Snellville police officers recently took part in a decision-based public safety driver training presented by Local Government Risk Management Services, a service organization of the Association County Commissioners of Georgia and the Georgia Municipal Association.
The driving simulator allows a police officer to be placed into more than 80 available scenarios from everyday driving to emergency response situations without actually being out on the road. Drivers first attend classroom training that covers applicable Georgia requirements on regular, as well as emergency response driving, vehicle handling characteristics, physical driving conditions and driving techniques to use during emergency response situations.
ACCG and GMA’s risk management workers’ compensation and property/liability self-insurance funds are financially supporting this program because of the unique and high risk driving situations that local government employees, specifically public safety personnel may be involved with on a daily basis.
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