Search and Recovery (Public Safety Dive Team Operations)

New Bedford, MA

May 17-19, 2002

The MPSDA will be running a Search and Recovery class in Public Safety Dive Team Operations. Some of the topics will include the selection, training, and equipping of dive team members, using appropriate search patterns, interviewing witnesses and family, dealing with the media, proper investigative techniques of the drowing death, the sinking dynamics of vehicles and buses, and a variety of other subjects. There will be 12 hours of classroom, 4 hours of pool work, and 8 hours of open water work. The program is open to all public safety divers as well as to their tenders. The costs of the training is $135 for divers and $100 for tenders.

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The National Academy of Police Diving has a variety of programs for the public safety diver that are conducted all over the United States. Contact them for further information.

http://www.policediver.com

DRI holds training around the country with some classes here in the northeast area. Please refer to their website for the list of their available training programs.

http://www.diverescueintl.com/training.html