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Manchester Police
Explorer Post 645
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Exploring is a program of Learning for Life involving young men and women between the ages of 14 through 21. Its purpose is to bring a character building, citizenship training, and a fitness program to the youth of America.
Explorer posts are organized by businesses, industries, churches, schools, and community service groups which provide adult volunteer leaders, program resources, and facilities. These posts specialize in a variety of career and recreational programs designed to provide hands-on experience to the members of the post.
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The new year is upon us, and the Exploring Program is gearing up for a busy 2009. Congratulations go out to all of the Explorers for their hard work. As a result, the Daniel Webster Council has named the Manchester Police Explorer Post 645 as 2008 Public Service Post of the Year.
The Explorers are getting ready to compete at this year's Learning for Life, Law Enforcement Weekend Challenge. This two-day event will place teams of Explorers against each other in law enforcement competitions. Explorers will participate in mock motor vehicle stops, decision making, a police-style obstacle course, firearms and have to respond to an "unknown" call. The Manchester Police Explorers are working on sending multiple teams to this years competition.
The Police Explorer Post is now on Facebook. The Explorer post can be found under the "services" page, titled Manchester Police Explorer Post 645. A more up-to-date blog can be found here, as well as a current listing of scheduled meetings as well as the 2009 training calendar.
About the Explorers
The Manchester Police Department has been committed to the Exploring program since the 1970’s. The Exploring program is a program of Learning for Life, which is an affiliate program of the Boy Scouts of America. Law Enforcement Exploring is a worksite-based program for young men and women who have completed the eighth grade and are 14 years of age, or are 15 years of age but have not yet reached their 21st birthday.
Law Enforcement Explorer posts help youth to gain insight into a variety of programs that offer hands-on career activities. For young men and women who are interested in careers in the field of law enforcement, Exploring offers experiential learning with lots of fun-filled, hands-on activities that promote the growth and development of adolescent youth.
In addition to teaching members about policing, we are a community service based group and are very active within the Manchester community. Explorers participate in state wide law enforcement based competitions against other Exploring posts, participate in the New Hampshire Police Cadet Training Academy, attend University of Exploring as well as a law enforcement seminar hosted by the NH Army National Guard. Each of these activities are offered by the Daniel Webster Council and information on each event can be obtained by visiting NHEXPLORING.ORG.
We will be hosting a bicycle rodeo in the spring. We are looking forward to working with any organizations that requests our assistance. If you are interested in joining the program, please contact me either by phone at 668-8711 ext. 5621 or by email at cbiron@manchesternh.gov. If you call please be sure to leave a time that I will be able to contact you.
Officer Christopher R Biron
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