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Police Explorers
Post 327
In partnership with Boy Scouts of America, the Explorer Program provides young men and women the opportunity to study the field of law enforcement and community service first-hand. The Explorer Program is a career development program, which emphasizes academic study, character development, and self-discipline. Explorers also assist police and park district personnel at functions where they may be called upon for a variety of tasks, such as distributing information, fingerprinting children, or assisting in searches of missing children, just to name a few. Each year, the Explorers contribute approximately 1,000 volunteer hours towards helping there community and assisting the Park Police Department and the Springfield Park District.
Join Police Explorers Post 327
Requirements:
- 14 to 20 years of age
- No Criminal History
- Completed the 8th Grade
- Grade C Average
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- The flag represents the principal of democracy for which the country stands and which law enforcement is sworn to uphold. The beginning of these principals are acknowledge by the thirteen stars, which represent the thirteen colonies.
- The Badge in the upper right hand corner is typically associated with municipal police departments.
- Opposite this is a seven point star, symbolic of county sheriffs departments, both municipal police and county sheriffs department are major sponsors of law enforcement explorers post. Each is set in a field of white divided by horizontal and vertical lines. Each division represents the individual department that together forms the backbone of law and order of our society.
- The lower right -hand of the shield contains a torch in a dark background connected to three stars in a light background. The torch is symbolic of a guiding light shown on the profession through the aid of the sponsor. The light illuminates the stars of truth, knowledge, and integrity-three qualities that all explorers should strive for in the law enforcement profession.
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