HCSO HostsAdvanced Traffic Crash Investigation School
HCSO Training & Professional Development Unit Hosts Advanced Traffic Crash Investigation School
Hamilton County, TN - For the last two weeks, beginning October 28th, the HCSO Training and Professional Development Unit has hosted an Advanced Traffic Crash Investigation School for nineteen law enforcement personnel from across the state.
The course was instructed by the Tennessee Highway Safety Office. During this rigorous and in-depth eighty-hour training course, students learned a high degree of technical expertise in the field of crash investigations.
Topics covered included but were not limited to, speed calculations from kinetic energy, conservation of momentum calculations, and advanced photography techniques. Prior to being allowed to attend this course, students had to have already successfully completed an eighty-hour At Scene Crash Investigation Course.
This class was offered free of charge to all attending agencies.
Among the nineteen graduates were five Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Deputies:
• Deputy Rodney Brown
• Deputy Seven Compton
• Deputy Andrew Garwood
• Deputy Joseph Horvath
• Deputy Ricardo Santiago
The law enforcement agencies who participated in the training are as follows:
• Hamilton County Sheriff's Office
• Tennessee Highway Patrol
• Chattanooga Police Department
• Mount Pleasant Police Department
• Dayton Police Department
• East Ridge Police Department
• Cleveland Police Department
• Elizabethton Police Department
• Bradley County Sheriff's Office
• Spring Hill Police Department
• Tullahoma Police Department
• Martin Police Department
Thank you to those who taught and participated in this valuable class. Hosting quality training opportunities such as this in conjunction with our law enforcement and public safety partners is yet another way the HCSO is leading the way in the field of law enforcement operations and training throughout our region and our state.
