Continuing Education Training Schedule

PHTLS for First Responders (PHTLS-FR) is an 8-hour classroom course that takes the world-class trauma care content from PHTLS and delivers it in a style that is relevant to and accessible by first responders, including emergency medical responders (EMR), firefighters, rescue personnel, and law enforcement officers.

Covering life-saving interventions such as hemorrhage control and airway management, this course teaches critical trauma concepts, demonstrates skills, and walks students through potential patient scenarios. An accompanying course manual provides students with access to these important concepts long after the course is over. 

Students who successfully complete the course receive a certificate, a card good for 4 years, and 8 hours of CAPCE credit for eligible participants.

Eddie Ivy: 

Eddie has been involved in emergency response since 1988 and recently retired from his role as Clarke County’s Emergency Manager and Fire Coordinator. During his career, Eddie served in numerous roles at the local and state level, including MEMA as an Area Coordinator. During his career, he has managed the responses to and recoveries from tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, fires and transportation incidents. He has written numerous public and private sector emergency plans and has been involved in several Presidentially declared disasters, including Hurricane Katrina in 2005, serving in crucial roles and capacities. Most notably, he served as the Principle State Official during a tornado disaster that affected Northeastern Mississippi in 2002. 

Mr. Ivy holds many instructor certifications including American Heart Association BLS Instructor, Incident Command System Instructor, Volunteer Firefighter Level I and II, Extrication to include heavy rescue and ACLS/PALS to name a few.

This course is designed to teach participants to become proficient in the use of Traffic Radar/Lidar and enable them to instruct the Basic Radar/Lidar Course to members of their Department and others.  It is based on “The Basic Training Program in Radar Speed Measurement” developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.  Upon graduation you will be certified as a Doppler/Lidar Radar Instructor and can train others utilizing the NHTSA and course materials.

 Mike Miyagi with Double M Training & Consulting

Sheriff Stewart started his law enforcement career with the US Air Force in 1986 serving in the Security Police career field. Sheriff Stewart served in various positions that included training officer, training sergeant, Swat team member, leader and commander at several different Air Force bases. Sheriff Stewart was transferred in to the Paralegal career field in June of 2000 and served as the Law Office Manager for Osan AFB, Republic of Korea and Columbus AFB, MS. Sheriff Stewart has deployed several times and served during the Cold War, Gulf War, and Enduring Freedom.

In January 2001, Sheriff Stewart joined the Gulfport Police Department as a Reserve officer, then paid part time in 2003 and then went fulltime after retiring from the USAF in April 2006. Sheriff Stewart duties with Gulfport PD included Patrol, FTO, FTO Manager, Sniper, Hostage Negotiator, DUI officer and Sgt. of Training and Accreditation. 

In 2012 Sheriff Stewart took a position with SRPSI as the operations Captain culminating as Director in 2014.

In 2016 Sheriff Stewart served as the Deputy Chief of Security Forces at the Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport MS. 

he then went on to serve with the Biloxi Police department where his duties included Patrol, FTO, FTO Manager, Motor officer, Accreditation Manager, Internal Affairs, and Shift LT.

In November, 2023, Sheriff Stewart was elected Sheriff of Stone County MS where he still serves today.

He is married and has 4 children and 7 grandkids.

Sheriff Stewart is a graduate of the Non Commissioned Officer’s academy, Senior NCO academy and the MS Command College.  He also holds 3 Associate degrees, and both a Bachelor’s degree, and Master’s degree in Criminal Justice.    

Designed for Officers transitioning from a patrol assignment to an assignment in investigations.  It will demonstrate the importance of basic investigative techniques and reinforce the importance of such techniques.  It will give the student an understanding of the role the 5th Amendment plays in interviews and interrogations, providing the student the ability to navigate and obtain a court admissible statement.

The students will be able to apply sound investigative techniques in documenting a crime scene and learn to provide a voice to the physical evidence recovered during the investigation. The students will learn to apply the requirements set forth in the 4th Amendment in the recovery of evidence during the crime scene investigation.

Students will review case studies and are encouraged to interact with the instructor regarding investigative techniques.

Retired criminal investigator, George Chaix retired from a 27-year career in policing.  Serving as a criminal investigator since 1996 and later in a command position serving both the Gulfport and Biloxi Police Departments.  He also served in the Navy Reserve in the law enforcement career field serving as an instructor at the Military Police School and as an investigator serving as the Chief of Military Police Investigations for the Country of Kuwait.  He holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with a Minor in Forensic Science along with a Masters of Criminal Justice Administration. 

Mr. Chaix currently serves as an Instructor of Criminal Justice for William Carey University and is a past president of the Mississippi Division of the International Association of Identification.  He also serves on the Board of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Veterans Day Parade and an adjunct Instructor for the Southern Regional Public Safety Academy.