ANTELOPE VALLEY – The Palmdale and Lancaster Sheriff’s Stations are in the process of selecting 50 interested residents from the station areas to participate in the Antelope Valley’s Twenty-Ninth Community Academy.
This program will focus on the Sheriff Department’s operational procedures, as well as sessions ranging from criminal law to undercover operations. Participants will go on a ride-a-long, tour a custody facility and participate in role-playing exercises. The purpose of the Academy is to build a better understanding between the community and the Sheriff’s Department through education. The class meets for eight weeks and is absolutely free.
Classes will be held, from September 3 through October 22, on Tuesday evenings from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., at the Lancaster Sheriff Station, 501 West Lancaster Boulevard, Lancaster.
If you are interested in participating in this free class, go to the Lancaster or Palmdale Sheriff Station and obtain an application at the front counter.
If you have any questions, contact Deputy Jodi Wolfe of the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station at (661) 272-2520 or by email at jewolfe@lasd.org or Sgt. Theresa Dawson of the Lancaster Sheriff’s at (661) 948-8466 or by email at TADawson@lasd.org.
Due to the limited class room space, only the first 50 applicants will be accepted; therefore you will be notified only if you are selected. Those applicants who are eligible but are not enrolled in the academy class will be placed on a list for possible future selection.
Applications can be obtained and returned at:
Palmdale Sheriff’s Station
750 East Avenue Q
Palmdale, Ca. 93550
OR
Lancaster Sheriff’s Station
501 West Lancaster Blvd
Lancaster, Ca. 93534
ATTN: Community Relations
sikntired says
Put me in, coach.
Jim says
I’m pretty sure the taxpayer’s hard earned money can not be wasted in a better way than to put on a dog and pony show for the public, who’s confidence in law enforcement is at an all time low. I’m pretty sure the only people who will want to take these classes worship at the boot of our federally funded militarized Sheriff’s Department. I’m pretty sure our Founding Father’s would be proud of the police state we’ve allowed in order to feel secure. I’m pretty sure I would never want to spend an afternoon with an individual who is certain to have a below average IQ because the Police industry requires submission to authority, therefore people that score TOO HIGH on the entrance exam are not allowed in. I’m pretty sure those with an average to above average IQ begin to question the “blind authority” paradigm that exist in the law enforcement industry (which is funded my THE WAR ON DRUGS and is the number lobbying group against the legalization of marijuana). Let FREEDOM RING! PEACE!
Uncle Tom says
I’m pretty sure you won’t be going. It’s pretty obvious your mind is made up with regards to law enforcement in general.
loretta carter says
and as for your comment, law enforcement have made their own bed now they gotta lie in it they are as corrupt as the criminals they arrest if not more so
Uncle Tom says
Lumping all law enforcement together in such a way is comparable to picking any group of people with similar characteristics and judging the entire group on the actions of a few.
I’ve heard of a few females who cheat on men, so they all must be cheaters. I’ve heard of a few blacks who smoke pot, so they all must. I’ve heard of a few Central Americans who came here illegally, so they all must be illegal immigrants. I’ve heard of a few Caucasians who steal money from old ladies, so they all must. I’ve heard of a few Asians who had grow operations in a residence, so they must all do it!
So based on your own words, there is not a single innocent person on the planet. Care to try again?
Jim says
Law enforcement should be held to a higher standard. The argument you made is called a straw man argument. It is a logical fallacy. Look it up, your IQ might go up a point or two.
Jim says
I have a friend that is a sheriff’s deputy, so I know they aren’t all bad. But he confirms that the generalizations I spoke of above are in fact true for the most part. Obviously context has a role, but it is pretty obvious that our police forces have been DEMORALIZED by their federal masters and a culture with corrupted ideals
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loretta carter says
Couldn’t have said it better myself
Hunter says
@Jim – “I’m pretty sure the only people who will want to take these classes worship at the boot of our federally funded militarized Sheriff’s Department” – I mean, that has to the most idiotic statement I’ve heard today. Just today, though – I’m sure you’ll top it in the next few hours, with a seemingly “scathing” response to what I’ve said, and you’ll sit there thinking you’ve got one over on all of us, but in fact you’ll add further confirmation as to why people like YOU are destroying our country, rather than making it better.
