RESPONDING AND WHY TECH EXPERTS
ARE SAYING THE ATTACK WAS SO
SOPHISTICATED.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US
THIS HALF HOUR.
LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENTS
ACROSS THE STATE MAY HAVE TO
WAIT A LITTLE LONGER TO GET
RECRUITED TO THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE ACADEMY.
THE ACADEMY IS AND MAKE
CHANGES AS A RESULT OF COVID-19
AND ARE GEORGIAREE GODFREY HAS
A LOCKDOWN OF THE CHANGES IN
HOW THE CHANGES ARE IMPACTING
THE WAY TRAINING IS DONE.
IN MARCH WHEN GOVERNOR
McMASTER CLOSED EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS, THAT DID NOT JUST
MEAN K-12 SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
AND UNIVERSITIES.
IT ALSO MEANT TRAINING
ACADEMIES LIKE THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE ACADEMY.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA CRIMINAL
JUSTICE ACADEMY TRAINS MORE
THAN 1200 LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS EACH YEAR.BUT IN
MARCH COVID-19 CHANGE THAT.
WE HAVE FOUR CLASSES IN
DIFFERENT PHASES OF THEIR TIME
HERE SO WE SENT ALL OF THEM
HOME.
THE ACADEMY CLOSED FOR SEVEN
WEEKS ELAINE CLASSES ALREADY IN
PROGRESS IN PUSHING BACK THE
START DATE FOR OTHERS.
THE ACADEMY HAS STARTED
ACCEPTING NEW RECRUITS AGAIN
BUT MANY CHANGES HAVE BEEN
MADE.
YOU AVE A ROOM AND THEN A
BATHROOM AND THEN A SUITE MATE
AND THAT PERSON IS YOUR
DEFENSIVE PARTNER SENIOR
PARTNER WITH THEM THROUGHOUT
YOUR STAY.
NOT ONLY ARE THEY YOUR SUITE
SHARING A BATHROOM BUT THAT IS
THE PERSON YOU WILL DO
DEFENSIVE TACTICS THAT YOU WILL
HANDCUFF.
MANY LAW ENFORCEMENT
DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE STATE
PUT A FREEZE ON HIRING BECAUSE
OF COVID-19.
BUT THE SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY
PATROL HAS INSTEAD CHANGED ITS
HIRING AND TRAINING PROCESS.
WE ARE STILL GOING TO KEEP
HIRING BUT WE ARE GOING TO HIRE
IN INCREMENTS AND THEN TRAIN
THOSE PEOPLE IN INCREMENTS AND
PRIOR TO THE ACADEMY WE WILL
LET THEM ASSIST OFFICERS IN THE
FIELD AFTER THE QUALIFIED.
NEW TRAINING PROCESS PUT IN
PLACE LAST YEAR THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE ACADEMY IN HIRING
FREEZES HAVE HELPED THE ACADEMY
AVOID A SIGNIFICANT BACKLOG.
THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE PANDEMIC
HAS CAUSED THE ACADEMY TO
ACCEPT FEWER RECRUITS AT A TIME
AND FOR DEPARTMENTS TO DO MORE
IN-HOUSE TRAINING.
WE CONTINUE THE ONLINE
PORTION OF WHAT WE DID WAS THE
PRACTICAL PORTION WHERE THEY
WOULD USUALLY COME TO US.
WE WENT INTO THE FIELD AND
RIGIDLY WENT AND DID FIREARMS
AND DEFENSIVE TACTICS IN THE
FIELD IN SMALL GROUPS.
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACADEMY
RESTARTED ITS TRAINING CLASSES
LAST WEEK.
IN COLUMBIA, GEORGIAREE
GODFREY, 7 NEWS.
THREE TRAINING CLASSES
CANCEL TEMPORARILY DURING THE
SEVEN WEEK CLOSURE WHICH IS
IMPACTED ABOUT 120 RECRUITS.
BEFORE THE NEW CLASSES STARTED
LAST WEEK, CLASSES ALREADY IN
SESSION WHEN THE GOVERNOR
CLOSED SCHOOLS WERE BROUGHT
BACK AT ONE TIME STARTING AT
THE BEGINNING OF MAY.
MORE PEOPLE ARE FILING FOR
FIRST-TIME UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
ANOTHER 19,000 APPLY FOR
