High school students participating in ICSO cadet program

GRANGEVILLE - Fifteen area high school students are participating in the 2017-18 Idaho County Sheriff's Office Cadet Program.

Each year, students from Grangeville, Cottonwood, Riggins, Kooskia and Kamiah high schools are invited to participate in the program. The cadets learn various facets of law enforcement including firearms training, evidence collection and fingerprinting. They also role-play deputies in arrest scenarios, ride along with deputies, as well as learn dispatch and jailer duties.

"It is such a pleasure to work with these teenagers and help them understand that law enforcement is more than just arresting people. It is also about helping people," said Lieutenant Doug Ulmer, who originated the program in 2012.

Shown from left are: back, Riley Doering, KHS; Carlos Pined, KHS; Ben Dunning, KHS; Hunter Chafee, PHS; Sheriff Doug Giddings; Jame Stubbers, PHS; Dawson Gorges, CVHS; Joey Carter, CVHS; front, Deputy Lynzie Sendra; Marie Hauger, GHS; Kyra Arnzen, GHS; Kelsey Pilant, GHS; Luke Schwartz, PHS; Sean Nelson, CVHS; Arden Reuben, CVHS; Steven Jensen, CVHS; kneeling, Deputy Chief Jailer Cliff Jones; Undersheriff Jim Gorges. Not pictured is Caitlin Musick, GHS. KHS-Kamiah High School, PHS--Prairie High School, GHS--Grangeville High School, CVHS--Clearwater Valley High School. (Photo courtesy of Idaho County Sheriff's Office)