HOWARD, WI (WTAQ) – Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is breaking in its newest building with law enforcement from an island nation.
John Flannery is the Associate Dean for Public Safety at the college and says 20 constable police officers from the Caribbean will be training at the new building this week.
“They’re from Bermuda, Trinidad, Tobago, and Barbados. They contacted our college and asked to provide training in different subjects with police,” said Flannery.
The officers will be learning a wide array of tactics from emergency vehicle operations to defense and arrest tactics.
“But the week is chock-full of all sorts of different things; firearms, we have crime scene investigation. It’s just a gamut of different topics.”
Flannery says welcoming people from across borders is part of their international outreach with the college.
The building includes several new classrooms, a multi-purpose room, a bay where vehicles can be used in training, and an emergency vehicle operation track.
Community partners like the police and sheriff’s department will be able to use the building as well.
The college has already booked events at the facility through the end of the year.
