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Volunteer Programs
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Auxiliary Patrol
The Douglas County Sheriff's Auxiliary/Crime Prevention Unit is a volunteer, non-commissioned unit that serves in a support capacity, providing extra patrols in communities and residence checks while homeowners are away. While performing a residence check, the Auxiliary will check the exterior of the home for open windows, doors, or any other signs of activity.
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Citizen Corps
The mission of Citizen Corps is to harness the power of every individual through education, training, and volunteer service to make communities safer, stronger, and better prepared to respond to the threats of terrorism, crime, public health issues, and disasters of all kinds.
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Community Emergency Response Team (C.E.R.T.)
The Community Emergency Response Team (C.E.R.T.) program helps train people to be better prepared to respond to emergency situations in their communities. When emergencies happen, C.E.R.T. members can give critical support to first responders, provide immediate assistance to victims, and organize spontaneous volunteers at a disaster site.
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Neighborhood Watch Program
Around the country, neighbors for three decades have banded together to create Neighborhood Watch programs. They understand that the active participation of neighborhood residents is a critical element in community safety - not through vigilantism, but simply through a willingness to look out for suspicious activity in their neighborhood, and report that activity to law enforcement and to each other.
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Search & Rescue
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office relies on trained volunteers to assist in Search and Rescue (SAR) operations and the program continues to grow.