MEDIA RELEASE

For Immediate Release                                                                                        June 6, 2017

                                                 Free Trainings for Law Enforcement Officers

Sheriff Jimmy Harris states as follows:

            DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office has started hosting law enforcement training courses for our Deputies and for all other law enforcement officer around the County. We are providing these trainings free to all participates and to help keep costs low for all law enforcement agencies.

            Hal Nash is the Training Coordinator and a Task Force Agent for DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office. Nash has already brought several trainings to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office with many different agencies already taking advantage of these free trainings.

            Sheriff Harris says “We are providing these trainings at no cost and locally so agencies don’t have to send their officers out of town and spend a lot of money on training. It is critical for law enforcement to have these kinds of trainings not only to help them learn how to stay safe themselves but to learn how to protect the citizens of DeKalb County too.”