Putnam County Sheriff's Explorer's........ What Are They?

In almost every county and town in every state there are parts of the sheriffs office's that dedicates time to helping young adults make more of their life and help them get an outlook on what it is like to work with the Sheriff's Office. If you are interested in a Law Enforcement Career you get to experience and learn what it is like to be a Law Enforcement office while you are young. This program helps young adults decide which direction they want to go in the Law Enforcement profession.

These young adults who are part of the Sheriff's Office are called Sheriff's Explorers. The Putnam County Sheriff's Office in Florida is one of the many Sheriff's Office in the state of Florida that has this program for young adults ages 14- 21 years of age. In order to become a Sheriff Explorer you must attend school and Sheriff Explorer meetings regularly, make decent grades and stay out of trouble. While in this program you get issued uniforms such as your Class B uniforms that are White uniform shirt and Green uniform pants you also get issued your badges and pins for the uniform. You wear your Class B uniforms at special events, promotions, uniform inspection and graduation from the Explorer Academy. The second Uniform you get issued is a Green Class C shirt this shirt you wear to the Explorer meeting, you also wear this to some events where you will be directing traffic. You must buy your Boots for you uniform and Black BDU style pants and a belt. While attending the Putnam County Sheriff's Explorer meetings you meet a lot of young adults that are your age that are interested in the same profession that you are interested in. While being a Sheriff Explorer with the Putnam County Sheriff's office you get to work the Communications center, the corrections center also known as the jail; you also get to ride patrol.

The Communications center is where the Dispatchers work. The Dispatchers answer calls and direct the calls to the Law Enforcement officer letting them know what type of call it is and where the call is located. While being a Sheriff's Explorer you get to experience seeing the computer screens in which the Dispatchers get their information and you also get to hear the conversations between the Dispatcher and the Deputy in which she or he is directing the call to.

Another thing you get to experience while being a Sheriff Explorer at the Putnam County Sheriff's office is working the booking desk in the Corrections Center also known as the Jail. At the booking desk you learn a few things such as How to take the mug shot's and print them out and also how to book people into the jail.

Being a Putnam County Sheriff's Office Explorer you also get to ride patrol with the Deputy Sheriff's of the Sheriff's Office. This is a really good experience because you get to see what life on the road is about. You encounter many situations and many people. The Deputy's at the Sheriff's office are very nice and will teach you the do's and don'ts of the road and show you how to deal with different situations and how to talk with people. But before you get to ride patrol you must work the Communications center, the Corrections center and also must attend the Explorer Academy.

The Explorer Academy is an Academy that last two weeks. This is an Academy that the Putnam County Sheriff's Office attends yearly in the summer. This Academy teaches you discipline and also some of the basics of the Law Enforcement profession it gives you just a taste of what being a Law Enforcement Officer is like along with what it is going to be like when you attend the real Police Academy if you are heading in that direction after high school.

Being a Putnam County Sheriff's Office Explorer you also get to help work different events such as festivals. At festivals you help with the parking and also the security of the festival you walk around ensuring that everything is okay and if it's not you contact a Deputy Sheriff. At these events you also get to interact with your community and most events you attend with the Putnam County Sheriff's Office is voluntary where you give back to the community and learn how to work as a team.As a Putnam County Sheriff's Office Explorer at times you also get to do fundraisers so that you can raise money for your Explorer post.

Being a Sheriff explorer is a very good experience for the young adults in Putnam County who plan on going into the army or any military branch along with the young adults that plan on becoming one day a Law Enforcement Officer. Many great Sheriffs, Deputy Sheriffs, chief of police and Police officers were Explorers when they were younger and it has helped them quiet a bit it was also a great experience for them. The Explorers aren't only in Putnam County they are also in other Sheriff offices through out the state of Florida and other states. The Explorers are also located at Some Police departments in the State of Florida and other states.

Some agencies also have an Explorer program for EMS and Fire Fighting.