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By PHILIPPA KIRBY
Rappahannock New** Special ^ ritcr
Steve Crossman, a Deputy Sheriff in Rappahannock County, has recently completed a seven-week training program at the Central Shenandoah Criminal Justice Training Centre. But Crossman did not just successfully graduate from the course; he also emerged with an award for the Champion Marksman. Said Crossman about the training: “It was seven weeks of telling us what we can do, and what we can't do...I feel it’s going to be a tremendous help in my field.”
The course centered around the study of constitutional law. The students were also instructed in collecting evidence, accident reporting, and traffic laws. Crossman says that basically, it was an attempt to cram twenty-two weeks of training into seven weeks.
The course itself was rigorous. Classes were held from eight in the morning until five in the afternoon, with an hour break for lunch. Crossman, who had not been to school for ten years, found it a challenge to accustom
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