Clackamas County
Sheriff’s Office
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Volunteer at Your Sheriff's Office
Looking for ways to meaningfully contribute in your spare time? Consider joining your Sheriff’s Office as a volunteer!
Please review the minimum qualifications. We do not recruit for all positions at all times.
Join the Cadet Program
Are you between 15 and 21 years old and interested in a law-enforcement career?
Our Cadet program allows young people interested in law-enforcement jobs to get a close-up look — and first-hand experience — at the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office.
Cadets learn about law enforcement by observing, assisting, and working at various community events. Their training is overseen by Sheriff's Office employees.
For many Cadets, this is the beginning of a lifelong career.
Interested in volunteering as a Cadet?
Please complete our volunteer application.
Then email your completed application to cadets@clackamas.us -- we will contact you to confirm we received it.
Questions about our Cadet program?
Please call the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office at 503-655-8218 and ask to speak with a Cadet advisor, or email us at cadets@clackamas.us.
"I really like to be a part of a team, to be of service with these incredibly talented, capable people. We all bring our own little piece to the puzzle."
Nick Rolfe
Join Search & Rescue
Clackamas County Search & Rescue (CSAR) is our team of dedicated, highly skilled volunteer and law enforcement professionals working together to locate and rescue missing or injured individuals in both urban and wilderness environments, including the Mt. Hood National Forest.
CSAR members stand ready to deploy 24 hours a day, every day of the year, in all weather conditions. All CSAR members are certified ground searchers. Many also serve on one or more specialty sub-units, including:
Incident Command
Canine SAR (Air Scent, Trailing and Human Remains Detection)
Trail Running Team (for rapid subject locating)
Technical Rope Rescue (TRR)
Mobile All-Terrain Vehicle operations (ATV)
Drone Operations
Interested in joining CSAR?
Please complete our volunteer application.
Then email the application — along with a cover letter detailing your SAR or backcountry experience — to lhamlin@clackamas.us.
Join the Sheriff's Reserve
Interested in police work, but not as a career? The trained volunteers in the Sheriff's Reserve help us protect the community.
Reserve Deputies enhance our presence at public events -- including the air shows, community festivals and the Clackamas County Fair. They also help with road and marine patrols, traffic control, public relations, school functions and much more. For more information, call 503-557-5800 ext. 1130.
Join the Sheriff's Posse
This all-volunteer Clackamas County Sheriff’s Posse has helped our office in many capacities since 1939. They're famous for their annual holiday patrols at Clackamas Town Center, keep a hand in several charitable causes, and even offer their own scholarship.
They've also teamed up with the Sheriff’s Office to respond with deputies to calls of animal neglect and abuse Members of the Posse Equine Advocate Team (PEAT) are trained to assist deputies and help equine owners by giving them information to better care for their animals.
Want to join the Posse?
Contact the posse by email.