Youth Services
OUR MISSION
“Empowering students to experience lives uninterrupted by violence, substance abuse, and destructive decisions“
Youth Services Units
School Resource Unit
School Resource Officers provide law enforcement, education and law-related counseling services to elementary, middle, high and alternative schools in the county. They seek to educate students about the consequences of crime and the benefits of being a law-abiding, responsible citizen. They also seek to develop a rapport with students and parents to make them more supportive of law enforcement in general. The School Resource Unit includes several specialty programs.
School Crossing Guards / Traffic Control Officers
School Crossing Guards (SCGs) and Traffic Control Officers (TCOs) are part-time, civilian members of the Sheriff’s Office, under the supervision of the School Resource Unit. The SCGs help ensure the safe movement of pedestrians to and from schools at designated locations; TCOs assist by controlling vehicular traffic around some of the more congested school campuses. SCGs and TCOs receive classroom and field training for school crossing procedures, traffic control, first aid, and human diversity.
Youth Diversion
The goal of the Pasco Sheriff’s Office Youth Diversion Program is to support and empower parents by providing positive alternatives to the formal court process and to prevent at-risk youth from entering the juvenile delinquency court system while ensuring that effective consequences deter further criminal behavior.
Our purpose is to provide a well-rounded program for teenagers and young adults (age 14-21) to build important life skills while providing volunteer opportunities and camaraderie. While focused on law enforcement aspects as a central theme, Explorer Post 916 is a perfect opportunity for young citizens to build skills that will carry them through any path in the future. Explorer Post 916 offer three exciting branches: law enforcement, forensics and drones/unmanned aerial systems.
For more information about the Explorers please visit our website at https://pascoexplorers.pascosheriff.com.
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