Buckeye Hills Career Center (BHCC) Public Safety Training Academy announced that six corrections officers from area agencies recently completed the Ohio Corrections Officer Basic Training Academy. The course was certified by the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission and included 148 hours of training on seven subject areas required for state certification to be employed as a Corrections Officer in an Ohio local jail facility.

Topics covered included administration, legal issues, jail security, human relations, medical overview, subject control techniques, and first aid. The local agencies saved critical funding dollars by participating in this regional training at Buckeye Hills Career Center compared to sending officers to other areas of Ohio for the training. The course is required under Ohio Revised Code for jail staff that have been recently employed in a local correctional facility in the state of Ohio.

The officers participating in the training represented correctional facilities from Ross County Sheriff’s Office and Gallia County Sheriff’s Office. After successfully completing the academy, the officers are now eligible to take the state certification examination.

For additional information about upcoming Corrections Officer Basic Training Academies, please contact BHCC Commander Joe Browning at Browningj@buckeyehills.net or call 740-245-5334 ext 334.

Pictured left to right: Joe Browning, OPOTC Commander for BHCC; Amanda Snyder, Ross County Sheriff’s Office; Hayden Coe, Ross County Sheriff’s Office; Hunter Bennett, Ross County Sheriff’s Office; Paige Wilson, Ross County Sheriff’s Office; Brandon Birchfield, Gallia County Sheriff’s Office; Nathan Adams, Ross County Sheriff’s Office; and Darrell Keller, BHCC Instructor