Who We Serve: Assisting the Community
Serving the Residents of Placer County, CA
The Community Chaplains of PCLEC have become a vital tool to law enforcement officers, freeing them to do their jobs by caring for the needs of victims at the scene. Our chaplains are trained in crime scene integrity and how to work effectively with traumatized individuals. Each chaplain applicant undergoes a comprehensive background investigation with the Sheriff’s Office and must fulfill a rigorous training program. Qualified Chaplains then continue to receive regular monthly training in a broad range of subjects related to Law Enforcement and crisis response issues.
Below are some of the areas that our Community Chaplains have received specialized instruction in:
Suicide Bereavement
Child Death/SIDS
Coroner and Funeral Home Policies/Procedures
Blood Borne and Airborne Pathogens
Critical Incident Stress Management
Crisis and Grief Counseling
Death Notifications
Officer Involved Shootings/Post-Shootings
Trauma Effects/Post Traumatic Stress
Line of Duty Deaths
What the Community Chaplaincy Provides:
Our Community Chaplains respond daily to emergency calls from law enforcement agencies throughout Placer County, providing essential crisis counseling, trauma and crisis intervention, while coming alongside officers to assist victims of crime, accidental deaths, and natural disasters.
Community chaplains are trained to lend a helping hand to every person, without regard to religious preference (including no preference), and are frequently requested to contact pastors, priests, rabbis and other religious leaders to assist families.
The community chaplain is well equipped with numerous referrals for services available to those in need, including various community assistance programs and organizations, care groups and long term professional counselors.
Assisting Law Enforcement
Serving Those Who Serve
Our Law Enforcement Chaplaincy Team is comprised of dedicated ordained and licensed ministers. They have undergone all the training of our Community Chaplains, plus an additional 50-hour academy specializing in topics specific to those who work within law enforcement. In addition to serving the public in the same capacity as Community Chaplains, they also spend significant time in cars with officers and deputies offering support and counsel.
“(The chaplains) are a necessary part of what enables my staff to do their jobs with greater skill and compassion. . . . (What they do) makes a difference, not only in our community, but also in the lives of my personnel. Often our chaplains can be found riding with deputies or police men and women, sitting in briefings, and walking through our offices—always with a listening ear, and a deep concern for our welfare.” - Ed Bonner, Placer County Sheriff
The Agencies We Serve
