LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Police Department is seeking community members interested in becoming a police volunteer.

The Lakeport Police Department maintains an active professional police volunteer program. In an effort to further build the program, they are actively seeking new volunteers and plan to hold a volunteer training academy in the very near future.

Volunteer support assignments are available in both the administrative and operations divisions of the department.

Assignments in those divisions include investigations, parking enforcement, patrol, evidence, records, support services and animal control.

Lakeport Police's volunteer program complies with the best police practices for law enforcement volunteer programs and follows guidelines of the International Association of Chiefs of Police Volunteers in Police Service program.

All potential volunteers are required to complete an application, interview and full law enforcement background investigation process prior to being placed as a department volunteer.

Community members who want to be a part of their police department are encouraged to contact Lakeport Police's volunteer coordinators, officers Destry Henderson or Jarvis Leishman, at 707-263-5491, or by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., for more information.

Interested persons also are encouraged to stop by the police station, located at 916 N. Forbes St., and talk to any of the department's staff or volunteers in order to learn more about the program.

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