photo by: Douglas County Sheriff's Office

A Douglas County Sheriff's Office vehicle is pictured in January 2022.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is now accepting applications for this year’s Citizen’s Academy.

The academy is designed to give participants a working knowledge of the duties and responsibilities of the Sheriff’s Office.

Over the course of seven weeks, academy attendees will receive classroom and hands-on instruction at several different locations. The academy will begin in April and continue into May. Classes will be from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursdays (dinner included). Two sessions will be all day on Saturdays, April 18 and May 2 (lunch included).

Douglas County residents 18 and older are encouraged to apply, sheriff’s spokesman George Diepenbrock said.

To apply, fill out the application at tr.ee/DGSOCitizens or on the Citizen’s Academy page at DGSO.org.

Applications will be accepted through Feb. 28. Notifications of acceptance will likely occur the week of March 9.

You can also learn more from recent graduates and Sheriff Jay Armbrister in this episode of the View from 100 podcast.