Law Enforcement Explorers

Exploring is the young-adult program of the Boy Scouts of American for men and women aged 14 through 20.  The program is developed by local community organizations such as businesses, industries, professional organizations, churches, and civic groups that match the interests of young adults with the program resources of the organization.  For example, a computer center could design a program in computers and invite Explorer-age youth interested in data processing to join or a church might have a number of outdoor-minded adult members who could provide leadership and program help to an outdoor Explorer post. 

These community organizations support their post in three major ways.  They provide the following: 

• A program inventory of adults who are willing to provide program help.  These include careers, hobbies, skills, contacts, facilities, and ideas.
• Adult leaders who organize the program inventory and serve as Advisors to the posts' elected youth leaders.
• Meeting facilities.

The BSA council recruits a volunteer Exploring committee and assigns staff members to provide the following services for the community organization's post. 

• Leadership training for adult and elected officers. 
• Guidance on how to organize a post and keep the program going successfully.
• Methods for recruiting Explorers, including an interest survey of local high school students.
• Regular communication with each post to provide program support.
• Use of council facilities such as camps and canoes.
• Planning of council wide activities which enrich the post's program.
• Liability insurance coverage.