Training Division

The responsibility of the Training Division is to prepare basic recruits to attend the SC Criminal Justice Academy in Columbia, SC and to provide required training and advanced training to all of certified officers throughout the year.

The Training Officer for the Simpsonville Police Department is Sergeant Mike Thomas.

He has been a certified Police Officer in SC since 1998 and was certified as a Police Instructor in 2003. There are also other Officers that hold Police Instructor certifications within the department, they are Chief Charles Reece, Assistant Chief Colleen O'Neil, Sgt. Ernie Byrd and Cpl Michael Baker and Inv. James Donnelly.

These Instructors are able to provide all required training courses and many advanced courses for the Officers. However, we sometimes send Officers to advanced training provided by the SC Criminal Justice Academy, other Law Enforcement Agencies, local Technical Colleges and sometimes Private Vendors. It is the goal of this Department and of the Training Division to provide skillful and knowledgeable Officers that are prepared to serve you.