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MacWelch

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charged in a burglary ring case he helped solve.

His law enforcement training is extensive. He has taken basic and advanced classes in kenesic interviewing (the art of observing involuntary body movement and certain language structure to determine disposition) and attended specialty schools in blood spatter analysis (probably the most interesting, he says), death scene investigation, evidence collection; homicide; and a class in at the national serial crime and homicide school in Orlando. Most classes', said Major MacWelch, last 40 to 80 hours.

Major MacWelch is a firm believer, as is Sheriff Settle, in training for all employees of the Sheriffs Office. Sheriff Settle said that between the two of them they can bring mu£h more training to the Sheriffs Office. “We want all of our people capable of handling any situation that comes, down the line. We want to be more pro-active than re-active,” Major MacWelch said.

Major MacWelch brings a wealth of knowledge from having worked in a larger area than Rappahannock. He has already arranged to have four classes given here. They will be taught every other month by specialists in their field that Major MacWelch has worked with in the past. All of the instructors are volunteering their time to teach the classes.

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