Cannelton Police Department

If you were to ask, most Officers would tell you they enjoy firearms training.  We train a great deal with firearms for a number of reasons.  It betters the community to have well trained officers, in case a situation they encounter that requires the use of this important tool.  It betters the officers, so that they can go home every night to their families.  2007 has been a record breaking year for the number of slain police officers nation wide.  In Indiana alone we have lost 4 officers this year, for a total of 358 officers in this state, since records have been kept.  Needless to say, this is a dangerous career, but our officers know this and train constantly to face this danger, so you don't have too.  It is a fact of the job that we understand and hope never happens, but if it does, we feel what better way to go than protecting and serving our community!  Below are photos from our tactical firearms training for your enjoyment.

Officer Varner above engaging a target.

Officers Jackson (left) and Kleeman side by side in action.

Officers Varner, Jackson and Kleeman (out of view) were completing a time trial, while the Dickenson brothers watch.

Officer Varner (right) is completing his quarterly qualification for marksmanship.  Left, Sgt. Dickenson, a newly certified firearms instructor, watches his performance. 

More pictures to come.

On Aug. 31, 2007 our department was trained in the proper usage of in car radar devices.  Below are some pictures from that training.  More information can be found under the NEWS catagory on this website.

Group photo conducting stationary tests in front of C. P. D.

Above, Deputy Marsh is using a Laser radar device.  Deputies Myers and Fuchs are looking.  This training session was open to all law enforcement officers in Perry County.

Officer Jackson explains how this radar class will help him to be better at catching dogs and cats.   

March 2007:   POLICE, PEPPER, PAIN AND TEARS.

Pictured below are officers who participated in the "Pepper Spray" training.  This training is required for our officers and instructs them on how to administer pepper spray to combative suspects. 

(Pictured below is Officer Varner as he is receiving his "dose" of the chemical agent.  A requirement of the training is to be introduced to the spray in a controlled setting.  This enables the officer to understand the effects of the product.) 

 (Officer Jackson, above, is in the recovery process.  Not pictured, is Keith Huck, an EMT with the PCEMS using a decon spray to help flush out the pepper spray.) 

(ATTENTION POTENTIAL COMBATIVE SUSPECTS:  THIS HURTS!)

PRICELESS!!  (Varner would sit in the gas chambers for fun in his early years.  The military loved him!)

(Look closely at Officer Varner's face.  The orange area near his eyes is the ultraviolet dye that is added to pepper spray to identify potential fleeing suspects.)

Has anyone seen my glasses??  I really can't see!

Special thanks goes to Detective Alan Malone of the Tell City Police Department for conducting this training course.  Also, thanks to Huck and Kleeman and PCEMS for their help in the decon process, which the officers involved appreciated more than they'll know!

TASER TRAINING

"A Shocking Experience"

"One of the most powerful tools when we deal with combative suspects", as explained by an Officer recently in regards to the use of TASER products.  In 2007, Officers, under the training of Tell City Police Chief David Faulkenberg, were trained in the proper use of the TASER.  This training was for our newer Officers.  Below are photos from that training.

This is a group photo with some officers before the training began.  Pictured from left to right: K. Kellems, L. Hall, R. Smith, D. Faulkenberg, J. Dickenson (signing in).

Deputy Reid, center, is gearing up for the ride of his life.  To the left is Chief Faulkenberg giving instructions on the proper placement of the probes.  To complete this block of instruction, one must be "tased", to understand the effects that the instrument has on the body's muscle groups.  Its purpose is to interupt the body's electrical signals causing involuntary muscle contraction.

Officer Smith, left and Deputy Reid, far right hold onto Officer Jeff Varner as he prepares to complete the right of passage. 

Varner's WAR FACE---ON.  We told him it wasn't going to be THAT bad.  He calls us a bunch of liars.

Chief Faulkenberg examines the area where the probes entered into the back of an officer.  He instructed officers on how to properly remove the probes.

Officers, from all over the county, watched a slide show presentation as part of this training.

Stay tuned....more to come.

From L to R:  Officer Hall; Officer Stubbs; Sgt. Dickenson; Retired New York State Police Gregory Harlin; Officer Varner; Dubois Co. Sheriff Terry Tanner.

Jasper, Indiana---  This photo is from a 2 day training session in November 2006.  Officers learned new techniques in Interview and Interrogations.  The course was taught by the highly decorated and respected Trooper Harlin.  His experience in law enforcement is a training session in itself.  A highly dynamic speaker, Harlin is best known for his ability to obtain a confession from some of the most harden criminals.  "This is one of the best training, in a class room setting, that I have ever had the opportunity to attend.  I learned a lot," Sgt. Dickenson said.

One of the most important training an officer can get is that of safety when dealing with firearms.  The Cannelton Police Department prides itself with intensive training on all aspects of law enforcement.  The photos below are from our latest training session in regards to safety and firearms.  Take a look.

Officers Johnson and Dickenson are seen above, are acting in a scenaro in which a suspect attempts to take a weapon away from an officer.  Techniques taught better enable officers to defend themselves in a close combat situation.

Officer Hall (left) attempting to take a shotgun from Officer Dickenson, as Officer Kleeman watches.

....And the fight is on.

PRICELESS!  "NOW WHO'S IN CHARGE??!?"

Officer Safety is number 1.  This is why we consistantly train our officers in tactics that protect them and the public.

All smiles !