Due to a limit in staffing, the Sheriff’s Office will not be offering a Citizen’s Academy in 2020. Please check back next year for information.
The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office offers a free 12‐week program for residents of Snohomish County interested in learning about their local law enforcement. Classes are held Wednesday evenings (6-9:30 p.m.) with two weekend field trips. The program includes classroom training by patrol deputies, detectives and corrections deputies for hands‐on participation:
- K-9 enforcement
- Drugs and gangs
- Crime scene technology
- Search and rescue
- Special weapons and tactics (SWAT)
- Gun range
- 911 and dispatch
- Major crime investigations
- Patrol procedures and equipment
- Jail cell extraction
- Traffic operations
- Vehicle collision investigations
- Child abuse and crimes against children
- Jail operations
A background check is required for all participants.
