Chris Partridge, a patrol deputy with Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office, takes cover behind a tree while pursuing a suspect with Tyler LeDuc, a patrol deputy with Pickens County Sheriff’s Office, during a training exercise Sept. 27, at the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy in Columbia. The South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy hosted a week-long Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Weapons and Tactics summit to train law enforcement officers in firearms, close quarters combat, tactical medical care, patrolling tactics and familiarize officers with improvised explosive devices. Senior Airman Jackson Manske/USAF
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