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2026 WCSO Community Academy

Registration for the 2026 WCSO Community Academy is now open! Join us for an eight-class series on Thursday evenings from February 12 to April 2, 6pm-9pm, featuring interactive demonstrations, specialized tours, and an in-depth look at our operations.
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Registration for our 2026 WCSO Community Academy is now open!

Do you have an interest in true crime? Have you ever wanted to try fingerprinting something? Are you curious to see what the inside of a jail looks like? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then join us for our next Community Academy!

This eight-week class series, held on Thursday evenings from February 12 to April 2 from 6 pm-9 pm, offers you the opportunity to experience interactive demonstrations, specialized tours of secure areas such as the jail, training facility, and dispatch center, and provides various learning opportunities to gain a deeper understanding of the inner workings of your Sheriff’s Office.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Adults, 18 and older
  • Willingness and ability to pass a thorough background check
  • No history of felony or violent misdemeanor arrest
  • Must not have been lodged in any jail in the past 10 years, and never in the Washington County Jail

Submit your registration before February 2nd.

Register here

Questions? Call 503-846-5578 or email [email protected].​​​​​​

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