- Sgt. Brian Copley a 22-year Veteran of the Erie County Sheriffs’ Office is a Nationally Certified Bomb Technician with over 3500 hours of training.
- Certified as of February 2004- Hazardous Device Technician
- Assigned to the Erie City Bomb Squad/ Erie Metro Bomb Squad Jully 2001-Present.
- Training: Redstone Arsenal Huntsville, Alabama
- US Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation
- US Army Ordinance Munitions and Electronics Maintenance School
- Deputy Copley responds to calls for suspicous packages and explosive type related incidents in the City of Erie, County of Erie and other neihboring counties.