Did it ever register, in that small hamster wheel you call a brain, that the Sheriff’s Department puts on these classes so that the public can LEARN about how the Department FUNCTIONS, so that the public can UNDERSTAND the procedures that the Department has to abide by? You wouldn’t dream of telling a cardiac surgeon how to make that small incision next to the left subclavian artery, you would’t dream of telling an structural engineer how to calculate the slope on a building blueprint…and yet you feel perfectly qualified to tell a police officer how to do their job. Clearly you didn’t need to go to the Academy – your supreme intellect and physical prowess proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that you are WAY more qualified than your deputy buddy, who KNOWINGLY FACES BEING KILLED EVERY TIME HE GOES OUT INTO THE FIELD TO PATROL OR GOES INTO A JAIL FACILITY TO BABYSIT THE DRUG DEALERS YOU SO DEARLY WANT TO SEE BE FREED.
I would rather give my taxpayer dollar to a program like the Community Academy A MILLION TIMES OVER, than to waste a single dollar on a Section 8 recipient who deals marijuana out of their home.
If you agree with the former, there is a chance I may still call you a fellow constituent of this country. If you agree with the latter, you are not an American, sir, you are a man who simply wants to see the world burn.
@ Loretta Carter – learn to form your own intelligent argument. I will respect you more for it, but after seeing the direction your comments are going, I’m thinking that may be long in coming.
Jim says
Hunter -“I’m pretty sure the only people who will want to take these classes worship at the boot of our federally funded militarized Sheriff’s Department” – I mean, that has to the most idiotic statement I’ve heard today.” What you did there is an ad hominem attack. Also called a Red Herring. Don’t address the point just insult the person. Real clever! I won’t even bother to address the rest of your comments, most of which fit into the category of logical fallacies and spin techniques. Good luck Hunter! I wish the best for you!
Uncle Tom says
I’ve met people like you before Jim.
Since every sentence in your original post started with “I’m pretty sure…” it stands to reason that everything written is simply your opinion or point of view. As such is can be taken with a grain of salt.
But lets continue shall we?
“I’m pretty sure the taxpayer’s hard earned money can not be wasted in a better way than to put on a dog and pony show for the public,” – Fallacy, either red herring since you call this a dog and pony show, or just informal, since you don’t base your accusation with anything of merit.
“who’s confidence in law enforcement is at an all time low. ” – Possible truth, which really depending on geographic location, and total number of public contacted so as to reduce statistical deviation to an acceptably low %.
“I’m pretty sure the only people who will want to take these classes worship at the boot of our federally funded militarized Sheriff’s Department.” – Fallacy – attempts to consider any member of the public who wishes to attend as lacking the desire outside of worship of federally funded militarized SD(yawn) and does does not support this with any factual evidence.
“I’m pretty sure our Founding Father’s would be proud of the police state we’ve allowed in order to feel secure.” – Fallacy – claims police state without factual evidence, claims knowledge of founding fathers thoughts with no possible way to actual back up this claim.
“I’m pretty sure I would never want to spend an afternoon with an individual who is certain to have a below average IQ because the Police industry requires submission to authority, therefore people that score TOO HIGH on the entrance exam are not allowed in.” – Fallacy – You state the opinion that you would not want to spend time with below average IQ people, and claim that the people are certain to have such a low IQ because of the everything else you state after that in your sentence. Yet you again fail to back up your claims with any factual evidence.
“I’m pretty sure those with an average to above average IQ begin to question the “blind authority” paradigm that exist in the law enforcement industry (which is funded my THE WAR ON DRUGS and is the number lobbying group against the legalization of marijuana). ” – Fallacy – claim a blind authority paradigm without factual evidence. Claims the industry is funded by the war on drugs, but previously claimed that it was funded by the federal government. Claims its the #? lobbying group against the legalization of Mary Jane, without factual evidence to back it up.
In all, the entire post was a straw man. Purely an attempt to toss ideas out that some people might be able to say “Yes that’s TRUE!” and try to influence them into not attending an information gathering that is available to the public to help educate (WHAT A CONCEPT!! Knowledge!!) them on just what goes on inside the LASD, who these people are that protect us on a daily basis.
Even somebody of an obviously low intelligence such as myself can see right through pretty much your entire post as it stands. Instead of just replying to others with thinly veiled round about attempts of calling them stupid, why not come back with some actual evidence?
The LASD is obviously trying to educate the public. If you truly believe what you say, and want to do something about it, how about educate us right here. Post up some actual info. Raise our IQ a few points.
lulu belle says
NO, perhaps if more people were aware of proper procedures then there won’t be another Zimmerman. Some of the public (I said some) detest the police and feel they are all corrupt. Go walk in their shoes and see if you feel differently, or not.
Concered says
They trying to develop us some George Zimmerman’s?
!NOWYDOBON says
You should change your name from Concerned to Sarcastic. I can only imagine what kind of citizen you are to make such a statement regarding this opportunity.