August 10, 2007

What Is Exploring? What do Police Explorers Do? How can you participate? Join us for this new members meeting and find out!

Young adults interested in exploring a career in law enforcement are invited to join us for a New Members meeting of the Police Explorers Monday, August 27, 2007. The event will be held at the Police Academy at 1770 Shopton Road beginning at 6:30 p.m. with displays of police equipment and vehicles. The new members meeting will be held in the auditorium beginning at 7:30 p.m.  

CMPD's Police Exploring program introduces students to the world of law enforcement at the local, state, and national levels. Explorers receive training in several aspects of police work, ride in a patrol car with an experienced officer on the job and compete with other posts in state, regional and national conferences.

The requirements for eligibility for the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Explorers are: 
    - Must be 14-20 years of age
    - Must have no serious arrests
    - Must maintain a 2.0 GPA in school
    - Must have a good school record (attendance and behavior)
    - Must have parental approval

Regular meetings are held on the first and third Mondays of each month at 7:00 PM at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department's Steele Creek Division Office, 1750 Shopton Road.

Anyone interested in attending this meeting should RSVP to Officer Tom Allen at tallen1@cmpd.org by August 24^th.