Training

The Training Division is responsible for maintaining each deputy’s certifications and keep them up to date with various classes and practical hands-on exercises. In addition to the well known driving and firearms training, each deputy also goes through regular training in updated legal matters, new or changing laws, use of force, terrorism, hazardous response, leadership, pepper spray and TASER, and various other subjects. The deputies in our office attend in-house training as well as classes at the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy and other venues across the state and country.

This unit is also charged with preparing new recruits for the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy’s basic law enforcement curriculum. Each new employee undergoes several weeks of training before attending the 9-week program in Columbia to be a certified officer in South Carolina. They also prep other deputies for advanced training and instructor certification courses.

The unit is led by Capt Frank Thompson, a 25? year veteran of the agency.