Sheriff’s Office will offer another free Junior Deputy Academy two days a week from June 7 to July 13 for parish boys and girls ages 10-13; Call 278-7628 to register

Posted: April 25th, 2016 | Filed under: SBSO News
Junior Deputy: Participants in last year's Junior Deputy Academy examine the Sheriff's Office bomb robot used for checking out suspicious items. Registration is being held now for this year's academy, which starts June 7.

Junior Deputy: Participants in last year’s Junior Deputy Academy examine the Sheriff’s Office bomb robot used for checking out suspicious items. Registration is being held now for this year’s academy, which starts June 7.
Children in last year's academy look over department weapons and other items.

Children in last year’s academy look over department weapons and other items.

Continuing a successful start from last summer, another free Junior Deputy Academy for boys and girls in St. Bernard Parish ages 10-13 will be held two days a week from June 7 to July 13 by the Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.
“Our Junior Deputy Academy program got off to a great start last summer,’’ Sheriff Pohlmann said. “We think boys and girls had fun and got a chance to learn something about law enforcement and see equipment our officers use.’’

The sheriff also said the Junior Deputy Academy is designed “to help develop pride and self-respect for these young people as well as respect for their community and its values.”

“We invite parents to register for our second year,’’ the sheriff said. To register call Capt. Charles Borchers at (504) 278-7628 or Dep. Eric Eilers at 278-7799.

Classes will be held at the Sheriff’s Office Training Center, on the second floor of a building at 2118 Jackson Blvd. in Chalmette, immediately behind the Parish Courthouse. The Assessor’s office is in the same building.

Classes will be from 1-3 p.m. on June 7 and 9, June 14 and 16, June 21 and 23, June 28 and 30, and July 12 and 13.  Graduation is July 20.

Deputies from various divisions of the Sheriff’s Office will visit with participants and introduce them to different functions that impact the parish.

Included in the academy will be field trips to the Parish Prison and firearms safety taught at a shooting range.

Participants will also learn basic first aid and CPR and hear from officers about the Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division, Narcotics Division, Crime Scene Investigation and will be shown the department’s state-of-the-art equipment.

The academy is patterned after the Sheriff’s Office Citizens Police Academy for adults.