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Morro Bay Program Law Enforcement Exploring, “the Explorers’, is a career oriented program for young people that offers an opportunity to explore a career in law enforcement by working with local law enforcement agencies. Although this is not a Neighborhood Watch program, we include it here because its work so effectively supports the achievement of our goals. The training these young people receive provides them with skills and knowledge that allow them to make significant contributions to community crime prevention and safety.
The program is generally available to all youth ages 14 through 21. Our Explorer Post meets once a week or twice a month. These meetings are for training and educating. This is the “true meat” of the law enforcement education. In these meetings Explorers are taught things like:
How to properly use police radios
Officer safety tactics
Vehicle stops
Subject contacts
How to deal with domestic conflict
Some activities our post is involved in include:* Patrol “ride-alongs”
Public services such as directing traffic at the Harbor Festival, loading supplies for Katrina victims
Explorer competitions
Special Olympics
Caroling Cops
The Explorers offer maturing youth an opportunity to learn leadership skills, and to compete as a team in State and National conferences. At these conferences, members are tested in front of judges on basic skills such as traffic stops, building searches, arrests, etc. Results are graded against fellow explorers from all over the country. In 2007, Morro Bay’s Explorers group took 1st in a National Competition. For further information: Learning for Life
General Crime Prevention Information and Advice
The National Crime Prevention Council provides special information for teens at NCPA.org
