Our founder Tim Andro was selected as ERDI’s 2023 Ambassador https://www.tdisdi.com/erdi-news/2023-erdi-ambassadors/ and says, ” All of us at NePSD really appreciate the opportunity to be ambassadors for 2023 and look forward to helping our PSD family”. All of us at NePSD are dedicated to providing our students with the best opportunities of training and ERDI …
When a decision has to be made, make it. There is no totally right time for anything. George S. Patton Jr. I admire your determination. Today’s world is packed full of things that demand your attention… some of which you choose to listen to, and others you have to listen to. Since you’re here, I …
Divers and Evidence Part 5: Standing at the Crossroads Read More »
Question: “Do you treat every dive like its evidence? What happens if you don’t? Doesn’t that ruin the investigation?”
The most shocking “not guilty” verdict ever rendered… and the poignant lessons for public safety divers.
Time to dispel a few myths that have been setting divers up for failure without them even knowing it.
This is Part 1 of our Divers and Evidence series where we rip the Band-Aid off and took a good look at the lies we tell ourselves.
This series will reframe your understanding of evidence dives and give you a different perspective on the execution, collection, and processing of criminal evidence underwater.
In line with ERDI standards, and our own safety standards, we continually reinforce the concept that divers in any NePSD Ice Diver Class will never enter the water without a locking carabiner tether in the locked position. Safety divers wait on the surface, tether attached, and divers are tethered before entering the water. This importance cannot be …
A PSD specific drysuit, like the ones that NePSD staff members use on a regular basis during all our operations, can run a team as high as $3,200 each when properly equipped with kevlar reinforced wear points, inner dams, and reinforced thigh pockets for necessary gear. Is the $3,200 drysuit really worth nearly three of …
The public safety dive environment is about as far in the other direction as one can get. Here in the northeast U.S. (home of NePSD), our primary public safety dive environment is cold year round, pitch black and full of entanglements and overhead hazards. Many of our local rivers are choked with trash, broken glass, fish …
A Recreational Dive Certification is not Enough for Public Safety Diving Read More »
