Explorer Post By: Tabi Downey
Explorer Post is a high school police academy for anybody that is interested
in law, and they teach you about anything you need to know to make up your
mind about what you would like to do. They have these academies at the Randall
County Sheriff's office, and at the Amarillo Police Department. When I
joined explorer post, I joined the one out at Randall County and loved it. When
you go, you go for eleven weeks on every Tuesday from six in the evening to
eight at night, and everyday you go they have drinks and snacks for you, they
give you a notebook of your own with their emblem on it that you take to class
everyday, and when you graduate, they give you a shirt. The first day I went,
it was week one and it was an overview of the Sheriffs office, where they
taught you the history of the Sheriffs office, they give you a tour of the
station, and they give you a canine Demonstration with Gator, the narcotics dog.
On the second week, they teach you Patrol Procedures and teach you what the
police officers do. The third week is the fun one because you get to learn
about traffic enforcement and you actually get to pull someone over for a felony
stop. On the fourth week, you get to tour the jail and meet the jail dog,
Taz. The fifth week is CSI week and you get to do fingerprinting, blood testing,
and learn all about them and what they do. The sixth week is the week you
learn criminal investigations and the role of the criminal investigator. Week
seven is the week they bring out the narcotics enforcement team and talk about
what the narcotics investigator does, and what the SWAT team does during a
raid. On week eight you get to learn about the DEA task force officer and the
importance of Amarillo, Texas in trafficking. On week nine, we learned the
Dispatch functions and toured the communications center and we found out that
at 18 you can go work as a dispatcher and answer 911 calls. On week ten, Judge
Bigham came and taught us about the Amarillo crime stoppers then finally on
week eleven we graduated and got a diploma.
in law, and they teach you about anything you need to know to make up your
mind about what you would like to do. They have these academies at the Randall
County Sheriff's office, and at the Amarillo Police Department. When I
joined explorer post, I joined the one out at Randall County and loved it. When
you go, you go for eleven weeks on every Tuesday from six in the evening to
eight at night, and everyday you go they have drinks and snacks for you, they
give you a notebook of your own with their emblem on it that you take to class
everyday, and when you graduate, they give you a shirt. The first day I went,
it was week one and it was an overview of the Sheriffs office, where they
taught you the history of the Sheriffs office, they give you a tour of the
station, and they give you a canine Demonstration with Gator, the narcotics dog.
On the second week, they teach you Patrol Procedures and teach you what the
police officers do. The third week is the fun one because you get to learn
about traffic enforcement and you actually get to pull someone over for a felony
stop. On the fourth week, you get to tour the jail and meet the jail dog,
Taz. The fifth week is CSI week and you get to do fingerprinting, blood testing,
and learn all about them and what they do. The sixth week is the week you
learn criminal investigations and the role of the criminal investigator. Week
seven is the week they bring out the narcotics enforcement team and talk about
what the narcotics investigator does, and what the SWAT team does during a
raid. On week eight you get to learn about the DEA task force officer and the
importance of Amarillo, Texas in trafficking. On week nine, we learned the
Dispatch functions and toured the communications center and we found out that
at 18 you can go work as a dispatcher and answer 911 calls. On week ten, Judge
Bigham came and taught us about the Amarillo crime stoppers then finally on
week eleven we graduated and got a diploma.
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