GREENWICH, Conn. (WTNH) – The Greenwich Police Department coordinated Regional Ice Dive Training over the last several weeks. The training included the Greenwich Police, the Milford Police Department, the Norwalk Police Department, the Bridgeport Police Department and the Stamford Fire Department.

Public safety diving is specific work done by law enforcement, fire departments and search and recovery dive teams. The dive teams must work effectively in harsh conditions frequently not suitable for recreational divers.

The Greenwich Police department says Ice Diving and Overhead Diving Operations are physically, mentally, and logistically challenging and proper education is key. The intense, 40 hour training program introduced the techniques of diving beneath the ice and the proper planning of ice operations in rescue and recovery modes.

All of the diver training was conducted at Brownstone Exploration and Discovery Park in Portland, CT.