Winamac’s Police Department will soon have an officer certified in firearms training once Officer Tyler Campbell completes his training.
A Monday’s Winamac Town Council meeting, Town Marshal Mike Buchanan shared that Campbell is attending a week-long firearms class. He said Campbell’s certification will assist the Winamac PD with future training.
“So the police department will have a firearms instructor,” Buchanan stated, “so hopefully in the future, that will enable us to get more hours of firearm training in per year and we won’t have to depend upon another department to do that for us.”
Marshal Buchanan added that as an instructor, Campbell would be able to provide training to other departments. Councilwoman Judy Heater asked if that would bring in any revenue for the Winamac Police Department.
Buchanan said that his experience has been that firearms training is typically offered free of charge to other departments. He said the biggest perk of having Officer Campbell certified is that they’ll no longer need to commute for training.
