Upcoming Training

Basic Chaplain Training

Clinical Pastoral Education

SCPSCA offers annually the Chaplain Training courses for both Federation of Fire Chaplains and the International Conference of Police Chaplains. When classes are offered, dates and times will be posted on this website.

Clinical Pastoral Education

SCLEAP is hosting an extended unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (Focus is Public Safety Chaplaincy). Class meetings will be on Tuesdays, 1-6pm between late Fall 2025 and Spring 2026.

Send your application to Johnny Bush johnnycbush@gmail.com and copy Eric Skidmore eskidmore@sled.sc.gov

Application

Recorded Training Videos

Community Response to an Active Killer

Presented by Major T.J. Geary, Operations Bureau Commander at the University of South Carolina Division of Law Enforcement and Safety, at the SCPSCA Annual Meeting December 5, 2025

Police Chaplain Ride-alongs and Office Visits

Presented by Chaplain Tom Patterson, Rockhill Police Department Chaplain during the monthly Third Thursday chaplain zoom call on November, 20, 2025

Tips for Self Care: Talk, Listen and Disconnect

Presented by Chaplain Andrew Putnam, Rockhill Police Department Chaplain during the monthly Third Thursday chaplain zoom call on September, 18, 2025

Finding Balance

Presented by Chaplain Jay Ortiz, North Myrtle Beach Public Safety during the Upstate Region monthly meeting September 17, 2025