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SPD changes shifts
Makes training part of work week
Statesboro Police Department patch
Under the new leadership of Chief Mike Broadhead, the Statesboro Police Department is restructuring its Patrol Bureau, changing the time on a shift from 12 hours to 10 and making training part of regular working hours for all officers. After the new schedule takes effect July 1, each Tuesday will be a training day in the department. That way, all officers can get 10 hours training each month while on the clock, and the Emergency Response Team, required to train 16 hours a month under national SWAT team standards, will get 20 hours, he told City Council on Tuesday.
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