Public Safety Cadet Corps

Overview

The Public Safety Cadet Corps is a unique opportunity to experience the rewards of a Law Enforcement or Fire Service career and test your ability and commitment to improve the quality of life for the people of San Bernardino City and surrounding communities.The Public Safety Cadet Corps represents a major initiative designed to ensure that future police officers and firefighters are both better educated and more representative of the racial and ethnic diversity of the city.

MISSION STATEMENT

The Primary mission of our Public Safety Cadet Corps is to expose young adults between the ages of 11 and 21 to the field of Law Enforcement, Fire Service, and Emergency Medical Services. The program provides a positive alternative to negative influences that they may be exposed to everyday.

The Public Safety Cadet Corps is comprised of partnerships between the Academy and local Law Enforcement and Fire Departments. These include;

San Bernardino City Fire Department
San Bernardino City Police Department
San Manuel Department of Public Safety
California State University San Bernardino Police Department
San Bernardino County Sherriffs Department
San Bernardino County Fire Department
Colton Fire Department
West Sacramento Fire Department
Barstow Police Department
Patton State Hospital Police Department

The Public Safety Academy works hard to develop character building leadership and appreciation for the community and citizenship as well as providing special training to the young people that are preparing themselves for a career in public safety. Our goal is to;

To provide training to qualified young men and women and prepare them for future careers in law enforcement or the fire service.
To assist them in becoming better citizens in their community, while developing a positive relationship between the public safety service and the youth.
Preparing the young people physically for a challenging career.
To provide a forum, in which young people can provide community service.

Live Fire Training at "Guns&Hoses" Marine Corps BAse Barstow

The Public Safety Academy helps to serve as a potential recruitment tool for any young man or woman that may want to pursue a possible career in Law Enforcement or the Fire Service

Our Public Safety Cadet Corps keeps young adults off the streets, encourages youth in the community to look to police officers and firefighters as role models, and instills in them discipline and purpose in life. As a result of the training and direction received as cadets, many young men and women choose law enforcement and the fire service as a career. Many former cadets are among the ranks of the public safety community as student workers, administrators, office workers, dispatchers, and police and fire officers. Others have chosen to enter the Armed Forces and are now serving around the world as Military Police Officers, Firefighters and members of the Intelligence Corps.

Activities

Young adults like hands-on experience, along with practical knowledge, and real life information. PSA provides training programs including:

Search and Seizure Law
Handcuffing Procedure
Criminal Law
High Risk and Low Risk Motor Vehicle Stops
Firearm Safety
DWI Enforcement
Laws of Evidence
Building Searches
Forensics
Police Patrol Dogs
Domestic Violence Laws

Fire-fighting skills
Hose lay evolutions
Ladder techniques
Salvage operations
Wildland fire fighting procedures
Proper use of fire fighting tools
Breathing apparatus
First Aid and CPR
Patient vital sign assessment
Other related subjects.
PHYSICAL AGILITY

After cadets meet the requirements, they have the opportunity to apply skills they have learned and gain valuable experience through the fire-police departments Cadet Program. During this program a cadet can work side by side with firefighters and police officers and respond to actual fires and emergencies on Paramedic engine companies, police department squad cars.

Through classroom instruction, hands-on training, and volunteer work, cadets are provided a base of knowledge and experience that will benefit them not only in public service careers, but also in all future endeavors.

The program is designed to encourage and promote; accountability, being safe, communication, teamwork, fitness and the development of leadership skills.