Reserve Deputy Sheriff's are individuals that have the time to volunteer their personal time and talents to assist the Sheriff's Office deliver its day-to-day law enforcement services. Reserve Deputies serve in all divisions of the Sheriff's Office. Some of the responsibilities these reserves perform include Patrol, Investigation, Training, Civil and Warrants, Detentions, Budget & Logistics and other Support Services Division Functions. All Reserve Deputies are required to maintain the same high level of standards of conduct required of any full time Deputy Sheriff.

CRS 16-2.5-110 Reserve Deputy Sheriff, explains the powers of a reserve peace officers in the State of Colorado and the differences between a full-time peace officer and a reserve peace officer.

Reserve Officers have to attend a State of Colorado P.O.S.T. certified reserve academy or a full time P.O.S.T. certified academy. All reserve applicants have to submit to the same pre-employment written testing, background, psychological and polygraph testing process as our full time Deputy Sheriff's.

Currently the Douglas County Sheriff's Office does not offer a Reserve Academy, therefore all applicants need to be P.O.S.T. Certified through a full time P.O.S.T. Academy or a P.O.S.T. Reserve Academy before applying.

If you are interested in applying to become a Reserve Deputy Sheriff you can click here, or the Employment tab to the left.

If you are P.O.S.T. certified and wanting to volunteer with our agency as a Reserve Deputy, please contact our Hiring Unit at (303) 660-7530 to schedule an appointment to come in and complete an application.

If you have questions about the functions of a Reserve, in the Reserve Program please contact Captain Brad Heyden at
303-660-7581.