HIS INJURY WAS NOT LIFE
THREATENING.
THE SUSPECT DID DIE AFTER
SHOOTING HIMSELF IN THE HEAD.
SO, WITH SO MANY OFFICERS BEING
SHOT, THE TRAINERS AT THE SOUTH
CAROLINA CRIMINAL JUSTICE
ACADEMY WILL BE LOOKING INTO
WHAT HAPPENED IN THOSE CASES.
ROBERT KITTLE WAS THERE AND
SAID POLICE ARE TRAINED HOW TO
HANDLE THE SEEMINGLY ROUTINE
CALLS BUT THAT TRAINING COULD
CHANGE.
Reporter: INTRUCTORS AT THE
SOUTH CAROLINA CRIMINAL JUSTICE
ACADEMY TRY TO MAKE TRAINING AS
REALISTIC AS POSSIBLE AND THEY
DO USE REAL LIFE CASES AS
EXAMPLE.
BRUCE HANCOCK IS THE SENIOR
INSTRUCTOR FOR DEFENSIVE
TACTICS.
HE SAID IN CASES LIKE THE
RECENT OFFICERS BEING SHOT IN
GEORGIA, THEY TRY TO GET VIDEO
TO STUDY WHAT HAPPENED.
IF THERE IS SOMETHING REALLY
OUT THERE IN LEFT FIELD,
MEANING YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT
MAY BE YOU WERE TEACHING THAT
WE NEED TO CHANGE, WE ARE
DEFINITELY GOING TO DO THAT FOR
THE BETTERMENT OF OUR OFFICERS.
HE SAID SOMETIMES OFFICERS
ARE DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT AND
STILL GET SHOT.
EVERY YEAR THE FBI PUTS OUT A
STUDY OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS KILLED AND ASSAULTED
INCLUDING THE DETAILS.
INSTRUCTORS GO OVER THE DETAILS
TO PASS ON TO CADETS.
THEY TRAIN THEM TO DEESCALATE
SITUATIONS.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE HURT.
SOMETIMES WE CAN COMMUNICATE
AND CALM THEM DOWN AND FIND OUT
WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND GO FROM
THERE WITHOUT USING MUCH FORCE.
Reporter: CADETS ARE TAUGHT
TO LOOK FOR WHAT IS CALLED
PREATTACK CUES, STARING AT AN
OFFICER'S WEAPON, SIZING HIM UP
AND DOWN OR LOOKING AT HIS BELT
FOR OTHER WEAPONS.
IN ALL THREE CASES IN GEORGIA,
A PAIR OF OFFICERS WAS SHOT.
THEY DO TEACH THERE IS SAFETY
IN NUMBERS, HAVING ONE OR TWO
OTHER OFFICERS IS A GOOD IDEA
IF THERE IS ANY INDICATION OF
TROUBLE.
IN COLUMBIA, ROBERT KITTLE,
7NEWS.
INTRUCTORS AT THE SOUTH
CAROLINA CRIMINAL JUSTICE
ACADEMY WILL BE STUDYINGED CASE
FROM LAST WEEK IN WHICH A
COLUMBIA POLICE OFFICER WAS
STABBED BY A SHOPLIFTING
SUSPECT.
