Community Programs

What is a Citizens' Academy?

The Citizens' Academy is a group of Carroll County Citizens who are interested in learning more about how their Sheriff's Office operates and the Law Enforcement challenges our county faces. Participants in each session commit to meeting for three hours one night per week, for eight weeks, to learn about each aspect of the office.

What is the purpose of the Citizens' Academy?

The purpose of the Carroll County Sheriff's Citizens' Academy is to develop positive relations between Law Enforcement and community through education. The goals are to create a growing nucleus of responsible, well-informed citizens who have the potential of influencing public opinions about police practices and services. Citizens will gain an appreciation of the problems and challenges facing law enforcement and have an opportunity to offer comments and ideas regarding solutions.

Who instructs the Academy?

Instructors are officers and personnel from the department who speak on their areas of expertise, as well as specialized guest speakers.

How are participants selected?

Participants must be residents of Carroll County, business owners in town, or otherwise have a vested interest in the County. Participants will be chosen at the discretion of the Sheriff and will represent a cross section of the community.

What subjects are covered? 

Youth Issues

Firearms Policies / Use of Force

Patrol Division

It Search & Seizure / Laws of Arrest

Department Tour

Observer Ride-along with Officers

Criminal Investigations

Gang Problems

Motor Vehicle Enforcement

Communications Division

Items of interest to participants

These are just a few of the subjects covered.

How do I apply?

Complete and send the attached application.

You will be notified if you are selected to participate in the next Academy. There is no fee. 

Contact Lt. Brian Finley at bfinley@carrollsheriffga.gov

The Rape Aggression Defense System is a program of realistic self-defense tactics and techniques for women. The R.A.D. System is a comprehensive, women-only course that begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and risk avoidance, while progressing on to the basics of hands-on defense training.

R.A.D. is not a Martial Arts program. Our courses are taught by nationally certified R.A.D. Instructors and provide each student with a workbook/reference manual. This manual outlines the entire Physical Defense Program for reference and continuous personal growth and is the key to our free lifetime return and practice policy for R.A.D. graduates.

The R.A.D. class is a two-day class from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (12 hours total). The Carroll County Sheriff's Office has taught the R.A.D. method for several years. Those who are unfamiliar with RAD, it is a self-defense class for women only. 

Due to the COVID -19 pandemic, scheduling of dates for upcoming RAD classes have been postponed. Please continue to monitor Carroll County Sheriff's Office website at www.carrollsheriff.com or our Facebook page for scheduled dates of classes. If you have any questions, please contact Kim Harmon at 770-830-5888 ext 2244 or email: kharmon@carrollsheriffGA.gov

Email us now to sign up or call 770-830-5888 ext: 2244 and ask to speak with Kim Harmon.

For more information about the RAD program please visit the RAD Systems Website http://www.rad-systems.com/.

Neighborhood Watch is one of the oldest and most effective crime prevention programs in the country, bringing citizens together with law enforcement to deter crime and make communities safer.

Sponsored by the National Sheriffs' Association (NSA), Neighborhood Watch can trace its roots back to the days of colonial settlements, when night watchmen patrolled the streets. The modern version of Neighborhood Watch was developed in response to requests from sheriffs and police chiefs who were looking for a crime prevention program that would involve citizens and address an increasing number of burglaries.

Launched in 1972, Neighborhood Watch counts on citizens to organize themselves and work with law enforcement to keep a trained eye and ear on their communities, while demonstrating their presence at all times of day and night. (The program took off quickly: in just ten years, NSA data showed that 12 percent of the population was involved in a Neighborhood Watch.) Neighborhood Watch works because it reduces opportunities for crime to occur; it doesn't rely on altering or changing the criminal's behavior or motivation.

For more information, please contact Capt. Keith Price Email: kprice@carrollsheriffga.gov or visit www.ncpc.org/Topics/Neighborhood_Watch/index.php

The Carroll County Sheriff's Office offers a class that teaches the citizens about firearm safety. These classes are offered on Saturdays. Also, in the class current Georgia State Law and safety tips about firearms will be discussed. 

If you are interested in one of the classes, then please sign up with the form that will be provided below. The classes are limited to 12 people per class for safety purposes. These classes are for the citizen's that are of the age 21 and higher. Included in the training will be classroom time, and range time. On the range you will get to shoot at least 50 rounds of ammunition to enable the firearms instructors to teach proper safety techniques.

When finished filling out the Class Form, please send the form to LT. Brian Finley, contact information below. Upon filing out the information on the forms, more information will be sent to you about class dates and times.

Contact LT. Brian Finley EXT. 2239 bfinley@CarrollSheriffGA.gov