The way you train, is the way you will perform...

 The Orange County Sheriff's Office Training Section has earned the reputation for providing its sworn and civilian employees with the best possible available.  Training, quite simply, is an investment based on the premise that the way one trains is the way he or she will perform.  The agency provides all of the training mandated by the State of Florida as well as a myriad of career enhancing elective courses to its employees. 

All sworn personnel continue to receive a 24-hour "in-service" block of instruction while an annual eight hour block  is provided to civilian employees. 

During 2008 over 17,967 students from inside and outside the agency attended training classes at the section's training facility located at the Sheriff's Office Central Complex.  In addition the Firearms Training Range hosted an additional 14,200 student sessions who attended sworn block classes or used the facility for shooting profiency practice.  In addition the agency's state-of-the-art Firearms Range hosted 10,630 students from outside of the agency.

Since the lion's share of policing an area the size of Orange County puts agency personnel behind the wheel of agency vehicles the Sheriff's Office takes the training of employees assigned agency vehicles very seriously.  One of the finest Law Enforcement Vehicle Operation training facilities in the country is located in the far northern portion of the county.  The agency's LEVO instructors trained 1,955 employees during 2008 and an additional 1,301 students, to include Law Enforcement Academy students, from outside the agency.  The LEVO instructors offer real-world, behind the wheel training designed to enhance the driving skills and vehicle familiarization to its students.

During 2008 the Criminal Justice Academy trained 233 law enforcement recruits.  Fifty four of them joined the Orange County Sheriff's Office following their graduation while the others were hired by other area law enforcement agencies.

Clearly, physical fitness is a vital part of a police officer's overall training regime.  The Sheriff's Office houses one of the finest wellness facilities available for law enforcement officers at the agency's Central Complex with smaller satellite gyms at many of the agency's other facilities.  During 2008 over 42,900 employees signed up for a myriad of classes that included cycling, aikido, self defense, personal training, and weight training.