PARKE COUNTY, Ind – Indiana Sheriffs are searching for dozens of 2020

Student Advisors For Educating Tomorrow’s Youth (S.A.F.E.T.Y) Leaders for their Youth Ranch now under development for future law enforcement officers, at-risk kids, young witnesses and victims of crime.

Middle school and high school students who have attended local public safety camps across the state will be asked to give guidance on programs and policies of the new Indiana Sheriffs’ Youth Ranch being developed in rural Clay County between Greencastle and Terre Haute,

The Youth Ranch will provide teens and parents nearby hotel lodging for their weekend meetings throughout the summer and fall. At each session, S.A.F.E.T.Y. Leaders will review drawings and layouts of cabins, a peace chapel, dining hall, horse stable, first aid station, computer-crime lab and locker rooms.

Student advisors will also give their opinions on proposed recreation areas, including a zipline, swimming pool, confidence course, archery range, baseball and soccer fields, basketball court, sand volleyball, docks for canoeing, kayaking and fishing.

While at the ISYR property for the advisory sessions, S.A.F.E.T.Y. Leaders will also be invited to voluntarily participate in K-9, drone and safe-ATV training.

Plans are to host the annual academies up to seven full weeks each summer.