Registration Agreement and Privacy Policy

[READ EVERYTHING BELOW FIRST SO YOU REGISTER CORRECTLY!]

READ EVERYTHING BELOW FIRST SO YOU REGISTER CORRECTLY!

REGISTRATION IS ON THIS SITE RESTRICTED!

TO REGISTER HERE:

YOU MUST BE AN ACTIVE OR FORMER FULL TIME, PART TIME, OR RESERVE DEPUTY SHERIFF
OF THE PATROL DIVISION OF THE SONOMA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

FORMER / RETIRED MEMBERS MUST BE, AND IN REMAIN IN, GOOD STANDING WITH THE DSA AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE PRIOR TO AND AFTER RETIREMENT.

If you attempt to register here without meeting the above criteria or, if you fail to follow the below REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS, your registration will be rejected

REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS
Your username MUST be your FULL first and last name in ALL lower-case letters and SEPARATED by an underscore (for example: jane_doe). Registrations done in any other manner will be immediately rejected.

All registrations MUST be done using a current PERSONAL email address. You are required to keep your email address current at all times. You may NOT use your County email address to register.

We REQUIRE all users to maintain a complex and unique password for their account to prevent account theft and unauthorized access to this site. All passwords MUST be a minimum of 8 characters and contain at least one capital letter, at least one number and at least one special character.

 All registrations require Administrative approval prior to granting full site access to new members. This is done to protect our security. Administrative reviews and approvals of new registrations generally take anywhere from just a few minutes, up to 48 hours. Once your registration is approved, you will receive an email notifying you that your account has been activated.  Once your account is activated, please login and update all your relavant profile details using the "Profile" button on the menu at the very top of the home page.

If you need registration assistance, send an email to: webmaster@sonomacountydsa.org

APPROPRIATE SITE USE
By using this site, you agree that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, intentionally inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, adult material, or otherwise in violation of any International or United States Federal law. You also agree not to post any copyrighted material unless you own the copyright or you have direct or implied consent from the owner of the copyrighted material. Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also forbidden on this forum.

Note that it is impossible for the DSA staff to confirm the validity of every post. Please remember that Administrators actively monitor the posted messages on this site. Administrators may remove any messages or posts that are deemed rude or inflammatory to other members. The goal of this forum is to create a place where members are free to express their feelings without fear of people ridiculing them and or creating a hostile environment. Disagreements will occur from time to time, but if members deliberately attack other members here, the entire goal of the forum could be lost. Administrators will take appropriate action to address harmful and inappropriate posting.

The posted messages here express the views of the author, and not necessarily the views of the DSA staff, its subsidiaries, or the DSA membership. Anyone who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to "report" the post or notify an administrator / moderator of this forum immediately. The DSA staff reserves the right to remove objectionable content, within a reasonable time frame, if they determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that they may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately. This policy applies to a member's profile information as well.

You remain solely responsible for the content of your posted messages. Furthermore, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the DSA or any related websites to this forum. The DSA will never release any personal information contained in your profile for any reason without a court ordering the DSA to do so as required by law.

You agree to NEVER give out your username and password to anyone but an Administrator. You also agree not to share the content of any sensitive post with another person except other website members. This is for your protection, the protection of the DSA and for validity reasons. Lastly, you agree to NEVER use another person's account for any reason.

After you register and login to this forum, you will be able to fill out a detailed profile. It is your responsibility to present clean and accurate information. Any information the forum staff determines to be inaccurate or vulgar in nature may be removed, with or without prior notice.

Also note that the forum software we use here places a cookie (a text file containing bits of information such as your username and password), in your browser's cache. This is ONLY used to keep you logged in/out. The software does not collect or send any other form of information to or from your computer.

Thank you and we hope you enjoy using this site.
The DSA Staff

[Personal Information:]

DSA website privacy policy. Lasted updated with minor grammar edits on 11/7/25.
M. Vail

Personal Information:
The DSA understands its members' desire to protect their personal information. We do not collect your personal information on this website unless you enter it yourself. The only information we require that could be construed as personal information is your username and your personal email address. Your email address is not visible to the public and will never be released to any non-member or entity without your permission. Any member who releases personal information of another user to a 3rd party or uses the information for any purpose other than DSA related business may be subject to revocation of their membership on the site and potential civil liability.

Site Security:
We have taken security measures consistent with international information practices to protect our website and its contents. These measures include advanced automated security systems, daily security scans, daily backups, HTTPS site security encryption and other technical and procedural steps to protect our site data from theft, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, loss, alteration, or destruction. However, none of these practices matter if a user does not properly secure their account with a strong password. Please take care to secure your account appropriately and never give your password to anyone unless specifically required by an Admin when you are requesting assistance in resolving a problem related to your account.

Use of Cookies:
The DSA member area uses "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your device by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. The primary purpose of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time logging back in to the DSA member area. The job of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. Cookies simplify the process of recording your logon information for faster access. When you return to the DSA member area, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the DSA site's features that you customized. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of this or any other website that you visit.

Privacy Policy Contact Information:
If you have any questions or comments about this policy, please contact us using the following email address: webmaster@sonomacountydsa.org

Thank you and we hope you enjou using this site to stay connected with other members and recieve important updates from DSA leadershit.