TRAINING

Beginning in 2017, the Spalding County Sheriff's Office began
focusing on training in an effort to provide the citizens of Spalding
County, Deputies that are better able to assist them in resolving
their issues. Deputies are now required to participate in monthly
on-line training, are strongly encouraged to seek P.O.S.T. career
development certifications, and work for their college degrees.
All Deputies are required to attend annual training on Sexual Harassment
and Biased Based profiling, along with other required P.O.S.T. classes.
Crisis Intervention has become a focus of training as we improve
our skills in de-escalation of critical incidents, and with the
acquisition of a force simulator in 2019 deputies will now receive
state of the art de-escalation and force training. A "NARCAN"
program was also started in 2017 and deputies receive annual training
in order to aid those that have overdosed on opiates.
In 2020, the Spalding County Sheriff's Office assisted the Georgia
Public Safety Center with 240 hours of instructional time taught
by SCSO instructors in basic mandate classes in Forsyth, including
firearms, building clearing, controlled substances, gangs and organized
crime and traffic stops. We hosted two 40 hour Filed Training Officer
Classes with a total of 80 students and taught 148 hours towards
Senior Deputy Certifications. We host monthly training from Columbus
State University in their Professional Management Program.

