CITIZEN OBSERVER PROGRAM (C.O.P.)

Are you interested in volunteering your time to help control crime and keep Volusia County a safe place to live, work, and play?  If you are, the Citizen Observer Program (C.O.P.) is interested in you.

The mobile C.O.P. patrols keep a sharp eye for any suspicious activity and notify lawmen through radios in their vehicles that are used to contact a base station operator.  C.O.P. volunteers assist in traffic control at special community events and during emergency situations perform house watches.  They also fingerprint children throughout the county.

The Volusia County Sheriff's Office is recruiting new volunteers who want to take an active role in working to help stop crime in our community.  Anyone wishing to become a C.O.P. volunteer must apply for membership and undergo a complete background check, including a drug screen, photograph and fingerprint check.  Upon satisfactory completion of the entry process, each candidate must complete 40 hours of training conducted by instructors with the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.

Want to join?  For more information or to request an application for membership, contact:

Tim Lamprey
C.O.P. Coordinator
(386) 736-5961 - ext. 6542
tlamprey@vcso.us