St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office Junior Deputy Academy
Maj. Justin Meyers shows Junior Deputy Academy participants what the exercise yard looks like at St. Bernard Parish Prison during a field trip to the jail.
The St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office 2019 Junior Deputy Academy’s second week included a trip to the parish jail and a visit from the Marine Division. During the third week, participants visited with detectives from the Criminal Investigations Bureau and St. Bernard Parish Firefighters.
The program, which began June 4 and runs through July 11, is designed to teach children ages 10 to 13 about the various aspects of law enforcement.
Formed in 2015, the Junior Deputy Academy is patterned after the Sheriff’s Office Citizens Police Academy for adults.
Junior Deputy Academy participants visited St. Bernard Parish Prison and were able to go inside the facility’s chapel.Dep. Jules Martin shows Junior Deputy Academy participants where people are fingerprinted inside of the jail.Capt. Brian Clark, a retired state Wildlife and Fisheries agent who heads the Sheriff’s Office Marine Division, shows Junior Deputy Academy participants how to properly put on a life jacket.Junior Deputy Academy participants aboard a Sheriff’s Office airboat.A Junior Deputy Academy participant gets to sit in the driver’s seat of a Sheriff’s Office airboat.Junior Deputy Academy participants visited with St. Bernard Parish firefighters and were allowed to try on their equipment.A Junior Deputy Academy participant tries on a firefighter’s helmet.A Junior Deputy Academy participant tries on a firefighter’s helmet.St. Bernard Parish firefighter Adam Licciardi shows a Junior Deputy Academy participant how a thermal imaging camera works.Junior Deputy Academy participants visited with St. Bernard Parish firefighters and were allowed to try on fire suits.Sgt. Jeff Vega, with the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Bureau, teaches a Junior Deputy Academy participant about how detectives retrieve evidence at crime scenes.Detective Daniel Carreras, with the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Bureau, teaches a Junior Deputy Academy participant about how detectives retrieve evidence at crime scenes.
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