Anaheim Police Explorers
The Anaheim Police Explorers is the common term for the Anaheim Police Department's Law Enforcement Explorer Post. Law Enforcement Exploring is a career oriented program for young adults that gives them an opportunity to explore a career in law enforcement by working with local law enforcement agencies. It is an Exploring program of Learning for Life, a non-Scouting subsidiary of the Boy Scouts of America. The program is generally available to all youth ages 14 through 21.
Significance
REDdimension Wiki Circle member Kevin McNulty was a police explorer for Anaheim from 1979 to 1980. Interested in a career in law enforcement, he decided to leave the Young Marines to try the police explorers. He joined with his best friend from high school.
The Anaheim Police Explorers performed traffic and crowd control duties for many special events in Anaheim. They also provided search and rescue personnel, performed ride-alongs, learned self-defense, and attended educational programs about law enforcement as a career. They attended a week-long camp during the summer at which Kevin won a trophy for best notebook.
Kevin's work and school commitments lead to him leaving the explorers in 1980. His interest in law enforcement would remain, though, and in 1984 he majored in Criminal Justice and got a job with the City of Irvine police department as a police officer. Before he could finish his academy training, however, Kevin had a change of heart career-wise. He dropped out of the academy and resumed his college education, changing his major to psychology. He still holds a great deal of respect for the law enforcement profession.
Kevin's friend, incidentally, joined the army after high school graduation and became an MP. He went on to law school and is now a practicing attorney in Orange County, CA.
Links
- Official Site
- Law Enforcement Exploring on Wikipedia
