Dispatcher Guadalupe Martinez spent several years of volunteer time preparing herself for a career in Law Enforcement. While she was a teenager in high school she volunteered for the Explorer Cadet Program with the Lodi Police Department. After she graduated from high school, she volunteered for the San Joaquin Probation Department, where for 2 years she did clerical work and assisted with self-help groups for the youth. As an adult she knew she wanted to work in Law Enforcement and eventually enrolled herself in the San Joaquin Delta College Law Enforcement Academy where she successfully graduated. Prior to being hired by Calaveras County Dispatcher Martinez ran her own business for five years as a beauty stylist. Throughout those five years she never lost sight of a career in Law Enforcement. In 2012 she put herself through the 911 Emergency Dispatching Training Academy in Modesto. As a new Dispatcher, she will now undergo several months of additional training, including emergency medical dispatching, operating the 911 system, radio communications, and using the diverse assortment of local, state, and national computer systems.
Deputy Robbie Sanchez is originally from Calaveras County where she attended Toyon Middle School. She and her family eventually moved to the San Joaquin Valley, where she lives today. She took the initial steps towards a career in law enforcement in 2010 when she attended San Joaquin Delta College, where she worked towards her Associates Degree in Criminal Justice. In 2011 she was accepted into the San Joaquin Delta College Law Enforcement Training Academy. She graduated from the academy in September 2011 at the top of her class. Deputy Sanchez will begin her deputy sheriff field training program in October where she will undergo 16 weeks of intensive training to become a solo patrol deputy.
