Most of us see law enforcement officers out there on the streets, day in and day out with their guns and badges, just doing their jobs, but state law requires them to constantly update their training.

The Walton County Sheriff's Office holds training sessions every Friday, and today was firearms practice.

Walton County sheriff's officials believe continuous training builds stronger deputies. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement requires 10 hours of training a year.

Walton County far surpasses that.

Sgt. Andy Casavant, training coordinator, said, "Last year we did almost 10,000 man hours of training here. That averages out to be about 90 hours per person in the agency."

Every Friday different teams rotate throughout the sessions until the entire unit has completed the course. This session focused on concealment, deputies using objects in the area to hide from the suspect.

"It's teaching the officers three things basically. One, how to identify cover that's out on the street that will stop the rounds. Two, how to maximize the use or how to hide behind the cover. Three, and this is the more difficult one, how to shoot from it."

Something as small as a fire hydrant can actually conceal the deputies.

One by one they stepped up and went through the course while graders compared their scores to the previous exercise.

Next person up? Me. Keep in mind I've never shot a gun in my life, but that didn't stop me from hitting almost all of my targets, surprising not only me, but my fellow marksmen.

I soon found out my inexperience actually gave me a bit of an advantage.

"If they didn't have any bad habits, the training would go a lot faster and they'd hit as well as you did, but unfortunately we pick up bad habits over time and those bad habits have to be unlearned and the new habits have to be ingrained."

So, how well did I actually do?

"Number one shooter, and the reason for that, again, is you had no bad habits to break. You said you were solely focused on your sights, so intently that the target disappeared. That's perfect. That's exactly the focus we're trying to get the officers to understand.”

So do you think I should change careers any time soon?

“Well, you still have to go to the academy."

Some of the other sessions train for high speed car chases, difficult arrests, and even legal knowledge.