By Spc. Nicole Richardson, 444th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Municipal police officers helped their brothers and sisters in military law enforcement hone their life-saving skills during a day of training at the Middletown Fire Department Training Academy on Jan. 11.
The training with the Middletown police officers and soldiers from the New Jersey Army National Guard’s 328th Military Police Company was developed to foster relationships between civilian and military first responders.
During a state of emergency, the National Guard works in support of civil authorities and often alongside law enforcement officers.
The civilian and military ties already exist in Middletown.
Two of the military police soldiers, Staff Sgt. Ian May, 328th Military Police Company, and Staff Sgt. David Crenshaw, 2nd Modular Training Battalion, 254th Regiment (Combat Arms), also work as Middletown police officers and helped set up the training.
Crenshaw said the training reinforced basic and advanced first aid and CPR.
Certified as a CPR and first aid instructor, Crenshaw also trains other law enforcement officers. They’re skills he put to use in combat during a tour in Iraq, when he helped save the life of a fellow soldier.
May said that in addition to the training, another key mission was accomplished: “Everybody learns what the National Guard and what the local municipalities do … In the event of a natural disaster we have to work together…without that partnership it would never come to fruition.”
During Superstorm Sandy, the Middletown Township police training officer, Sgt. 1st Class William Colangelo, saw the benefits of having he National Guard ready to assist local law enforcement. The training at the township's facilities was a way to further develop the relationship.
| Date Taken: | 01.11.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 01.16.2014 15:51 |
| Story ID: | 119269 |
| Location: | MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP, NJ, US |
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