HOME ABOUT ▾ DIVISIONS ▾ INFORMATION ▾ CAREERS Sheriff'S Office - Community Service Search form Search Search Quick Links Inmate Phone Account List of Phone Numbers Inmate Commissary Warrants & Records Inmate Video Visitation Submit a Tip Jail Mail Crime Map Monthly Crime Map Careers Lobby Hours: 8:00AM to 10PM Non-Emergency: (615) 898-7777 Community Service Rutherford County Sheriff's Office Community Services Unit promotes public awareness for the Sheriff's Office. One of the programs of this unit is the Sheriff's Citizens' Academy which offers civilians an insider's view of how the Sheriff's Office works. The Community Services Unit also heads up the Neighborhood Watch and Business Watch programs, which help citizens and business owners unite to prevent crime. Other proactive programs include the Senior Citizens Awareness Network for senior citizens, the Law Enforcement Explorer Post #106 for teens and young adults to learn about law enforcement, child fingerprinting and many other special projects. For more information, contact: Sergeant Gary Herron (615) 904-3019 gherron@rcsotn.org Sheriff's Citizen Academy The Sheriff's Citizen Academy provides an opportunity for citizens to learn first-hand about the operations of the Sheriff's Office through a series of lectures, field trips and simulated activities. Citizens meet for three hours one night a week for 14 weeks. At the end of the academy, a graduation ceremony will take place. Many graduates join the Alumni Association and serve as volunteers for Sheriff's Office events. Citizen Academy Application for Admission Sheriff's Citizen Academy Alumni Association After graduation from the Sheriff's Citizen Academy, citizens may join the Alumni Association. The Alumni hold meetings with guest speakers each month at the Sheriff's Office. The Alumni was organized to support the employees of the Sheriff's Office. The Alumni hosts a number of events for the employees and provides meals for employees working during on holidays. The Senior Citizens Awareness Network (SCAN) (615) 904-3139 The Senior Citizens Awareness Network is comprised of Sheriff's Office volunteers serving the needs of citizens over age 55 for health and safety needs. Some of the services include checking for safety such as smoke detectors, visiting at home, connecting the seniors to community services and delivering food. Neighborhood Watch The Community Services Unit helps citizens organize Neighborhood Watch in their communities to prevent crime and report suspicious activities. Child I.D. Child I.D. ensures the safety of children by deputies fingerprinting children for identification purposes. The Sheriff’s Office does not keep a record of these fingerprints but provides the records to the parents. The fingerprints can be to identify the child in cases of abducted or missing children in the future. Parents are encouraged to store the card in a safe location. Bike Unit A Bike Unit is comprised of several deputies who ride bicycles at special events or as needed for traffic or needed sites. Another aspect of the Bike Unit is education. The deputies educate young people and adults about the need for bicycle helmets and proper fit. The unit hosts bicycle rodeos where children learn basic rules of the road and participate in obstacle courses with their bicycles. Tour of Sheriff's Office Throughout the year, tours are given of the Sheriff's Office and Detention Center. Tours may consist of a church, civil or school group. There is an age requirement, so please contact the Community Service Unit to set-up your group tour. QUICK LINKS Rutherford County Homepage County Building & Department Map Birth Records Court Information Licenses and Tags Register as County Bidder Alert Rutherford Sign Up My Commissioner RCTV Live Where to Pay Taxes OTHER Select Language Afrikaans Albanian Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Basque Belarusian Bulgarian Catalan Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Filipino Finnish French Galician Georgian German Greek Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Irish Italian Japanese Korean Latvian Lithuanian Macedonian Malay Maltese Norwegian Persian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Serbian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swahili Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Welsh Yiddish Official Social Media Sites Fraud, Waste and Abuse Hotline 1-800-232-5454 Title VI/EEO ADA/Title II Privacy Policy SOCIAL MEDIA Content on this page maintained by the Rutherford County Office of Information Technology Report a Website Error or Issue County Courthouse Suite 105 Murfreesboro, TN 37130