s Department

rezzell@rcsd.net

 

Cpt. Irick “TJ” Geary
USC Division of Law Enforcement

geary@sc.edu

803-777-0507

 

Jim McClary
SLED

jmcclary@sled.sc.gov

803-896-7063

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Region 3

Sgt. Selena Small
Conway Police Department

ssmall@cityofconway.com

1-843-248-1790

 

Lt. Tim Robertson
Darlington County Sheriff’s Department

trobertson@darcosc.com

843-398-4501

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Region 4

Chief Matt Clancy
Beaufort Police Department

mcclancy@cityofbeaufort.org

843-322-7901

 

Sgt. Tracy Brandenburg
Beaufort Police Department

tbrandenburg@cityofbeaufort.org

843-322-7967