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Another Successful Law Enforcement Exploring Competition
Saturday May 20, 2023
Hosted by Winthrop Police Department
On Saturday, May 20, 2023, over 60 Law Enforcement Explorers from the Spirit of Adventure Council (SoA) participated in the annual statewide Law Enforcement Exploring Competition hosted by the Winthrop Police Department. The day was opened by retired Woburn Police Chief Robert Ferullo, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Police Training Committee (MPTC), welcoming all to the day of competition and fellowship. Chief Ferullo spoke about the importance of providing excellent training as policing evolves and of the important roles and responsibilities future law enforcement officers will play in the country. He also noted that there is a position for the participants in the criminal justice field as a career and welcomed all advisors to visit the states training academies with their units.
The day then began with the competition and stations, including Arrest and Search, Family Disturbance, First Aid/Officer Down, OUI/SFST, Street Crimes, Accident Investigation, Traffic Stops, Felony Traffic Stops, Emotionally Disturbed Person, Burglary in Progress, and MILO Shoot/Don’t Shoot scenarios. There was also a firearms competition, Professional Development exercise, High Stress incident, Judgmental Driving course, Physical Agility course, and a Mountain Bike course.
Exploring and Cadet programs from Winthrop, North Andover, Westwood, Methuen, and Winchester participated in the day. Lt. Robert Impemba from the Revere Police Department provided an outstanding presentation in the afternoon on Gangs and criminal activities in the region, state and nation. This was followed by a presentation by retired Winchester Sgt. Dan Perenick on the SoA Council’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT and Teen CERT) program.
At the end of a long and exciting day of competition and learning, medals and trophies were presented by event coordinator Lt. Steve Rogers from Winthrop PD to the top three individuals/teams in each of the above categories, and trophies were presented to the top three overall units. First place in the statewide competition was presented to the Westwood Police Explorer Post, second place was the Methuen Police Explorer Post, and in third place was the North Andover Police Explorer Post
For more information about Exploring , please contact SoA Membership Executive Jennifer Erickson at Jennifer.erickson@scouting.org or SoA Exploring Commissioner and CERT/Teen CERT Coordinator Dan Perenick at fema-scouting@scoutspirit.org.
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