Law Enforcement Explorer Classes Held For Sawyer Co. H.S. Students

The Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Police Department, Sawyer County Sheriff's Department, and the City of Hayward Police Department, have joined together to form a Law Enforcement Explorer Program in Sawyer County. The program includes high school students from all the high schools in Sawyer County.

Law Enforcement Exploring provides educational training programs for young adults on the purposes, mission, and objectives of law enforcement. The program provides career orientation experiences, leadership opportunities, and community service activities. The primary goals of the program are to help young adults choose a career path within law enforcement and to challenge them to become responsible citizens of their communities and the nation.

On October 7, 2014, the program kicked off with 10 students. The first class the students were in was defense and arrest tactics. The students then were able to practice their new tactics with instructors.

The program consists of a 10 week training academy, where students meet once a week and are taught a new subject. Subjects range from firearms training, emergency vehicle operations, high risk traffic stops to search and rescue operations and CPR training. At the end of the academy students will graduate from the training portion of the program and then be eligible to do ride a longs with the officers in the departments.

The tentative graduation ceremony is scheduled for November 25, 2014. The place and time are not set up yet. You can follow the progress of the academy on Facebook at “LCO SRO.”

We are looking forward to putting on another class in the spring of 2015. If you have any questions or would like to know more about joining the Explorer program contact School Resource Officer Sean Anderson at 715-634-8924, ext. 1248 or by email at: laccourteoreillespolice@gmail.com.