:: Training Photos ::
:: Madera Sheriff's Explorer Post #104 ::
Since January of 2006 the Madera Sheriff's Explorer Post #104 had been dedicated
to extensive training for the 2006 "Ex-Con" (Explorer Conference) competition in Las
Vegas, NV. Explorers put in over 90 hours of training for this event. These are just
some of the photos of that training.
Ex-Con 2006 training
Vehicle Stop Scenario Prep
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Hi-Risk Vehicle Stop Scenario Practice
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School Bus Takeover practice
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School Bus Takeover practice
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"Ex-Con" stands for Explorer Conference, as in Law
Enforcement Explorer Conference. Ex-Con was
founded by three police officers employed by the
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. ALL
three officers are former Explorers with more than 25
years of combined experience as law enforcement
exploring advisors.
Ex-Con was established in order to provide the best
law enforcement Explorer competition in the United
States. The goal, was to improve upon various other
types of Explorer competitions that LVMPD
Explorers and advisors had participated in. Ex-Con
offers a significantly low cost, well organized
conference.
The first concern, when Ex-Con was created, was to
create a program where the practical scenarios not
only change every conference, but also mirror
"real-life" police work. The changing of the
scenarios is important to truly test each teams
preparedness and knowledge, as well as to provide
for more excitement and a greater learning ability
each year. The attempt to better mirror "real-life"
police work, was done to better show the challenge,
danger and complexities of modern law
enforcement. Explorers may not just be tasked with
conducting a" vehicle stop", as with some other
competitions, but maybe a vehicle stop with
multiple occupants, higher danger factors and a
higher level of "unknown" risk. The purpose, is to get
the Explorers to use their problem solving, teamwork
and officer safety skills more effectively. The
Explorers need to know that in "real-life", everything
is not in black and white, and everything does not
go the way you plan. As police officers you will have
to adapt and overcome on a daily basis.
The new age of law enforcement has also brought
new challenges to police officers, such as terrorist
acts, "active shooter" scenarios and an array of
complex weaponry used by and against officers
everyday. Ex-Con accepts these new and ever
changing problems and embraces them with the
hope that the Explorers will learn more about how to
be a truly safe and effective police officer in the
21st century. Complex tactical scenarios that test
each Explorers mental and physical strengths will
always be found at Ex-Con.
Explorers, Whitehead and Smith,
enter a domestic incident in progress
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Explorers R.Manzo & Landon struggle
to restrain a male combatant
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Explorer R.Manzo, taking a
combative subject into custody
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Explorer Smith interviews a domestic
victim
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Combative subject is restrained
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Explorer R.Hernandez attempting to
control a combative female
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Explorer A.Manzo interviews a male
domestic victim
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Some of the Explorers from Post 104 at the end of our rock
climbing experience
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Explorer Lopez climbs the indoor
wall at Yosemite Fitness
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R.Manzo and Capt. Hernandez,
"Cheating"
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Explorer Landon practicing
his climbing skills
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