CENTRAL ILLINOIS POLICE TRAINING CENTER

Brian Fengel, Director

Phone: (309) 690-7355
Fax: (309) 690-7359
Heather Grove: hgrove@icc.edu

Diane Schrementi: ds018b@icc.edu

Robert Pyszka: rp717@icc.edu

Surface Rescue Operations for Law Enforcement

Instructor: Michael Johnson, Dale Orr and Michael Powell

February 9, 2026

 9:30am – 1:30pm

Class will meet at: Morton PD, 375 Birchwood, Morton, IL

Enrollment Deadline:  February 6, 2026

Course Size:  Maximum – 10

Course Description

The Surface Rescue Operations Class for Law Enforcement Officers is an 4-hour course that provides responders with the knowledge and skills to rescue individuals who have fallen into the water or through the ice with minimal rescue equipment available. This course consists of classroom and scenario-based skills assessment in the water.

Course Objectives:

The objectives of this course are to teach officers the basics and risk assessment techniques to safely rescue individuals in the water using: Rescue Throw Bags, PFD’s (Life Jackets), Rescue Lines, Ice Rescue Picks, Carabiners, and Immersion suits.

Students should bring any department issued water rescue equipment available, i.e., PFD, throw bags, rescue lines etc. If you do not have any equipment, we will provide everything you need for the water portion of the training.

Mobile In-Service Training Team#7 Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board

MTU 7 request for certification of this course has been approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board

Meets the following mandatory training criteria: Emergency Medical Response training and certificate 4 hours with 4 hours scenario based