Overview of Services

We work through law enforcement to help law enforcement officers and staff, viictims of crime and the citizens of El Dorado County. Service is provided 24/7 by SLEC and its volunteer staff. In addition to serving law enforcement SLEC also provides Chaplaincy services to Marshall Hospital and Snowline Hospice. See our Mission Statement and Additional Duties of Chaplains section on the Chaplain Training Page for more information.

Ride Alongs and Training

SLEC staff conduct ride-alongs on a regular basis to maintain positive relationships with officers and detectives. In addition, SLEC staff works with dispatchers and non-sworn staff. We also provide training to law enforcement staff on a wide variety of topics related to law enforcement.

Crisis Response

Our primary mission is to respond to crises and we do this 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We respond to calls for assistance with suicide prevention, death notifications and counseling.

Feel free to contact us by phone at (530) 621-1036, or by mail Sierra Law Enforcement Chaplaincy, P.O. Box 1979, Placerville, CA 95667 or email Chaplain Thompson

The Sierra Law Enforcement Chaplaincy was formed by the vision of Rev. Tim Thompson who was serving at the time as the associate chaplain to the Sacramento Police and Sheriffs Department and California State Police.  In addition, Tim was a reserve police officer and deputy with these departments.  He served these agencies as a law enforcement chaplain for seven years.  At the time Chaplain Thompson lived in El Dorado County and often when he was responding to an officer emergency in the middle of the night he would hear a voice inside his head as he drove in the darkness down the hill to Sacramento, “Why do you export this ministry outside your county?  Why not do something for the officers right here in the county where you live?” SLEC has been serving law enforcement in EDC since 1992.