Explorers Post #442

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Since 1997 the Amherst Police Department Post #422 has been a program for young men and women interested in learning about careers in law enforcement. Explorers learn about career opportunities and duties in a classroom environment and through actual hands on field experiences. Meeting presentations include training on police duties, police procedure, crime scene investigation, building searches, self defense, physical fitness, and firearms.

The Amherst Police Explorers meet several times a month for uniform inspection, training, discussions and planning of many different projects and events Explorers participate in all year long. Members of the Explorers direct traffic at parades and other special events, assists on routine patrol, and help with duties in the police department.

The Explorer program in an official program of the Amherst Police Department, designed by the Boy Scouts of America to show young men end women what a career in law enforcement is about. By seeing what the career is like at an early age, they can decide if they want to pursue this career when they graduate high school and start college. We expose Explorers to different law enforcement careers in order to give them a wider selection to choose from.

Interested teenagers can join the Amherst Police Explorers by being between the age of 15 and 21, being in high school or college with at least a “C” average, being in good standing with all Amherst Police Officers and civilian employees, and must be free of criminal record.

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If interested, contract Officer Kurt Oehlstrom at the Amherst Police Department at 988-2625 or by e-mail at oehlstrom@amherstohio.org