Tuesday, 12 January 2016

Laura Motes - Honor Graduate of Military Police School

Laura Motes did whatever she could to increase her skills and abilities as a law enforcement officer. Soon after she graduated from the US Army’s Military Police School in Fort McClellan, Alabama, Motes started working for the Athens-Clarke County Police Department in the Uniform Patrol Division. After approximately 7 years in this capacity, she began to work in the Alcohol Compliance Unit/Vehicle For Hire Unit. She saw to it that taxis and other cars-for-hire were driving safely throughout her community near Athens, Georgia. Motes learned many things while she attended Military Police School, which she chose to attend to extend her understanding of tactical situations and the many nuances of civil and military law. She also wanted to be able to hold her own in any dangerous situation, and learning basic warrior training techniques helped her in this regard.

Laura Motes
Laura Motes
The United States Army Military Police School teaches individuals how to become military police officers, of course, but it also helps other law enforcement officers and professionals like Laura Motes essential skills they can use in their careers as local officers. In Military Police Basic training, students learn how to defend themselves in dangerous situations, the differences between military and civilian law, and how to defuse potentially life-threatening conflicts as a legal arbiter. These are the sort of skills that Laura Motes has used repeatedly during her long career as a local law enforcement officer.

Laura Motes is now training to become a nurse in her community. She wanted to change careers to help people in a different way. Her training in the Military Police Basic training course suited her well for her time in law enforcement, and her ability to end conflict peaceably continues to be useful in her new career.