Well, another GREAT TRAINING CONFERENCE!!!
We want to thank Sheriff Jeff Wiley and all of the Ascension Parish S O who made this conference a success. A special thanks to Col Robair, Capt C J Matthews and Lt Donald Capello for all their hard work and the APSO Crisis Response Team. MISSION WELL DONE guys.
ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS to our NEW REGION 5 Representative, Lt Donald Capello. We look forward to your input to the LTPOA Board. We also want to congratulate John Miller, our NEW SGT AT ARMS. We look forward to your continued guidance and support.

BASIC SWAT COURSE

Date: June 18th through 22nd, 2012

Tuition: $350 (Includes the cost of Simmunition Rds, Distraction Devices, Windows, etc.)

Location: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office Training Facility, Zachary LA

Instructors: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office SWAT Members

Contact(s): Capt. Todd Martin (225) 389-4608 tmartin@ebrso.org

The Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office will be offering a Basic Police Sniper school May 21-25, 2012. This school will certify and prepare snipers for operational use. Class curriculum includes basic weapon operation and safety, familiarization with internal and exterior ballistics, recommended policy and procedures, deployment considerations, hostage rescue, range estimation, field-craft/camouflage, observation and reporting, command fire, positional shooting, data book entry and diagramming. All students will develop rifle data to 300 yards.

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