C.L.E.A. Class XIV Graduated in May of 2007

• The academy is open to all Columbia County residents age 18 or older.
• Students meet once a week from 6:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. for ten weeks.
• The academy allows citizens to get an inside look at the operations of their Sheriff's Office, Detention Center, and 911 Center.
• The curriculum includes demonstrations by the Special Response Team (SRT), Crime Suppression Unit K-9's, and motorcycle and bicycle officers, as well as presentations by Special Operations Division deputies specializing in vice & narcotics, and traffic enforcement.
• Students receive firearms safety and marksmanship training with the .40 caliber handgun, the same weapon issued to CCSO uniformed deputies.
  
  For more information please contact Lieutenant Patricia Champion at (706) 541-3970. 

Download Citizen's Law Enforcement Academy Application