Hands-on training part of local corrections academy
There aren’t too many classes where pupils have the chance to literally tackle their instructor.
But this week at a corrections officer training academy offered by the Logan County Sheriff’s Office, students took turns attempting to take down Class Commander Joe Torsell, all for the practical application to their everyday jobs.
The LCSO is offering the 31⁄2-week Ohio Full Service Corrections Basic Training Academy at the Logan County Juvenile Detention Center for the second time after its inaugural year in 2015. The course is a state requirement for corrections officers within their first year of employment.
While most of the 143-hour course is spent in a classroom setting, 40 hours is dedicated to subject control and unarmed defense techniques, which takes place in the JDC’s gymnasium and offers a nice change in routine for the corrections officers.
“Subject control seems to be everybody’s favorite class, hands down,” fellow instructor and LCSO assistant jail administrator Sgt. Adam Fullerton said Wednesday. “On average, the corrections officers have been on the job for about five months before attending the academy, so most of them have not had much experience with this before.”
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Corrections officers Trae Honeycutt from the Shelby County Jail, left, and Zach Davis from the Tri County Regional Jail, right, practice take-down techniques Wednesday to subdue Class Commander Joe Torsell, dressed in the Red Man protective suit, during the Ohio Full Service Corrections Basic Training Academy hosted by the Logan County Sheriff’s Office. (EXAMINER PHOTO | MANDY LOEHR)
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