St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office met with Nunez Community College leaders to discuss emergency response training

Capt. Charles Borchers, Community Relations and Crime Prevention director, right, talks with Nunez Community College Chancellor Dr. Tina Tinney prior to the start of a presentation given by the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office to teach the college’s faculty and staff members about response training for various types of emergencies they may encounter, including armed intruder situations.	Nunez Community College Professor of History Dr. Curtis Manning takes notes as St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office Chaplain Aaron Johnson discusses response training for emergencies such as armed intruder situations.
Lt. Raymond Theriot, deputy director of training for the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office, shows Nunez Community College faculty and staff members some common items that can be used for protection in an armed intruder situation.	Nunez Community College faculty and staff members watch a slide show during an armed intruder presentation given by the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office containing the message: Run to protect yourself. Lock the door to keep an intruder out. Fight to protect yourself.

The St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office met with Nunez Community College faculty and staff members Friday, March 23 to discuss response training for various types of emergencies they may encounter on campus, including armed intruder situations, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

Sheriff Office deputies spoke with Nunez leaders about ways the Sheriff’s Office can help them better prepare should they be faced with having to protect their campus and students from harm.

Capt. Charles Borchers, Community Relations and Crime Prevention director, was joined by Lt. Stephen Ingargiola, director of training; Lt. Raymond Theriot, deputy director of training; Sheriff’s Office Chaplain Aaron Johnson; and Sgt. Eric Eilers.

While everyone involved hopes these types of circumstances never have to be dealt with in St. Bernard, Sheriff Pohlmann said his department trains year-round for the possibilities.

“Of course we hope and pray these situations never arise, but in today’s environment it’s imperative that we prepare,” the Sheriff said. “Our goal is to offer some advice from a law enforcement perspective for these college leaders in the event they have a violent emergency on their campus.”

Sheriff Pohlmann said members of the Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Division, including the Special Weapons and Tactics team, or S.W.A.T. team, and the Bomb Squad, receive armed intruder training at various locations throughout the parish, including churches, schools, the movie theater and government buildings such as the parish courthouse and government complex.