Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond makes a trip to Moldova as a part of a Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers exchange trip. Hammond went along with eight other American law enforcement officers.
Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond makes a trip to Moldova as a part of a Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers exchange trip. Hammond went along with eight other American law enforcement officers.
Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond makes a trip to Moldova as a part of a Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers exchange trip. Hammond went along with eight other American law enforcement officers.
Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond makes a trip to Moldova as a part of a Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers exchange trip. Hammond went along with eight other American law enforcement officers.In an effort to learn more about policing abroad and to share their faith, local law enforcement officers recently traveled to a former Soviet country in hopes of connecting with counterparts there.
Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond, who helped organize the trip in July, went to Moldova with Chattanooga Police Department Field Training Officer Dan Jones, along with a few other officers from around the country.
Officers raised their own money — about $3,000 — to travel for an exchange program specialized for Christian law officers.
“It’s a good experience which helps me learn how policing is done in other parts of the world, which makes me a better sheriff,” said Hammond, who has experience in training law officers overseas. “All the guys that have ever gone with me, they say they learn as much as they hopefully impart to foreign police.”
Before becoming sheriff, Hammond worked as an international police training officer for the federal government in such countries as Iraq, Jordan, Haiti and others.