Los Fresnos Police Department
Law Enforcement Explorer Competition 2010
             
The Los Fresnos Police Department will host a 1-day Law Enforcement Competition on Saturday July 31, 2010. The entire competition will be held at Los Fresnos High School Campus, locate at 907 North Arroyo Blvd. in Los Fresnos, Texas.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:
Team registration and liability forms must be received by Monday, July 19, 2010. All fees must be paid in full to Los Fresnos Police Association or Los Fresnos Police Explorer Post 2088; no partial payments please. A receipt will be provided at check-in. A faxed copy of Post reservation form will reserve a slot. Fax (956)233-3373 or Email 103@citylf.us

CHECK-IN:
Check-in and breakfast is at the Los Fresnos High School Cafeteria at 6:45 am. Advisors will be given a packet containing event time schedules.

EVENTS/SCENARIOS:
Each team will compete in 4 scenarios. Information in the provided packets will inform advisors and teams of their scheduled event times. Events will be set up to last either 30 or 60 minutes. Each team will be dispatched to the designated of the event. All team events will be role-play scenarios. Each team event will allot 5 minutes for instructions, scenario description and rules of the event. There will be 10 minutes allocated for scoring and critiquing by the judges after completion of the event.

REGISTRATION FEES:
There is a $35.00 registration fee for each participating explorer and a $30.00 fee for advisors/non-participants. All participants, advisors/non-participants will receive a T-shirt, breakfast, lunch and dinner. Money orders or post checks are preferred and should be made payable to Los Fresnos Police Association or Los Fresnos

MEALS:
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

AWARDS:
Trophies for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place will be awarded for each scenario. There will be 1st, 2nd and 3rd place awards given for best overall team. The awards ceremony will commence at approximately after the completion of scenarios.

UNIFORMS:
Post uniforms are mandatory. Your post should be dressed in uniform manner and in post-required uniforms.

REQUIRED EQUIPMENT:
Explorers are reminded to bring a standard handcuff case, handcuffs and a flashlight. Explorers may use anything that their post issues with the exception of any item listed below in the disqualifying reminder.

DISQUALIFYING REMINDER:
All Post and team members must be current registered members of the Boys Scouts of America.
Explorers ARE NOT to bring any of the following items: chemical devise (mace, tear gas and pepper spray), batons, guns or any weapon including facsimile of a weapon (Red and wooden guns may be used), or dud ammo. Anyone caught with any of the above listed items may cause their team and/or post to be disqualified. Discussion of any scenarios by team/post will result in a score of zero (0) for that scenario.

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT:
During the scenario if an Actor or Explorer is faced with possible injury the word “PAIN” will stop the scenario. Once the situation has been resolved the scenario may continue or may stop depending on the circumstances. If the Explorer continues to use unnecessary roughness, the judge will stop the scenario and it will result in a disqualification to the team for that event.

ADVISORS:
Two representatives for a team (advisor/parent/non-competing explorer) may enter into the free area which will be available for observation, picture taking or videoing their teams. Any representative observed attempting to assist their team in any way, verbally or by any action, will result in having their team disqualified from that event. Advisors are allowed to sit in on the critique but will not be permitted to ask questions of the judges. No scores will be given out during the course of the day; do not ask the judges or the scorekeeper.



GRIEVANCES:
If there happens to be a grievance, problem, complaint or question the advisor must bring it to the attention of the Command Center. An on-site committee will review the grievance, problem, complaint or question.
THE COMMITTEE’S DECISION IS FINAL

POSSIBLE EVENTS:

Active Shooter
Arrest & Search Warrant/ Building Search
Domestic Disturbance
Burglary in Progress
Traffic Accident
Traffic Stop- DWI
Felony Traffic Stop
Bomb Response
Disturbance in Progress
Suspicious Person
Hostage Negotiation
Shots Fired
White Collar Crime
Crime Prevention
Police Bike Course
Physical Agility-Team / Individual Effort/Advisors
Officer Down/First Aid
Law Enforcement Exploring Academic Challenge

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