FEBRUARY 25, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE #19-0225
CONTACT SHERIFF TIM MORSE 785-364-2251
Officer involved shooting investigation course
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office hosted an Officer Involved Shooting Investigation training class in Holton last week. Agencies from across Kansas and Missouri attended the three day training that finished on Friday. The class was provided by Code 4 Consultants of Salt Lake City, Utah. The class focused on techniques used when investigating cases that involve law enforcement officers involved in critical incidents and shootings. Sheriff Morse stated, “It is unfortunate that we have to deal with situations such as these, however, it is important for agencies to be prepared for these types of crisis’s and have a plan in place on how these matters are going to be thoroughly investigated.” When an officer involved shooting takes place, the agency administrator is tasked with seeing that the matter is administratively and criminally investigated.