![]() ![]() Are you doing things the safest way, and if you're not, what can you do to fix that?"įunding for the seminar came from a training grant from South Dakota Law Enforcement Training, Radel said. This is kind of a wake up, reality check. "The longer you're in (law enforcement), the more likely you are to develop a bad habit. "It's not your normal training, but it's stuff every officer should know," said Davison County Deputy Sheriff Don Radel. Local agencies that participated were the: Hanson County Sheriff's Office, Aurora County Sheriff's Office, Mitchell Police Division, Davison County Sheriff's Office, McCook County Sheriff's Office, South Dakota Highway Patrol, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks, Douglas County Sheriff's Office and the South Dakota Department of Corrections. While sections of the two-day presentation were directed at deciphering body language of suspects that could indicate trouble is brewing and what it's like to be involved in a brutal, physical altercation, much of the program was dedicated to maintaining mental health both off and on duty. That's not to say we're not taking these topics seriously, we are, it's just a matter of being OK with the fact that we have to talk about this kind of stuff." So, that humor really helps these guys relate and focus on what we're saying. ![]() "As officers, we go through too much, see too much, do too much, to be serious all the time-it would destroy us. "We go from a laughing standpoint to a crying standpoint on a dime," Glennon said Friday.
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