Law enforcers train to conduct sobriety testing

Samuel Foster Jr., left, son of Sam Foster, 81st Training Wing, watches as Senior Airman Ryan Steelman, 81st SFS, conducts a sobriety training test called a horizontal gaze nystagmus. Foster was one of 10 intoxicated volunteers who gave the law enforcers an opportunity to practice field sobriety tests. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Law enforcers train to conduct sobriety testing

From left, Staff Sgt. Jeremy Christian, 81st Training Group, does the “walk and turn” sobriety test Oct. 21 observed by Jim Cazzell, Gautier Police Department traffic officer; Capt. Jim Clark, 81st SFS commander; Phillip Carden, Long Beach Police Department patrolman; and Regina McLendon, Lucedale Police Department DUI?officer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Law enforcers train to conduct sobriety testing

Published Oct. 28, 2009
81st Security Forces Squadron

KEESLER AFB, Miss. -- 81st Security Forces Squadron

Law enforcers came to Keesler Oct. 20-22 to participate in a standardized field sobriety test course.

The course is designed to train and certify law enforcement officials in driving-under-the-influence?detection techniques and national standardized field sobriety tests.

The course, certified by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, was sponsored by the Mississippi Law Enforcement Liaison Office.

Students were from the 81st Security Forces Squadron, Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, Bay St. Louis, Picayune, Long Beach, Lucedale and Gautier.

Instructors included master instructors Tammy Moore, Petal Police Department, and Mike Hemerick, Meridian Police Department, and instructors James Burch, Bay St. Louis Police Department, and Tech. Sgt. James Boyd, 81st SFS.