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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  November 12, 2013

CONTACT: Shari Ireton, Director of Communications
425-388-3377, Shari.Ireton@co.snohomish.wa.us
Media line:  425-359-9323

                                                                                                                                                      

Sheriff’s Office Recruiting Citizens for Academy

SULTAN, Wash. – The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with Sultan Police Department, is offering a free, 13-week program for residents of the Sky Valley to learn more about day-to-day operations of law enforcement.

The Sky Valley Citizens Academy will start on February 6, 2014.  Classes will be held at Sultan Middle School on Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., with one Saturday field trip. 

“The Citizens Academy is a fun and exciting program, with lots of interaction between citizens and deputies,” said Lt. Monte Beaton, who serves as.  The program will include classroom training, hands-on participation and the opportunity to ride on patrol with a deputy.  Attendees will learn about:

  • Patrol procedures and equipment
  • Traffic operations and collision investigations
  • K-9 enforcement
  • Drugs and gangs
  • Domestic violence
  • Child abuse
  • Crime scene technology
  • Major crime investigations
  • Sex offenders
  • Jail operations
  • Search and rescue
  • Special weapons and tactics (SWAT)

Space is limited.  Applications are available at the Sultan Police Department at 515 Main St., Sultan, or online at http://sheriff.snoco.org/Our_Community/CitizensAcademy.html  All class members must pass a basic criminal background check.  Deadline for applications is December 15, 2013.

For more information, call or email Ann Gifford, Director of Community Partnerships at 425-388-5264 or ann.gifford@snoco.org.

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