The Logan County Sheriff’s Office continues to educate over 20 men and women in their reserve
officer academy as the cadets are in the middle of a six-month training course.
Undersheriff Craig McCleery overlooks some of the cadets during the firearms instruction. Photo By Chris Evans
Deputy Curtis Stewart, who has overlooked the program since 2008, says he has a group of cadets from all over northern Oklahoma. Towns like Guthrie, Carney and Fairview are represented in the academy. The group ranges from dispatchers to firefighters to citizens who just want to serve in their community.
Reserve officers work the same as volunteers, but have the same abilities as a deputy or police officer such as making arrests and writing citations. They can be called up at anytime, but mainly are used for emergency situations, special events, natural disasters or when their regular department may need extra help.
Once the course has been completed the cadets must complete a specific amount of hours with either a deputy or other officer and once the reserve officer has completed that training they are then able to patrol on their own.
Sheriff Jim Bauman, who specializes in firearms, overlooks a cadet on the gun range. Photo By Chris Evans
The 240-hour extensive course started Dec. 3 and will conclude on May 20 when the cadets take their state test. Classes are generally held at the Sheriff’s Office four hours a night, three days a week.
On May 25 a graduation ceremony will take place to honor the graduates.
Stewart said the cadets will have worked with traffic stops, felony stops, traffic accidents, defensive tactics, how to handcuff, weapons retention, firearms, building searches, domestic situations and learning and interpreting the law by the end of the course.
Stewart went on to say that each coordinator that teaches a course volunteers their time and he is very much appreciates their work that they do to allow the program to be as successful as it as grown to be.
They got to get the brainwashing done early on their potential recruits. Take it from someone who has had their door kicked in for no reason recently, GPD and Logan County Sherrif’s Department are the most corrupt organizations in Logan County. Gone is the proffesional police force. Now we have a bunch of pschycopaths with a gun and a badge. Protect yourself Logan County.