The Citizens’ Law Enforcement Academy is a free ten week course that meets from 7 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. on consecutive Mondays.

The Academy is open to all Forsyth County residents, employees, and business owners.

The Academy provides students with hands-on training and law enforcement knowledge in a friendly environment.

The course is run by the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office and closely follows the actual hands-on training deputies undergo. All instructors in this program are Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office employees. Topics include Constitutional law, conducting traffic stops, judgmental use of force, K9 and S.W.A.T. demonstrations, ride-alongs with deputies and much more.

Our goal is to build a closer bond with the citizens and business owners of Forsyth County through communication and education.
Take it from former students of the Citizens’ Law Enforcement Academy:

“Awesome—was very interesting and exciting being able to participate in such an event.” Session 07-05
“What a fantastic class! I really have gained a great deal from all classes and ride-alongs—increased respect for law enforcement.” Session 07-05
“I enjoyed all of the classes. This experience has provided me with a much greater appreciation of the Sheriff’s Office’s important role in Forsyth County.”
Session 07-06

Sign up now!
We are currently accepting applications for 2009 classes. As you can see our classes are already filling up so if you want to participate you should get your information in as quickly as possible. Currently scheduled classes are:
January 26- FULL
May 4- ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
August 17- ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

The application can be downloaded below and should be mailed to Deputy Spriggs at:
Forsyth County Sheriff's Office
Deputy C. Spriggs
201 E. Maple St.
Cumming, GA 30040

Click here to download the CLEA application.