Members of the Brookfield Police Department emergency dive team conducted their monthly training exercise at the Candlewood Shores Beach Friday.  The dive team focused on conducting a roped, systematic search, of the swim area located in the Candlewood Shores.

Without using their wireless communication system, divers were tasked with completing a search of this area and communicating their pattern using only rope signals. 

The dive team will respond to emergencies on Candlewood Lake, Lake Lillinonah, and any other body of water, in Brookfield or beyond.  They train each month at a different location, and with different objectives.  They can locate submerged items by using side imaging sonar technology, or with an underwater metal detector. 

In past years, the police dive team has responded to boating and swimming accidents, and acted as a water rescue and/or recovery team.