The Guilford County Sheriff's Office offers a Sheriff's Citizen Academy to Guilford County to citizens, employers and local government.  The basic goal of the Sheriff's Citizen Academy is to improve law enforcement/community relations through community awareness of the Sheriff’s Office and the missions thereof.

The Sheriff's Citizen Academy will present a wide range of topical training subjects condensed from the standard training curriculum of deputy sheriffs.  By presenting this program, we hope to provide a broad educational experience which will acquaint attending citizens with the mission of the Sheriff's Office and the requirements of law to which officers must conform.

Through attendance and participation in the Sheriff's Citizen Academy:

• Citizens will be able to make more informed judgments about the Sheriff's Office and law enforcement activities.
• The Sheriff's Office will become more aware of the concerns of the community.
• Citizens will have opportunities to explore and debunk the traditional suspicions and misconceptions generally harbored by citizens and sheriff's governmental representatives with a goal of a better understanding of the law enforcement process in Guilford County.

The Academy is made up of eighteen (18) classes, meeting once a week, on Thursday evenings, from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM and three Saturday mornings labs.
 
The Guilford County Sheriff’s Citizen Academy would like to invite you to participate in this program.

*Application packet for the 2009 Fall Sheriff's Office Citizen's Academy